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Middle Ridge

Middle Ridge, seen from above at true elevation

Middle Ridge rises to 280 m in Ohio. Pyramid Mountain stands 373 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Niner Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 3.9 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The story

mountain in United States of America

Wikidata Q34827689, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
280 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.81285, -82.87656

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Artworks
  • Welcome to the Portsmouth City Floodwall Murals: 8.7 mi
  • Mound Builders: 8.7 mi
  • Shawnee Village: 8.8 mi
  • Celeron de Blainville: 8.8 mi
  • Alexandria: 8.8 mi
Peaks: 56
Parks: 47
  • Millbrook Park: 4.7 mi
  • Clay Township Park: 5.4 mi
  • Porter Township Community Park: 5.5 mi
  • Porter Township Community Pool: 5.5 mi
  • Mound Park: 7.2 mi
Historic sites: 10
  • The Kinney Spring: 7.6 mi
  • Human Rights Diversity Walkway: 8.2 mi
  • Civil War Memorial: 8.2 mi
  • Spock Memorial: 8.6 mi
  • Marquette Cement: 13.7 mi
Museums: 5
  • Southern Ohio Museum and Cultural Center: 8.4 mi
  • Candyland Children's Museum: 8.8 mi
  • Welsh Museum: 17.5 mi
  • Lillian Jones Museum: 20.7 mi
  • Lawrence County Museum: 22.0 mi
Cliffs: 2
Attractions: 2
Beaches: 1
  • Big Bend Swimming Beach: 18.9 mi

Other summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Pyramid MountainWSW 258°373 m16.3 mi
Smith HillNW 306°368 m22.4 mi
Shawnee KnobW 262°365 m16.9 mi
Sponyers KnobNNW 330°364 m23.4 mi
Combs KnobNNW 330°363 m23.4 mi
Jasper KnobNNW 327°359 m18.4 mi
Mustard HillWNW 297°356 m23.4 mi
Swiger KnobNW 323°355 m18.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3619:0919:44
June solstice06:0720:2121:01
September equinox07:2018:5519:30
December solstice07:4716:3217:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323544556472767568564537
Precip in3.13.04.14.04.64.14.43.33.32.92.73.5

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Portsmouth-sciotoville, 4 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/357530221

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