- Elevation, modelled
- 546 m
- Tallest summit within 19.1 miles
- Boggs Knob1,102 m · 18.1 mi
- Nearest byway
- Coal Heritage Trail1.0 mi off
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:51local time
- Coordinates
- 38.0560, -81.0632
Fern Point Area is a cliff in West Virginia, at a modelled 546 m. Boggs Knob stands 1,102 m to the east-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Party Buttress Area, a cliff less than a tenth of a mile away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 1.0 miles off.
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.1 miles of Fern Point Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boggs Knob | ESE 121° | 1,102 m | 18.1 mi |
| Buck Knob | E 89° | 1,056 m | 18.0 mi |
| Myles Knob | ESE 112° | 1,054 m | 15.0 mi |
| Walnut Knob | SSE 148° | 1,049 m | 12.3 mi |
| Ford Knob | SE 131° | 1,026 m | 14.6 mi |
| Beargarden Knob | E 95° | 1,008 m | 15.9 mi |
| Fork Mountain | SE 125° | 1,008 m | 16.9 mi |
| Walnut Knob | E 92° | 1,005 m | 16.3 mi |
- 1.0 mi off the Coal Heritage TrailNational
- 4.6 mi off the Midland TrailNational
Overlooks nearby
- Long Point Viewpoint · 1 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 5 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 6 mi
- Concho Overlook · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fayetteville Town Park: 1.7 mi
- Janutola Park: 2.3 mi
- The Fields: 4.5 mi
- Russell Mathews Park: 5.4 mi
- Hawks Nest State Park: 5.5 mi
- Harvey Knob: 4.0 mi
- Big Rock: 6.8 mi
- Ford Knob: 7.2 mi
- Gauley Mountain: 7.3 mi
- Cotton Hill: 7.3 mi
- Party Buttress Area: 0.0 mi
- Endless Wall: 0.2 mi
- Honeymooner Area: 0.3 mi
- Bridge Buttress: 1.4 mi
- Junkyard Wall: 2.1 mi
- Kay Moor: 0.6 mi
- Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District: 1.2 mi
- Nuttallburg: 1.3 mi
- Thurmond: 6.6 mi
- Greenwood: 12.9 mi
- Rush Run Coke Ovens: 6.4 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 6.5 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 6.5 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 8.3 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 10.2 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 1.3 mi
- The Mystery Hole: 6.3 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 9.0 mi
- The Canopy: 9.6 mi
- Vanbibbers Rock: 10.2 mi
- Cathedral Falls: 9.3 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 11.1 mi
- Peters Creek Falls: 12.1 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 22.3 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 22.4 mi
- Needleseye Park: 6.1 mi
- Grandview: 14.8 mi
- Summersville Lake State Park: 17.2 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 20.1 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 20.1 mi
- Raleigh County Veteran's Inc: 20.2 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 7.8 mi
- Summersville Lake Lighthouse: 14.7 mi
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:27 | 17:09 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anstead Hawks Nest SP, 5 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of New River Gorge National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
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