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Scenic Park Picnic Area

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Scenic Park Picnic Area is a picnic site in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 177 m. Summit County high point stands 404 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Sloane Avenue Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Lake Erie Coastal Ohio Trail passes 0.5 miles off. 6 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Operated by
Cleveland Metroparks

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates41.47836, -81.83189

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Sloane Avenue Park: 0.4 mi
  • Park Row Park: 0.4 mi
  • Middle School/Library Tot Lot: 0.5 mi
  • Memorial Fields: 0.7 mi
  • Stinchcomb-Groth Memorial: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
  • Blue Star Memorial Marker: 0.8 mi
  • Stinchcomb-Groth Memorial: 0.8 mi
  • West Park Cleveland Police and Firefighters Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Armed Forces Monument: 2.6 mi
Gardens
  • Lakewood LEAF Gardens: 0.9 mi
  • Rocky River Community Garden: 1.3 mi
  • Lakewood LEAF Garden: 2.6 mi
  • Lakewood LEAF Gardens: 2.7 mi
  • Bay Village Community Garden: 3.3 mi
Artworks
Museums: 57
  • Old Stone House Museum: 2.0 mi
  • Museum of Divine Statues: 2.8 mi
  • Rose Hill Museum: 4.9 mi
  • Osborn Learning Center: 5.0 mi
  • Frostville Museum: 5.9 mi
Picnic sites: 48
Attractions: 38
  • Solstice Steps: 2.2 mi
  • Cleveland Script Sign at Edgewater Park: 4.3 mi
  • MKP Airways: 4.7 mi
  • The Little Dipper: 4.7 mi
  • Jeep Ride: 4.7 mi
Nature reserves: 33
  • Southbridge Nature Preserve: 6.0 mi
  • Baldwin Creek Preserve: 8.2 mi
  • Avon Wetlands: 9.3 mi
  • Morgana Bluffs Nature Preserve: 9.5 mi
  • Upper French Creek Wetlands: 9.7 mi
Waterfalls: 17
  • Columbia Beach Falls: 3.7 mi
  • Berea Falls: 7.2 mi
  • Olmsted Falls: 7.9 mi
  • Quarry Lane Horseshoe Falls: 8.1 mi
  • Mill Creek Falls: 10.9 mi
Beaches: 11
Peaks: 6
  • Cedar Point: 5.8 mi
  • Cuyahoga County high point: 14.5 mi
  • Summit County high point: 18.1 mi
  • Orange Hill: 20.6 mi
  • Oak Hill: 22.6 mi
Cliffs: 4
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 2
Springs: 1
  • White Oak Spring: 23.1 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Summit County high pointSSE 151°404 m18.1 mi
Cuyahoga County high pointSSE 148°390 m14.5 mi
Orange HillE 88°360 m20.6 mi
Reeds HillSSE 163°347 m22.6 mi
Oak HillSE 143°294 m22.6 mi
Cedar PointSSW 209°232 m5.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0319:40
June solstice05:5420:2321:05
September equinox07:1518:5019:26
December solstice07:5116:1717:01

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F293139506170757366554434
Precip in3.02.53.13.73.83.83.73.63.93.63.43.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cleveland, 5 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element node/2986079580

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