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Shadow Lake Picnic Area

Shadow Lake Picnic Area from directly overhead

Shadow Lake Picnic Area is a picnic site in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 309 m. Sugarloaf stands 423 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Hawthorn Ridge Picnic Area, a picnic site 0.5 miles away. Ohio & Erie Canalway passes 5.9 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
Cleveland Metroparks
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates41.38253, -81.48061

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Reed Park: 1.3 mi
  • Oakwood Community Park: 1.7 mi
  • Donald Norman Payne Recreation Complex: 1.8 mi
  • Village Center Park: 1.8 mi
  • Pettibone Park: 1.9 mi
Historic sites
  • St. Rita's Statue: 1.9 mi
  • Memorial Cannon: 2.0 mi
  • War Memorial Gazebo: 2.2 mi
  • WW2 Memorial: 2.2 mi
  • Squaw Rock: 4.0 mi
Museums
Artworks
  • Lightscape XXIII Community Sculpture: 2.3 mi
  • Henry Church Rock: 4.0 mi
  • The Sassy Cat: 5.7 mi
  • Van Aken District Murals: 6.5 mi
  • Pepsi Logo: 6.5 mi
Gardens
Nature reserves
Attractions: 55
  • Chagrin River High Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Falls: 5.7 mi
  • Big Oak Tree: 8.1 mi
  • Jaite Mill Historic District: 8.1 mi
  • Haskins Road Christmas Lights Display: 8.2 mi
Picnic sites: 50
  • Hawthorn Ridge Picnic Area: 0.5 mi
  • Forbes Woods Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
  • Picnic Gazebo: 2.4 mi
  • Harper Ridge Picnic Area: 2.4 mi
  • Quarry Rock Picnic Area: 4.0 mi
Waterfalls: 22
Peaks: 21
  • Orange Hill: 7.8 mi
  • McConougheys Hill: 9.4 mi
  • Cuyahoga County high point: 12.0 mi
  • Oak Hill: 12.2 mi
  • Summit County high point: 13.1 mi
Beaches: 14
  • Lake Lucerne Beach: 7.2 mi
  • Villa Beach: 14.4 mi
  • Beulah Park Beach: 14.5 mi
  • Euclid Beach: 14.7 mi
  • Villa Angela Beach: 14.7 mi
Cliffs: 5
Rest areas: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Lighthouses: 3
Springs: 2
  • White Oak Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Indian Spring: 17.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SugarloafE 86°423 m19.6 mi
Derthick HillESE 109°409 m15.1 mi
Portage County high pointESE 107°408 m17.4 mi
Summit County high pointSW 226°404 m13.1 mi
McConougheys HillE 80°399 m9.4 mi
Cuyahoga County high pointWSW 242°390 m12.0 mi
Sand HillNE 48°381 m14.4 mi
The KnobNNE 32°378 m21.2 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0219:38
June solstice05:5320:2221:04
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/4462622446

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