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Nuttallburg

Nuttallburg from directly overhead

Nuttallburg is a ghost town in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 296 m. Boggs Knob stands 1,102 m to the east-southeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District, a ghost town 0.1 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 2.2 miles off.

Ghost town in Fayette County, West Virginia

How to reach it

Coordinates38.05000, -81.04030

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 60
Peaks
Cliffs: 36
  • Honeymooner Area: 1.0 mi
  • Endless Wall: 1.1 mi
  • Party Buttress Area: 1.3 mi
  • Fern Point Area: 1.3 mi
  • Bridge Buttress: 2.6 mi
Historic sites: 8
  • Red Ash Coke Ovens: 6.0 mi
  • Rush Run Coke Ovens: 6.1 mi
  • Coal Miner Memorial: 7.2 mi
  • Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 7.9 mi
  • Walter Scott's statue: 10.3 mi
Attractions: 7
  • New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 2.4 mi
  • The Mystery Hole: 7.5 mi
  • Hank’s Last Stop: 9.4 mi
  • The Canopy: 9.7 mi
  • Vanbibbers Rock: 11.5 mi
Waterfalls: 5
  • Cathedral Falls: 10.4 mi
  • Laurel Creek Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Peters Creek Falls: 12.5 mi
  • Sandstone Falls: 21.5 mi
  • Sandstone Falls: 21.6 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Museums: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 6.6 mi
  • Brooks Falls: 24.3 mi
Lighthouses: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.6 miles of Nuttallburg. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Boggs KnobESE 122°1,102 m16.8 mi
Laurel Creek MountainE 92°1,090 m18.3 mi
Buck KnobE 88°1,056 m16.7 mi
Myles KnobESE 112°1,054 m13.7 mi
Walnut KnobSSE 152°1,049 m11.3 mi
Ford KnobSE 133°1,026 m13.4 mi
Beargarden KnobE 94°1,008 m14.7 mi
Fork MountainSE 126°1,008 m15.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2919:0219:36
June solstice06:0220:1220:51
September equinox07:1318:4819:23
December solstice07:3716:2717:09

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643546270737266554436
Precip in3.33.04.24.35.04.75.94.23.63.13.13.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anstead Hawks Nest SP, 7 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).

Where this comes from

Location confirmed against Wikidata.

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