Sulphur Spring
Sulphur Spring is a spring in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 262 m. Hulse Hill stands 433 m to the east-northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Nash House Museum, a museum 0.3 miles away. Scenic Olentangy Heritage Corridor passes 2.8 miles off. 4 named summits stand within 25 miles.
Sulphur spring that supported a health resort in the 1800s before the founding of Ohio Wesleyan University.
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Scenic Olentangy Heritage Corridor
- 14.2 mi off the Big Darby Plains Scenic Byway
- 20.9 mi off the Jefferson Township Scenic Byway
- 23.3 mi off the Historic National Road - Ohio, National
Overlooks nearby
- Stag · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bicentennial Park: 0.4 mi
- Boardman Arts Park: 0.5 mi
- Ross Street Park: 0.5 mi
- Eastside Neighborhood Park: 0.7 mi
- Mingo Park: 0.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial Plaza: 2.5 mi
- Cole Earthworks: 11.0 mi
- Ohio Fallen Heroes Memorial: 11.3 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 11.6 mi
- Memorial Wall: 11.8 mi
- Imagination Garden: 7.6 mi
- The North Star: 11.6 mi
- Out of Bounds (6 of 7): 12.6 mi
- Jack Nicklas Statue: 12.6 mi
- Out of Bounds (5 of 7): 12.7 mi
- Kensington Rain Garden: 1.8 mi
- Kensington Rain Garden: 1.8 mi
- Children's Memorial Garden: 11.7 mi
- Veteran's Garden: 11.7 mi
- Medetation Garden: 11.7 mi
- Nash House Museum: 0.3 mi
- Powell Liberty Historical Society: 9.6 mi
- Myers Inn Museum\ Big Walnut Area Historical Society: 11.5 mi
- Ferris-Wright Earthworks: 12.9 mi
- Hanby House: 13.6 mi
- Stratford Ecological Center: 2.8 mi
- Alum Creek State Park: 6.3 mi
- Shale Hollow Park: 6.5 mi
- Delaware Reservoir Wildlife Area: 7.4 mi
- Edward F. Hutchins Nature Preserve: 11.3 mi
- Olentangy Caverns: 7.2 mi
- Asian Elephant: 10.0 mi
- Field of Corn (with Osage Orange Trees): 15.0 mi
- Animal Swings: 15.5 mi
- Dragon with Toothbrush: 15.7 mi
- Carpenter's Mill: 4.6 mi
- Coles Mills: 5.0 mi
- Cones Mills: 7.8 mi
- Edinburgh: 8.0 mi
- Tyrone: 9.9 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Area: 9.9 mi
- River Bluffs: 11.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
- Brevoort Park: 18.3 mi
- Equestrian Day Use: 18.8 mi
- Rich Hill: 18.1 mi
- Hulse Hill: 19.8 mi
- Graveyard Hill: 21.0 mi
- Beavers Hill: 24.6 mi
- Lee M. Rizor Memorial Highway Rest Area: 8.6 mi
- Marion County Rest Area: 15.9 mi
- Marion County Rest Area: 16.0 mi
- Indian Run Falls: 13.8 mi
- Indian Run Falls: 13.8 mi
- Milliken Falls: 20.6 mi
- Alum Creek Beach: 8.9 mi
- Prairie Oaks Dog Beach: 22.6 mi
- Dublin Spring: 13.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sulphur Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hulse Hill | ENE 71° | 433 m | 19.8 mi |
| Rich Hill | E 84° | 414 m | 18.1 mi |
| Beavers Hill | SE 127° | 383 m | 24.6 mi |
| Graveyard Hill | N 11° | 302 m | 21.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:37 | 19:09 | 19:44 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:25 | 21:06 |
| September equinox | 07:20 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| December solstice | 07:52 | 16:27 | 17:10 |
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 | 28 | 31 | 40 | 52 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 42 | 33 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.0 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Marysville, 13 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 577 | 647 | 805 | 601 | 472 | 356 | 267 | 108 | 72.9 | 102 | 307 | 472 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Olentangy River near Delaware OH, 4 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- Amur honeysuckle79 obs
- American pokeweed39 obs
- tree-of-heaven37 obs
- Western Honey Bee34 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel30 obs
- American sycamore30 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle29 obs
- common milkweed26 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/5692231528
Day trips start here
- Columbus/University Area · 21 mi
- Columbus · 23 mi
- Columbus/South · 25 mi
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