Amusement Wall
Photo: Tim Kiser, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- 46 routes
- V0 – V9+
- Bouldering · Sport · Trad
- Jul–Oct
- best months
Amusement Wall is a climbing area in Ohio, about a mile from the community of Park Ridge Acres. It sits among a cluster of other climbing spots, with Dirty Little Boulder, Pooh's Corner and Dad's Wall (aka Glass Buttress) all within about a tenth of a mile. The area has 46 routes, with 33 of them boulders and 12 sport routes. The boulders run from V0 up to V9+, with the sport routes graded from 5.7 to 5.12a. Some of the named boulders include It's Medicinal (V0), What Just Bit Me (V2-3) and Rocktober Festival (V4). For timing, late spring and early fall are the most comfortable. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Springfield show May highs around 73°F and September highs around 78°F, with July peaking near 84°F. Cj Brown Dam And Reservoir is about 6.6 miles away for fishing, and the Inman Trail and Pine Forest Trail are both about 8 miles off for hiking. Paddlers can reach the Little Miami River, roughly 10 miles away.
Best time to go · Jul–Oct
Best time to visit Amusement Wall
Best months: July–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
36° / 19°
12 wet
Feb
40° / 20°
9 wet
Mar
50° / 28°
11 wet
Apr
63° / 38°
13 wet
May
73° / 49°
14 wet
Jun
81° / 59°
13 wet
Jul
84° / 62°
11 wet
Aug
83° / 60°
9 wet
Sep
78° / 52°
9 wet
Oct
65° / 41°
10 wet
Nov
52° / 31°
10 wet
Dec
41° / 24°
11 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Springfield Wtp, OH, 4.9 mi away at 951 ft. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.
Routes (46)
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