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Huntsville

Huntsville from directly overhead

Huntsville is a ghost town in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 182 m. Garnes Knob stands 365 m to the southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Evans Dale Farm Community REecration area, a park 3.0 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 4.1 miles off. 91 named places lie within 25 miles, 34 of them named summits.

Ghost town in Jackson County, West Virginia

How to reach it

Coordinates38.83140, -81.84000

91 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 40
  • Evans Dale Farm Community REecration area: 3.0 mi
  • Keraland Recreation Area: 5.3 mi
  • Parsons Corner: 7.0 mi
  • Riverfront Park: 8.9 mi
  • Cedar Lakes Conference Center: 8.9 mi
Peaks: 34
Museums: 6
  • Washington's Western Lands Museum: 8.9 mi
  • Mothman Museum: 16.1 mi
  • Old Meigs County Courthouse and Chester Academy: 18.3 mi
  • Our House Tavern Museum: 19.6 mi
  • Our House Museum: 19.7 mi
Historic sites: 3
  • Silver Bridge Memorial Plaque: 16.1 mi
  • Battle of Point Pleasant Monument: 16.2 mi
  • Mound Cemetery Mound: 20.0 mi
Artworks: 2
Cliffs: 2
Ghost towns: 2

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Huntsville. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Garnes KnobSE 142°365 m14.0 mi
Weed KnobENE 72°363 m19.1 mi
Smith KnobENE 63°348 m18.0 mi
Mail Point HillNE 50°348 m21.7 mi
Tuttle KnobESE 101°343 m17.1 mi
Monroe KnobESE 106°343 m17.7 mi
Marsh Hart KnobE 101°342 m17.6 mi
Panther KnobE 82°342 m19.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0419:39
June solstice06:0320:1720:57
September equinox07:1618:5119:26
December solstice07:4316:2717:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333644556472767468564537
Precip in3.13.34.23.84.45.04.93.93.83.13.03.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ripley, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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