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Encyclopedia > Campbell Hill, Ohio

Campbell Hill is Ohio's highest point in elevation. At 1549 feet, it is located two miles northeast of Bellefontaine, Ohio. The Logan County (Ohio) courthouse in Bellefontaine Bellefontaine is a city located in Logan County, Ohio. ...


The peak is the former home of the Bellefontaine Air Force Station, where the 664th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron maintained a Cold War early warning radar. Currently, the summit is occupied by the Ohio Hi-Point Career Center and is open to visitors Monday through Friday. A cold war is a state of conflict between nations that does not involve direct military action but is pursued primarily through economic and political actions, acts of espionage or conflict through surrogates. ... This long range radar antenna (approximately 40m (130ft) in diameter) rotates on a track to observe activities near the horizon. ...


The hard rock of the area resisted the glaciers that covered and flattened much of Ohio during the Ice Ages. The unglaciated land south of the hill became a channel for glacial runoff and formed the Little Miami River. The river's beautiful limestone gorges are due its recent formation. Variations in CO2, temperature and dust from the Vostok ice core over the last 400 000 years For the animated movie, see Ice Age (movie). ... The Little Miami River (also called the Little Miami Scenic River) is a tributary of the Ohio River, approximately 160 mi (257 km) long, in southwestern Ohio in the United States. ...


External Links

  • Ohio Hi-Point Career Center (http://www.ohp.k12.oh.us/index.php)

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Ohio first developed as an agricultural region, and more than half of the land is still devoted to growing crops and raising livestock.
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OHIO, one of the East North Central states of the U.S., bordered on the N by Michigan and Ontario, Canada; on the E by Pennsylvania and West Virginia; on the S by West Virginia and Kentucky; and on the W by Indiana.
Ohio, with an area of 116,103 sq km (44,828 sq mi), is the 34th largest state of the U.S.; 1.3% of the land area is owned by the federal government.
Ohio was separated from the remainder of the Northwest Territory in 1800, and in 1803 it became the first state of the territory to be admitted to the Union.
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