Sand Hill
Sand Hill rises to 271 m in Ohio. High Knob stands 314 m to the southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Bend Swimming Beach, a beach 1.2 miles away. Country Music Highway passes 7.3 miles off. 29 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
mountain in Lawrence County, Ohio, United States of America
Wikidata Q34903174, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 271 m
How to reach it
- 7.3 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
- 6.2 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 21.3 mi off the Welsh Scenic Byway
- 22.9 mi off the Scenic Scioto Heritage Trail Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- River Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Vesuvius Recreation Area: 1.2 mi
- Dean State Forest: 5.5 mi
- 9th Street Park: 6.5 mi
- Beechwood Park: 6.7 mi
- Paul Porter Park: 7.7 mi
- Big Boy: 6.4 mi
- Student Soldier Statue: 7.8 mi
- Venus: 9.1 mi
- Genesis: 9.1 mi
- Vulcan: 9.1 mi
- Vesuvius Furnace: 1.2 mi
- Marquette Cement: 6.3 mi
- Sergeant Danny C. Hayes Memorial: 10.6 mi
- WWI Memorial Trail: 16.0 mi
- The Virginia State Road: 16.0 mi
- Five Forks Hill: 2.7 mi
- Tipton Knob: 5.6 mi
- Stewart Knob: 6.3 mi
- Phillips Knob: 9.2 mi
- Pigeon Knob: 9.4 mi
- Lawrence County Museum: 6.6 mi
- The Highlands Museum & Discovery Center: 9.4 mi
- Russell E. Compton Civic Center & Museum: 13.5 mi
- Ramsdell House: 15.1 mi
- Ceredo Historical Society Museum: 15.3 mi
- Anderson Compass Plant Prairie: 7.2 mi
- Ohio Hanging Rock Preserve: 16.6 mi
- Cackley Swamp Preserve: 21.1 mi
- Cackley Swamp Preserve: 21.6 mi
- Baker Swamp State Nature Preserve: 23.5 mi
- C&O 1308: 15.9 mi
- Chad Pennington Hall of Fame: 16.4 mi
- Rest Area I 64 (East Bound): 23.6 mi
- Rest Area I 64 (West Bound): 24.3 mi
- Big Bend Swimming Beach: 1.2 mi
- Central Park Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
- Ritter Park Rose Garden: 16.8 mi
- Violet Point: 21.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sand Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | SW 216° | 314 m | 18.4 mi |
| Stewart Knob | NNE 23° | 307 m | 6.3 mi |
| Niner Hill | NW 314° | 307 m | 20.5 mi |
| Phillips Knob | N 4° | 306 m | 9.2 mi |
| Tipton Knob | NE 43° | 305 m | 5.6 mi |
| Poplar Knob | NE 48° | 305 m | 17.8 mi |
| Feurt Hill | NW 306° | 304 m | 23.5 mi |
| Gobbler Knob | ESE 112° | 302 m | 24.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:35 | 19:08 | 19:43 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:19 | 20:59 |
| September equinox | 07:19 | 18:54 | 19:29 |
| December solstice | 07:45 | 16:31 | 17:13 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 42 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.0 | 5.6 | 3.7 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waterloo, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1076821 — Sand Hill, Lawrence County, Ohio.
OpenStreetMap element node/357484443
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- Huntington · 16 mi
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