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Belmont - I-70 East Bound Rest Area

Belmont - I-70 East Bound Rest Area from directly overhead

Belmont - I-70 East Bound Rest Area is a rest area in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 368 m. Riggs Knob stands 435 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Belmont - I-70 West Bound Rest Area, a rest area 0.2 miles away. Historic National Road - Ohio passes 0.5 miles off. 133 named places lie within 25 miles, 13 of them named summits.

What to expect

Operated by
Ohio Department of Transportation

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates40.06329, -81.01368

Overlooks nearby

133 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 58
Historic sites: 22
Peaks: 13
Museums: 13
  • Underground Railroad Museum: 6.6 mi
  • Franklin Museum: 8.6 mi
  • Belmont County Museum: 9.9 mi
  • Clark Gable: 14.4 mi
  • Bellaire Toy and Plastic Brick Museum: 14.6 mi
Artworks: 6
  • Heron: 15.3 mi
  • Tortoise: 15.3 mi
  • Bobo the Elephant: 15.3 mi
  • McColloch’s Leap Monument: 15.4 mi
  • Mingo Statue: 15.4 mi
Gardens: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Waterfalls: 3
  • Raven Rocks Falls: 13.0 mi
  • Lower Piatt Falls: 20.7 mi
  • Upper Piatt Falls: 20.7 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Horsemans Picnic Area: 1.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Belmont - I-70 East Bound Rest Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Riggs KnobSE 137°435 m20.2 mi
Chapel HillSSE 165°415 m3.9 mi
Clark HillNE 43°414 m4.0 mi
Galloway KnobSSE 148°414 m4.2 mi
Kanzigg HillSSE 155°398 m15.5 mi
Hawthorn HillESE 120°397 m11.9 mi
Cool HillS 173°388 m7.0 mi
Horsemill HillSE 129°378 m13.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0019:36
June solstice05:5620:1620:57
September equinox07:1218:4719:23
December solstice07:4316:1917:02

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283139516169737165544233

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Barnesville, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/439428335

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