Clifton Gorge

Clifton Gorge is a memorial in Greene, Ohio. Clifton Gorge is situated nearby to the islet Steamboat Rock, as well as near the waterfall Amphitheater Falls.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Clifton Mill Covered Bridge and Glen Helen Bridge.

Clifton Mill Covered Bridge

Bridge

Photo: Todd Poling, CC BY 2.0.

Clifton Mill Covered Bridge is situated 3,700 feet southeast of Clifton Gorge.

Glen Helen Bridge

Photo: Chris Light, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Glen Helen Bridge is situated 2½ miles southwest of Clifton Gorge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Yellow Springs and Hustead.

Yellow Springs

Photo: intoxination, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Yellow Springs is a village in northern Greene County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,697 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Dayton metropolitan area and is home to Antioch College.

Hustead

Hamlet

Hustead is an unincorporated community in Clark County, in the U.S. state of Ohio. Hustead is situated 3 miles northwest of Clifton Gorge.

Cedarville

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

Cedarville is a village in Greene County, Ohio, United States. The village is within the Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 4,257 at the 2020 census.

Clifton Gorge

Type: Memorial
Inscription: “Clifton Gorge, carved by glacial meltwater 15,000 years ago, cuts through ancient bedrock and shelters rare native plants. In the 1800s, the Little Miami River powered mills and factories. The upper gorge became a state nature preserve in 1973.”
Category: historic site
Location: Greene, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.8002° or 39° 48′ 1″ north

Longitude

-83.83582° or 83° 50′ 9″ west

Inception

2003

Operator

Ohio History Connection

Network

Remarkable Ohio

Open location code

86FRR527+3M

OpenStreetMap ID

node 13990999864

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=memorial

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