West Branch State Park
West Branch State Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 299 m. Sugarloaf stands 423 m to the north, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Dog Beach, a beach 1.4 miles away. Ohio & Erie Canalway passes 20 miles off. 16 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 299 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- 20.3 mi off the Ohio & Erie Canalway, National
- 23.6 mi off the Heritage Corridors of Bath
- 25.3 mi off the Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Waters Park Overlook · 20 mi
- Missing Link Vista · 21 mi
- Prather Vista · 21 mi
- Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Collapsed Bridge: 2.2 mi
- UH-1D: 3.1 mi
- M-113: 3.1 mi
- M-109A2: 3.1 mi
- AH-1F: 3.1 mi
- Information kiosk: 4.7 mi
- Shaw Woods: 4.8 mi
- Havres Woods Park: 5.1 mi
- Gracie Field: 5.9 mi
- Dix Park: 6.8 mi
- Herrick Magnolia Gardens: 11.0 mi
- C. V. Riley Alumni Garden: 11.1 mi
- Student Memorial Garden: 11.1 mi
- Entry Garden: 11.5 mi
- Bill Hicks Memorial Garden: 11.5 mi
- Engagement with Color: 11.0 mi
- The Legend of the Iron Hoop: 11.0 mi
- Sighting Mechanism: 11.1 mi
- Spiral Growth: 11.1 mi
- the light which can be heard...: 11.1 mi
- Triangle Lake Bog State Nature Preserve: 7.0 mi
- Brook Wildlife Area: 10.7 mi
- Charles Tummonds State Nature Preserve: 10.9 mi
- Marsh Wetlands State Nature Preserve: 10.9 mi
- KSU Research Area: 11.0 mi
- James A. Garfield Historical Society: 10.4 mi
- Kenneth W. Berger Hearing Aid Museum and Archives: 11.1 mi
- MuseLab: 11.1 mi
- Distinguished Alumnus: 11.2 mi
- May 4th Visitors Center: 11.2 mi
- M42 Duster: 8.2 mi
- Johnson Home: 11.3 mi
- Spark Innovation Studios: 11.5 mi
- Memorial Gateway: 11.6 mi
- Birth Place of Lorenzo Snow: 12.5 mi
- Ridge Hill: 10.6 mi
- Braceville Ridge: 10.6 mi
- Blanket Hill: 11.2 mi
- Portage County high point: 12.1 mi
- Bacon Hill: 12.4 mi
- Newton Falls: 8.6 mi
- Minnehaha Falls: 13.9 mi
- Cascade Falls: 14.2 mi
- Tip Top Falls: 16.3 mi
- Mud Brook Falls: 19.8 mi
- Student Tailgate Zone: 9.7 mi
- Yeager Pond Observation Deck: 18.8 mi
- Picnic Area (Abandoned): 20.2 mi
- Shady Knoll Picnic Area: 21.0 mi
- Deep Lock Quarry Metro Park: 23.1 mi
- Dog Beach: 1.4 mi
- Lake Lucerne Beach: 21.4 mi
- Dog Beach: 22.2 mi
- Punderson Lake Beach: 22.5 mi
- Turkeyfoot Beach: 24.5 mi
- Indian Spring: 15.5 mi
- Salt Spring: 17.9 mi
- White Oak Spring: 22.5 mi
- Shelter Rock Spring: 23.6 mi
- Cobbs Corners: 14.4 mi
- Brandywine Village: 23.4 mi
- Newbury Center: 23.4 mi
- Shipwreck Rock: 14.1 mi
- Bears Den Quarry Wall: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of West Branch State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sugarloaf | N 4° | 423 m | 18.3 mi |
| Stark County High Point | S 183° | 413 m | 22.7 mi |
| Derthick Hill | NNW 342° | 409 m | 12.7 mi |
| Portage County high point | N 352° | 408 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mahoning County High Point | SE 131° | 401 m | 22.5 mi |
| McConougheys Hill | NNW 334° | 399 m | 20.7 mi |
| Blackburn Hill | SE 142° | 384 m | 20.5 mi |
| Bacon Hill | SW 223° | 371 m | 12.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:00 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:20 | 21:01 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:47 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:47 | 16:15 | 17:00 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 27 | 35 | 47 | 59 | 69 | 72 | 70 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ravenna 2 S, 8 mi away.
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander45 obs
- Canada Goose34 obs
- Great Blue Heron25 obs
- Turkey Vulture21 obs
- Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander21 obs
- Eastern Kingbird20 obs
- Eastern Forktail20 obs
- Red-headed Woodpecker18 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/456890024
Day trips start here
- Ravenna · 6 mi
- Atwater · 8 mi
- Garrettsville · 10 mi
- Kent · 12 mi
- Akron Metropolitan Area · 13 mi
- Streetsboro · 14 mi
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