Oglebay Park Lake Dam
Oglebay Park is a self-supporting public municipal park, the only one of its kind, located on the outskirts of Wheeling, West Virginia, on 1,650 acres.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Morganismysheltie, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Dam
- Description: park in Wheeling, West Virginia
- Also known as: “Oglebay Park” and “Schenk Lake Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Temple Shalom and Linsly School.
Temple Shalom
Synagogue
Temple Shalom is a synagogue of Reform Judaism at 23 Bethany Pike, Wheeling, West Virginia, in the United States. The congregation dates from 1849. The building was completed in 1957 as the Woodside Temple. Temple Shalom is situated 2 miles southwest of Oglebay Park Lake Dam.
Linsly School
School
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The Linsly School, formerly known as the Linsly Military Institute, is a boarding and day school located in Wheeling, West Virginia. It was founded in 1814 by Noah Linsly and chartered by the State of Virginia in the same year. Linsly School is situated 2½ miles southwest of Oglebay Park Lake Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Greggsville and Warwood.
Greggsville
Hamlet
Greggsville, also known as Greggs, is an unincorporated community located in Ohio County, West Virginia, United States.
Warwood
Suburb
Warwood is a neighborhood of the city of Wheeling in Ohio County, West Virginia, United States. It lies at an elevation of 673 feet. Warwood was named for the Warwood Tool Company. Warwood is situated 2½ miles northwest of Oglebay Park Lake Dam.
Eden
Hamlet
Eden is an unincorporated community in Ohio County, West Virginia, United States. It lies at an elevation of 797 feet. Eden is situated 2½ miles southeast of Oglebay Park Lake Dam.
Oglebay Park Lake Dam
- Categories: single-family detached home, urban park, and conflation
- Location: Ohio, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
40.09837° or 40° 5′ 54″ northLongitude
-80.66371° or 80° 39′ 49″ westElevation
1,243 feet (379 metres)Open location code
86GX38XP+8GOpenStreetMap ID
node 356528867OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
“Oglebay Park Lake Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Oglebay Park Lake Dam”
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