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Forbes Woods Picnic Area

Forbes Woods Picnic Area from directly overhead

Forbes Woods Picnic Area is a picnic site in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 309 m. Sugarloaf stands 423 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Oakwood Community Park, a park 0.9 miles away. Ohio & Erie Canalway passes 4.5 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

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Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates41.37307, -81.50475

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Oakwood Community Park: 0.9 mi
  • Interstate Park: 1.1 mi
  • Reed Park: 1.2 mi
  • Dellwood Park: 1.7 mi
  • Viaduct Park: 1.7 mi
Historic sites
  • St. Rita's Statue: 3.2 mi
  • Memorial Cannon: 3.4 mi
  • War Memorial Gazebo: 3.6 mi
  • WW2 Memorial: 3.6 mi
  • Maple Heights Veterans Memorial: 4.3 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Lightscape XXIII Community Sculpture: 3.7 mi
  • Henry Church Rock: 5.4 mi
  • Pepsi Logo: 6.4 mi
  • Van Aken District Murals: 6.7 mi
  • The Sassy Cat: 7.1 mi
Nature reserves
Gardens
  • John W. Seese Community Gardens: 4.6 mi
  • Orange Community Garden: 4.8 mi
  • Arboretum: 5.1 mi
  • Twinsburg Township Community Garden: 6.8 mi
  • Brecksville Community Garden: 7.4 mi
Attractions: 55
  • Jaite Mill Historic District: 6.8 mi
  • Big Oak Tree: 7.0 mi
  • Chagrin River High Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Falls: 7.1 mi
  • Haskins Road Christmas Lights Display: 9.4 mi
Picnic sites: 50
  • Shadow Lake Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
  • Hawthorn Ridge Picnic Area: 1.8 mi
  • Picnic Gazebo: 3.6 mi
  • Harper Ridge Picnic Area: 3.6 mi
  • Quarry Rock Picnic Area: 5.4 mi
Waterfalls: 22
Peaks: 21
  • Orange Hill: 8.9 mi
  • Cuyahoga County high point: 10.6 mi
  • McConougheys Hill: 10.8 mi
  • Oak Hill: 11.1 mi
  • Summit County high point: 11.8 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Lake Lucerne Beach: 8.5 mi
  • Edgewater Beach: 14.5 mi
  • Villa Beach: 14.7 mi
  • K-9 Coastline: 14.7 mi
  • Beulah Park Beach: 14.8 mi
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 2
  • White Oak Spring: 10.6 mi
  • Indian Spring: 17.5 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SugarloafE 85°423 m20.9 mi
Derthick HillESE 106°409 m16.1 mi
Portage County high pointESE 104°408 m18.4 mi
Summit County high pointSW 223°404 m11.8 mi
McConougheys HillENE 78°399 m10.8 mi
Cuyahoga County high pointWSW 242°390 m10.6 mi
Sand HillNE 49°381 m15.7 mi
The KnobNNE 34°378 m22.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0219:38
June solstice05:5420:2221:04
September equinox07:1418:4919:25
December solstice07:4916:1617:00

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293138496170747367564535
Precip in1.81.52.33.13.52.83.73.42.93.22.92.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cleveland Burke Lakefront AP, 14 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2867556078

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