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Great Falls of Tinker's Creek

Great Falls of Tinker's Creek, seen from above at true elevation

Great Falls of Tinker's Creek is a waterfall in Ohio, at a modelled elevation of 262 m. Sugarloaf stands 423 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Viaduct Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Ohio & Erie Canalway passes 3.8 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Height
4 m

How to reach it

Coordinates41.38354, -81.53242

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Viaduct Park: 0.1 mi
  • Bedford Public Square: 0.5 mi
  • Interstate Park: 0.5 mi
  • Archibald Willard Park: 1.1 mi
  • Taft Park: 1.1 mi
Nature reserves
Historic sites
  • Maple Heights Veterans Memorial: 2.8 mi
  • St. Rita's Statue: 4.6 mi
  • Memorial Cannon: 4.7 mi
  • War Memorial Gazebo: 4.9 mi
  • WW2 Memorial: 4.9 mi
Museums
Gardens
Artworks
  • Lightscape XXIII Community Sculpture: 5.0 mi
  • Van Aken District Murals: 5.7 mi
  • Henry Church Rock: 6.4 mi
  • Beaudry Statue of Mary: 7.4 mi
  • Pepsi Logo: 7.7 mi
Attractions: 55
  • Jaite Mill Historic District: 6.9 mi
  • Big Oak Tree: 7.4 mi
  • Chagrin River High Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Heritage Farms: 10.1 mi
Picnic sites: 51
Peaks: 21
  • Orange Hill: 9.0 mi
  • Cuyahoga County high point: 9.8 mi
  • Summit County high point: 11.4 mi
  • Oak Hill: 11.5 mi
  • McConougheys Hill: 12.1 mi
Waterfalls: 19
  • Bridal Veil Falls: 1.1 mi
  • Twin Sisters Falls: 4.8 mi
  • Greenwood Falls: 5.5 mi
  • Canyon Falls: 6.1 mi
  • Mill Creek Falls: 6.4 mi
Beaches: 13
Rest areas: 4
Cliffs: 4
Ghost towns: 3
Springs: 2
  • White Oak Spring: 11.1 mi
  • Indian Spring: 18.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Great Falls of Tinker's Creek. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
SugarloafE 87°423 m22.2 mi
Derthick HillESE 107°409 m17.7 mi
Portage County high pointESE 105°408 m20.0 mi
Summit County high pointSW 216°404 m11.4 mi
McConougheys HillE 83°399 m12.1 mi
Cuyahoga County high pointSW 234°390 m9.8 mi
Sand HillNE 54°381 m16.4 mi
The KnobNE 38°378 m22.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0219:38
June solstice05:5420:2221:04
September equinox07:1418:4919:25
December solstice07:5016:1617:00

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °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, 12 mi away.

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Aug.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs17020024020514410493.572.079.385.2134178

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Tinkers Creek at Bedford OH, under a mile away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/2141956515

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