Kettering and surrounding areas- Landscape

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The little cluster near Bellefontaine is really interesting because it is one of the few areas that was surrounded by the glacier but was not covered. A good glimpse into how Ohio would have looked it the glaciers never happened!

But yeah, the south parts of the metro are fun places to go fossil hunting, particularly in creek beds. I know recently the topic was discussed here on a Caesars Creek thread

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Originally Posted by OHKID

The little cluster near Bellefontaine is really interesting because it is one of the few areas that was surrounded by the glacier but was not covered. A good glimpse into how Ohio would have looked it the glaciers never happened!

That isn't true.

There were multiple instances of glaciation over Ohio where the whole state was covered, then it wasn't, then it was, and so on over hundreds of thousands of years. Some of the glaciation missed some parts in the East/Southeast, but not around Bellefontaine.

The elevation change from Oakwood/Kettering to Bellefontaine isn't a whole lot more than between the Miami River and Oakwood/Kettering. There is more relief in the Dayton area than around the high point on Campbell Hill.

Start-up Google Earth and do a flyover of that area and then go from Downtown Dayton to Hills and Dales and West to Moraine. The difference it striking.

The lowest point in OH is about 500 ft, Oakwood/Kettering are about 1,000 ft and Bellefontaine is about 1,500 ft. To someone from many parts of the country, there is more change in elevation commuting to work or going grocery shopping.

Campbell Hill, the highest point, is a glacial moraine - dropped by the glacier ( the Laurentide Ice Sheet ).