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Bryant

Bryant from directly overhead

Bryant is a ghost town in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 840 m. Grassy Knob stands 1,332 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Walker Hill, a ghost town 1.0 miles away. Midland Trail passes 1.3 miles off.

Ghost town in Greenbrier County, West Virginia

How to reach it

Coordinates38.02420, -80.74390

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 49
  • Quinwood Recreation Area: 3.3 mi
  • Rainelle Town Park: 3.6 mi
  • Rainelle Park: 4.0 mi
  • Rupert City Park: 5.0 mi
  • Rupert Recreation Area: 5.3 mi
Cliffs: 36
  • Cambodia: 11.9 mi
  • Molly and Johnny Wall: 12.0 mi
  • Fifth Buttress: 12.2 mi
  • Fourth Buttress: 12.3 mi
  • Third Buttress: 12.4 mi
Ghost towns: 12
Attractions: 8
  • Almost Heaven Swing: 16.3 mi
  • Richwood Area Chamber of Commerce: 17.9 mi
  • New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 18.4 mi
  • Lost World Caverns: 20.9 mi
  • The Canopy: 21.2 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Rudolph Falls: 18.9 mi
  • Laurel Creek Falls: 20.3 mi
  • Sandstone Falls: 20.4 mi
  • Sandstone Falls: 20.6 mi
  • Peters Creek Falls: 21.8 mi
Historic sites: 6
  • Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 3.9 mi
  • Red Ash Coke Ovens: 17.0 mi
  • Rush Run Coke Ovens: 17.8 mi
  • Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 18.3 mi
  • Walter Scott's statue: 22.0 mi
Picnic sites: 3
  • Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 12.6 mi
  • North Bend Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
  • Brooks Falls: 22.7 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Lighthouses: 1
Artworks: 1
  • Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 18.3 mi
Museums: 1
  • Greenbrier Military School Museum: 22.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 14.5 miles of Bryant. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Grassy KnobENE 78°1,332 m13.7 mi
Job KnobENE 71°1,324 m11.6 mi
Cross MountainESE 113°1,271 m9.1 mi
Beech KnobNE 51°1,261 m9.7 mi
Little Beech KnobNE 52°1,255 m10.2 mi
Wildcat KnobNE 53°1,223 m8.4 mi
Bush Place KnobNE 53°1,208 m7.6 mi
Buffalo MountainESE 109°1,204 m10.8 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0019:35
June solstice06:0120:1020:50
September equinox07:1118:4719:22
December solstice07:3616:2617:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: May–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F262937485764676761503931
Precip in4.14.05.14.45.64.85.44.23.93.14.04.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rupert 4 N, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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