Whetstone Park
Whetstone Park is a park in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 231 m. Beavers Hill stands 383 m to the east, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Columbus Park of Roses, a garden less than a tenth of a mile away. Scenic Olentangy Heritage Corridor passes 4.8 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Scenic Olentangy Heritage Corridor
- 5.8 mi off the Historic National Road - Ohio, National
- 8.6 mi off the Jefferson Township Scenic Byway
- 9.3 mi off the Big Darby Plains Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Stag · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Clintonville Woman's Club / Kiwanis Club of Northern Columbus: 0.3 mi
- In Memory of Rand P. Hollenback of Columbus, Ohio: 0.4 mi
- Tee Jaye's Arrow: 1.4 mi
- The Dodridge Street Bridge 2012: 2.0 mi
- Saint Michael Subdues Satan: 2.4 mi
- Northmoor Park: 0.5 mi
- Beechwold Park: 1.1 mi
- Jastram Memorial Grove: 1.2 mi
- Clinton-Como Park: 1.2 mi
- Beechwold Park: 1.2 mi
- Breaker: 1.9 mi
- Old North: 2.1 mi
- Glen Echo Bird Tunnel: 2.1 mi
- Teepee: 2.2 mi
- Woody Hayes: 2.6 mi
- Columbus Park of Roses: 0.0 mi
- Midgarden: 1.9 mi
- North Garden: 2.8 mi
- Bosque Garden: 2.8 mi
- Knowlton Rooftop Garden: 2.8 mi
- Webster Park: 0.3 mi
- Kenney Park Nature Preserve: 1.6 mi
- Wilma H. Shiermeier Olentangy River Wetland Research Park: 1.7 mi
- Glen High Parkland: 1.9 mi
- Olentangy Nature Preserve: 1.9 mi
- Nicklaus Museum: 2.3 mi
- Museum of Classical Archaeology: 3.0 mi
- Worthington Doll Museum: 3.0 mi
- Old Rectory: 3.0 mi
- University Museum: 3.0 mi
- Dragon with Toothbrush: 2.1 mi
- Animal Swings: 2.1 mi
- Ohio Village: 3.2 mi
- Ohio History Connection: 3.4 mi
- Geologic Walkway Park: 3.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 0.2 mi
- Brevoort Park: 1.4 mi
- Sandefur Wetland Pavilion: 1.6 mi
- River Bluffs: 6.3 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Wonderland: 8.7 mi
- Hibernia: 11.3 mi
- Carpenter's Mill: 13.1 mi
- Edinburgh: 19.0 mi
- Coles Mills: 22.5 mi
- Baker Hill: 9.9 mi
- Marlboro Hill: 10.4 mi
- Spangler Hill: 13.1 mi
- Beavers Hill: 17.7 mi
- Milliken Falls: 4.6 mi
- Indian Run Falls: 6.4 mi
- Indian Run Falls: 6.4 mi
- Dublin Spring: 6.0 mi
- Sulphur Spring: 17.6 mi
- Hocking River ?: 22.6 mi
- Alum Creek Beach: 10.6 mi
- Prairie Oaks Dog Beach: 12.5 mi
- Lee M. Rizor Memorial Highway Rest Area: 13.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Whetstone Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beavers Hill | E 81° | 383 m | 17.7 mi |
| Spangler Hill | S 174° | 243 m | 13.1 mi |
| Baker Hill | SSE 163° | 241 m | 9.9 mi |
| Marlboro Hill | S 172° | 190 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:36 | 19:09 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:24 | 21:05 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:51 | 16:27 | 17:11 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 29 | 31 | 41 | 53 | 63 | 72 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.6 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Columbus Wcmh, 1 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer236 obs
- Western Honey Bee221 obs
- lesser celandine202 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee193 obs
- Mallard185 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee164 obs
- Virginia bluebells143 obs
- Northern Cardinal138 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/463469825
Day trips start here
- Columbus/University Area · 3 mi
- Columbus · 6 mi
- Columbus/South · 8 mi
- London · 25 mi
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