Zane Caverns Park
Zane Caverns Park is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 386 m. Campbell Hill stands 469 m to the west, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Myeerah Nature Preserve, a nature reserve 0.8 miles away. Big Darby Plains Scenic Byway passes 8.5 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 386 m
How to reach it
- 8.5 mi off the Big Darby Plains Scenic Byway
- 28.4 mi off the Old Mill Stream Scenic Byway
- 27.8 mi off the Ohio Lincoln Highway Historic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Zanesfield Community Park: 3.3 mi
- Hall Faucett Park: 3.4 mi
- Church Park/Ball Field: 3.6 mi
- East Liberty Park: 4.0 mi
- Carter Park: 5.3 mi
- Myeerah Nature Preserve: 0.8 mi
- Big Darby Headwaters Nature Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Mccracken Fen State Nature Preserve: 9.2 mi
- Owens Fen State Nature Preserve: 11.0 mi
- Lawrence Woods State Nature Preserve: 13.2 mi
- Logan County Historical Society Museum: 6.2 mi
- Champaign Aviation Museum: 17.8 mi
- Mid America Flight Museum North: 18.2 mi
- Champaign County Historical Society Museum: 18.8 mi
- Hardin County Historical Museum: 18.9 mi
- Mount Miserable: 3.5 mi
- Campbell Hill: 4.5 mi
- Bald Knob: 6.7 mi
- Jewel Hill: 8.4 mi
- Anstine Hill: 18.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 5.5 mi
- War of 1812 Blockhouse: 14.7 mi
- Warren G. Grimes/Grimes Field: 17.9 mi
- Pennsylvania Railroad Depot: 19.7 mi
- White Town: 9.3 mi
- Homer: 20.0 mi
- Edinburgh: 23.2 mi
- Cones Mills: 23.7 mi
- Shortest Street in America: 6.9 mi
- Ohio Caverns: 10.1 mi
- Fox Island Beach: 14.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Zane Caverns Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Campbell Hill | W 264° | 469 m | 4.5 mi |
| Mount Miserable | WSW 245° | 453 m | 3.5 mi |
| Bald Knob | SSW 208° | 434 m | 6.7 mi |
| Jewel Hill | SW 234° | 373 m | 8.4 mi |
| Heck Hill | SW 224° | 365 m | 22.0 mi |
| Anstine Hill | NW 324° | 337 m | 18.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:39 | 19:11 | 19:47 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:28 | 21:09 |
| September equinox | 07:23 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| December solstice | 07:55 | 16:29 | 17:12 |
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 | 28 | 38 | 50 | 61 | 70 | 73 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 31 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bellefontaine, 8 mi away.
- Eastern Pondhawk49 obs
- Widow Skimmer42 obs
- Orange Bluet40 obs
- Skimming Bluet34 obs
- Common Whitetail33 obs
- Eastern Amberwing30 obs
- Eastern Forktail29 obs
- Unicorn Clubtail25 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/464989067
Day trips start here
- Urbana · 20 mi
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