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Virginia Kendall Park

Virginia Kendall Park from directly overhead

Virginia Kendall Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 320 m. Sugarloaf stands 423 m to the east-northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Shady Knoll Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.5 miles away. Ohio & Erie Canalway passes 2.3 miles off. 17 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
320 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.22451, -81.51076

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
  • H. Karl Butler Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Doodlebug Memorial: 5.8 mi
  • Police & Firefighter Memorial: 6.1 mi
  • The Arch: 6.3 mi
  • Marine Corps Memorial: 6.4 mi
Parks
  • Tamsin Park: 1.3 mi
  • Pine Lane Trailhead: 1.7 mi
  • Matthews Thomas Park: 1.8 mi
  • Wildlife Woods Park: 2.5 mi
  • Boston Mills Park: 2.5 mi
Artworks
  • Clock Tower Illusion: 3.6 mi
  • Elephant Family Statues: 3.7 mi
  • Mary Statue: 3.9 mi
  • Red Statue at Little Tikes: 4.9 mi
  • Doughboy Statue: 5.4 mi
Museums
Gardens
  • Twinsburg Township Community Garden: 4.9 mi
  • Fauser Arboretum: 5.8 mi
  • Cuyahoga Falls Arboretum: 6.6 mi
  • Native Plant and Pollinator Garden: 6.7 mi
  • Rock and Herb Garden: 6.7 mi
Nature reserves: 50
Picnic sites: 48
Attractions: 48
  • Lock 28: 2.2 mi
  • Heritage Farms: 2.5 mi
  • Big Oak Tree: 4.1 mi
  • Lock 25: 4.9 mi
  • Lock 24: 5.0 mi
Waterfalls: 19
  • Brandywine Falls: 3.9 mi
  • Buttermilk Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Blue Hen Falls: 4.0 mi
  • Mud Brook Falls: 4.9 mi
  • Tip Top Falls: 5.9 mi
Peaks: 17
  • Oak Hill: 3.0 mi
  • Summit County high point: 8.0 mi
  • Coal Hill: 9.0 mi
  • Blanket Hill: 10.1 mi
  • Cuyahoga County high point: 10.4 mi
Beaches: 11
  • Lake Lucerne Beach: 14.9 mi
  • Turkeyfoot Beach: 17.7 mi
  • Dog Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Wallace Beach: 20.4 mi
  • Edgewater Beach: 21.8 mi
Rest areas: 4
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • White Oak Spring: 1.8 mi
  • Indian Spring: 8.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Virginia Kendall Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SugarloafENE 60°423 m24.3 mi
Derthick HillENE 70°409 m16.9 mi
Portage County high pointENE 72°408 m19.1 mi
Summit County high pointWNW 282°404 m8.0 mi
McConougheys HillNE 41°399 m16.5 mi
Cuyahoga County high pointWNW 300°390 m10.4 mi
Sand HillNNE 31°381 m23.9 mi
Bacon HillSE 143°371 m19.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0219:38
June solstice05:5420:2121:03
September equinox07:1418:4919:25
December solstice07:4916:1717:01

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262836485967717063514031
Precip in3.12.63.23.74.14.14.23.53.83.43.03.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Stow 4 SE, 7 mi away.

Inside the official boundary of Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Jul.

NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).

  • Eastern Skunk Cabbage239 obs
  • Christmas fern178 obs
  • Wild Turkey160 obs
  • American beech156 obs
  • American Toad153 obs
  • mayapple149 obs
  • American cancer-root145 obs
  • American tuliptree143 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357468346

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