Lower Picnic Area
Lower Picnic Area is a picnic site in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 218 m. Rumpke Mountain stands 319 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Tusculum, a peak 0.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Cincinnati Parks
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 3.4 mi off the Riverboat Row Scenic Byway
- 17.4 mi off the Presidential Pathways Ohio Scenic Byway
- 20.4 mi off the Big Bone Lick Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Bird Watching Shelter · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stephen C. Foster: 0.2 mi
- Cincinnati: 2.1 mi
- A Pig for all Seasons - Winter: 2.7 mi
- Big Boy: 2.7 mi
- Cincinnati Porkitecture: 3.1 mi
- Alms Park: 0.2 mi
- Lunken Airport Recreation Area: 0.8 mi
- Land of Make Believe: 0.8 mi
- Turkey Ridge Park: 0.9 mi
- Mount Lookout Square: 1.2 mi
- Area History: 0.5 mi
- Mirror Lake: 3.6 mi
- Newport on the Levee: 3.9 mi
- Riverbend Music Center: 4.1 mi
- Wilson-Gibson House: 4.1 mi
- World War II Comes to Lunken Field: 0.6 mi
- Hon. Henry Stanbery: 1.4 mi
- Miss Doherty's College Preparatory School for Girls: 2.7 mi
- Station 66 Monument to the Heroes: 2.8 mi
- The Madisonville Site: 2.9 mi
- Three's Company: 1.7 mi
- Grandma's Garden: 1.7 mi
- The Evening Garden: 1.7 mi
- Witch's Corner: 1.7 mi
- Shady Practices: 1.7 mi
- Irish Heritage Center of Cincinnati: 0.4 mi
- Cincinnati Aviation Heritage Society Museum: 0.6 mi
- Tharp Dayton Heritage Museum: 2.4 mi
- Fort Thomas Military Museum: 3.3 mi
- Harriet Beecher Stowe House: 3.6 mi
- Stern (Elstun Rd.) Preserve: 1.6 mi
- California Woods Nature Preserve: 2.4 mi
- Bettman Preserve: 2.5 mi
- Scarborough Woods: 2.7 mi
- Bauer Preserve: 5.4 mi
- Monarch Meadow: 7.2 mi
- Badger Bluff: 7.4 mi
- Area 23: 8.2 mi
- Area 19, Stone Steps: 8.3 mi
- Area 22, Furnas Hill: 8.4 mi
- Mount Tusculum: 0.1 mi
- Mount Lookout: 1.9 mi
- Mount Adams: 3.9 mi
- Goat Hill: 4.1 mi
- Brighton Hill: 5.0 mi
- Buckeye Falls: 11.7 mi
- Lower Buckeye Falls: 11.7 mi
- Simpkinsville: 15.3 mi
- Butterworth: 16.0 mi
- Hidden Valley Lake Beach: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lower Picnic Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rumpke Mountain | NW 321° | 319 m | 14.6 mi |
| Harrison Hill | WNW 292° | 284 m | 24.7 mi |
| Harrison Hill | WNW 294° | 279 m | 24.5 mi |
| Heitsmanns Hill | NNW 333° | 274 m | 22.8 mi |
| Orchard Hill | SW 229° | 268 m | 7.5 mi |
| Pleasant Hill | SSE 165° | 267 m | 24.2 mi |
| Galley Hill | ENE 78° | 265 m | 12.5 mi |
| Jackson Ridge | WNW 284° | 259 m | 24.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:42 | 19:15 | 19:50 |
| June solstice | 06:13 | 20:28 | 21:08 |
| September equinox | 07:26 | 19:01 | 19:37 |
| December solstice | 07:54 | 16:37 | 17:19 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.8 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cincinnati Muni AP Lunken FLD, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1219373308
Day trips start here
- Cincinnati/Eastern · 2 mi
- Fort Thomas · 3 mi
- Newport · 4 mi
- Cincinnati · 5 mi
- Cincinnati/Downtown · 5 mi
- Cincinnati/Over-the-Rhine · 5 mi
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