South Oval
South Oval is a park in City of Columbus, Franklin, Ohio. South Oval is situated nearby to Orton Geological Museum, as well as near National Pan-Hellenic Council Plaza.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Mirror Lake and Wexner Center for the Arts.
Mirror Lake
Lake
Photo: Pi.1415926535, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Mirror Lake is a pond on the campus of the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. Visitors, students, faculty, and staff visit the fountains that run in spring, summer, and autumn.
Wexner Center for the Arts
Arts center
Photo: Ibagli, Public domain.
The Wexner Center for the Arts is the Ohio State University's "multidisciplinary, international laboratory for the exploration and advancement of contemporary art." The Wexner Center is a lab and public gallery, but not an art museum, as it does not collect art. Wexner Center for the Arts is situated 1,300 feet northeast of South Oval.
William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library
Library
Photo: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library is the main library at Ohio State University's Columbus campus. It is the university's largest library and houses its main stacks, special collections, rare books and manuscripts, and many departmental subject libraries. William Oxley Thompson Memorial Library is situated 890 feet northwest of South Oval.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include University Area and Weinland Park.
University Area
University Area also known as the University District is the area around the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio. It also includes the OSU Hospital and The James Cancer Research Hospital.
Weinland Park
Neighborhood
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Weinland Park is a neighborhood north of downtown Columbus, Ohio and encompassed by the boundaries of the University District. A development boom in the 1930s and 1940s resulting from new streetcar lines and the blossoming of factories brought working and middle-class families to the neighborhood.
Northwood Park
Neighborhood
The Oakland & Northwood Avenue Area is located in the northern University District in Columbus, Ohio and is bounded by Patterson Avenue to the north and Northwood Avenue to the south & Pearl Alley to the west and Indianola Avenue to the east.
South Oval
- Type: Park
- Category: recreation area
- Location: City of Columbus, Franklin, Ohio, Midwest, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.99775° or 39° 59′ 52″ northLongitude
-83.01241° or 83° 0′ 45″ westOpen location code
86FRXXXQ+32OpenStreetMap ID
way 484986900OpenStreetMap feature
leisure=park
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