City Garden
City Garden is a garden in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 744 m. East River Mountain stands 1,331 m to the southwest, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Princeton Youth Park, a park 0.1 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 8.7 miles off.
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 8.7 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 11.3 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 17.4 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 17.8 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 10 mi
- Big Walker Lookout · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Turkey Knob: 2.6 mi
- Black Oak Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Tater Knob: 6.3 mi
- Browning Lambert Mountain: 7.4 mi
- Hector Knob: 7.9 mi
- Princeton Youth Park: 0.1 mi
- Princeton City Park Walking Trails: 0.1 mi
- Princeton Recreation Center: 0.3 mi
- Muse Memorial Park: 1.0 mi
- Knob Street Park: 1.2 mi
- Stone Arch: 0.2 mi
- Perdue Family Crest: 6.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 11.5 mi
- This Way: 15.3 mi
- Kimball World War I Memorial: 22.0 mi
- Mercer County War Museum: 0.7 mi
- Mercer County Agricultural Museum: 1.7 mi
- Princeton Railroad Museum: 1.7 mi
- Andrew Johnston House: 20.9 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 24.8 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 15.4 mi
- Warford: 16.7 mi
- Lilly: 17.2 mi
- Junta: 18.6 mi
- Pickshin: 20.4 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve: 8.9 mi
- Pinnacle Rock State Park: 10.2 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 11.6 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 11.4 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 16.8 mi
- High Point: 19.5 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 22.7 mi
- Sharon Springs: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of City Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| East River Mountain | SW 231° | 1,331 m | 21.4 mi |
| Chimney Rock | SW 231° | 1,304 m | 20.7 mi |
| Greaver Benchmark | SSW 205° | 1,270 m | 19.8 mi |
| Short Mountain | SW 230° | 1,258 m | 22.6 mi |
| Ghost Knob | SW 221° | 1,250 m | 22.6 mi |
| Gose Knob | SW 215° | 1,244 m | 19.0 mi |
| Buckhorn Knob | ESE 123° | 1,239 m | 8.7 mi |
| Sugar Run Mountain | ESE 119° | 1,238 m | 16.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:49 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:30 | 17:11 |
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 | 33 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 61 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 63 | 53 | 44 | 36 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Athens, 6 mi away.
- mayapple6 obs
- House Sparrow5 obs
- broad-leaved sweet pea5 obs
- Huron Skipper5 obs
- multiflora rose4 obs
- House Finch4 obs
- Perennial Cornflower3 obs
- Eastern Carpenter Bee3 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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