Ruffner Monument

Ruffner Monument: crowds and conditions

Typical pattern: usually quiet; mostly local visitors. Been there recently? Post today’s status and it shows here for the next traveller.

Status options for this park: Open, good conditions · Very crowded · Approach road bad · Closed / not accessible.

Best time to visit Ruffner Monument

Season: Year-round, evenings.

Crowd: Usually quiet; mostly local visitors.

Typical week: Mon quiet · Tue quiet · Wed quiet · Thu quiet · Fri light · Sat light · Sun light.

How to reach Ruffner Monument — distance from nearby cities

Coordinates: 40.75117, -82.35350. Road distances are estimates; the road-trip planner uses real routes and adds stops worth the detour.

Places to visit near Ruffner Monument

• Charles Mill Lake · lake · Richland · ~3 km · Must-see
• Site of the tree from the movie Shawshank Redemption, before felling. · attraction · Richland · ~14 km · Must-see
• Malabar Farm State Park · fort · Richland · ~15 km · Must-see
• Pleasant Hill Lake · lake · Richland · ~16 km · Must-see
• Ohio State Reformatory · museum · Richland · ~16 km · Must-see
• Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Building · fort · Richland · ~17 km · Must-see
• Saint Peter's Church · church · Richland · ~17 km · Must-see
• Oak Hill Cottage · fort · Richland · ~17 km · Must-see
• Park Avenue Baptist Church · church · Richland · ~18 km · Must-see
• Central United Methodist Church · church · Richland · ~19 km · Must-see
• North Lake Park · lake · Richland · ~19 km · Must-see
• Kingwood Center Gardens · fort · Richland · ~21 km · Must-see
• Mohican Memorial State Forest · sanctuary · Ashland · ~21 km · Must-see
• Ashland Reservoir · lake · Ashland · ~21 km · Must-see
• All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church · church · Richland · ~25 km · Must-see
• Richland County Museum · museum · Richland · ~26 km · Must-see
• First Congregational Church · church · Richland · ~26 km · Must-see
• Clear Fork Resevoir · lake · Morrow · ~30 km · Must-see

See everything within a day’s drive of Ruffner Monument

Other parks near Ruffner Monument

• Findley State Park · park · Lorain · ~55 km · Must-see
• Tappan Square · park · Lorain · ~77 km · Must-see
• Schoepfle Gardens · park · Erie · ~80 km · Must-see
• Gardenview Horticultural Park · park · Cuyahoga · ~93 km · Must-see
• Dillon State Park · park · Muskingum · ~98 km · Must-see
• Muskingum River Parkway State Park · park · Muskingum · ~106 km · Must-see
• Cedar Point · park · Erie · ~108 km · Must-see
• Dawes Arboretum · park · Licking · ~108 km · Must-see
• Cedar Point Shores · park · Erie · ~108 km · Must-see
• Highbanks Metro Park · park · Delaware · ~111 km · Must-see

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