The Seeker
The Seeker is an artwork in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 179 m. Porter Knob stands 424 m to the south, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is A Buck for All Seasons, a artwork less than a tenth of a mile away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 4.0 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- fiberglass
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 16.4 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
- 29.9 mi off the Welsh Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Nancy Cartmill Gardens: 0.0 mi
- Barboursville Skate Park: 0.1 mi
- Barboursville City Park: 1.4 mi
- Altizer Park: 3.3 mi
- Kiwanivista Park: 3.7 mi
- A Buck for All Seasons: 0.0 mi
- The Apple Remedy: 0.0 mi
- Sir Volundeer: 0.0 mi
- Village in Bloom: 0.0 mi
- Giant Elephant: 7.0 mi
- Poore Hill: 4.5 mi
- Huddleston Knob: 6.6 mi
- Gobbler Knob: 7.4 mi
- Gobbler's Knob: 7.7 mi
- Porter Knob: 8.1 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 0.1 mi
- 1970 Plane Crash Memorial: 6.7 mi
- John Marshall: 7.4 mi
- John Marshall: 7.4 mi
- The Marshall Beech Tree: 7.4 mi
- Touma Museum of Medicine: 8.1 mi
- Museum of Radio & Technology: 9.7 mi
- The Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society, Inc. Museum: 9.9 mi
- Taylor Auto Collections: 10.1 mi
- Ramsdell House: 14.1 mi
- Chad Pennington Hall of Fame: 6.8 mi
- C&O 1308: 9.9 mi
- Ritter Park Rose Garden: 7.9 mi
- Community Garden: 16.5 mi
- Anderson Compass Plant Prairie: 17.3 mi
- Coal River Nature Reserve: 23.9 mi
- Central Park Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Big Bend Swimming Beach: 23.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of The Seeker. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porter Knob | S 186° | 424 m | 24.2 mi |
| Buck Knob | ESE 123° | 412 m | 24.9 mi |
| Cove Knob | S 172° | 410 m | 23.2 mi |
| Buck Knob | S 189° | 382 m | 18.5 mi |
| Turkeycamp Knob | S 183° | 380 m | 15.1 mi |
| Stowers Knob | SE 135° | 378 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mays Knob | S 183° | 374 m | 13.8 mi |
| Flag Knob | SSE 161° | 368 m | 12.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:06 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:17 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:31 | 17:13 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 36 | 39 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — PEA Ridge PSD, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8094210582
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