Ghost town · West Virginia
Warford
Warford is a ghost town in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 432 m. Buckhorn Knob stands 1,239 m to the south-southwest, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Bluestone Lake Wildlife Management Area, a park 2.0 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 5.7 miles off.
Ghost town in Summers County, West Virginia
How to reach it
Coordinates37.53750, -80.90470
- 5.7 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 22.3 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 27.8 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 29.1 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Clark Knob: 2.4 mi
- Davy Knob: 3.1 mi
- Tallery Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Wolf Creek Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Pipestem Knob: 4.1 mi
Parks: 47
- Bluestone Lake Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
- Sherman Ballard Recreation Area: 4.9 mi
- Bluestone National Scenic River: 5.4 mi
- Bellepoint Park: 7.4 mi
- Athens City Park: 9.8 mi
Ghost towns: 10
- Junta: 3.9 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 4.1 mi
- Lilly: 5.0 mi
- Egypt: 12.7 mi
- Pickshin: 19.1 mi
Museums: 10
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 9.4 mi
- Veteran's Museum: 9.5 mi
- Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 9.6 mi
- Princeton Railroad Museum: 15.2 mi
- Mercer County Agricultural Museum: 15.3 mi
Cliffs: 5
- Barneys Wall: 20.9 mi
- Barney's Wall: 21.0 mi
- High Point: 21.8 mi
- Bear Cliffs: 24.5 mi
- Bear Cliff: 24.7 mi
Historic sites: 4
- World War II Memorial: 9.3 mi
- Stone Arch: 16.9 mi
- Perdue Family Crest: 18.7 mi
- Beckley Mill Site: 21.1 mi
Nature reserves: 4
- Brush Creek Preserve: 10.0 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 13.3 mi
- Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve: 18.9 mi
- Grandview: 22.7 mi
Waterfalls: 2
- Sandstone Falls: 15.1 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 24.3 mi
Picnic sites: 1
- Brooks Falls: 12.5 mi
Gardens: 1
- City Garden: 16.7 mi
Attractions: 1
- Ship Rock: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.5 miles of Warford. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckhorn Knob | SSW 194° | 1,239 m | 17.4 mi |
| Jesses Knob | SSW 194° | 1,164 m | 16.8 mi |
| Pearis Mountain | SSE 153° | 1,148 m | 17.7 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | NNE 30° | 1,116 m | 17.2 mi |
| Angels Rest | SSE 153° | 1,105 m | 17.2 mi |
| Ballengee Knob | NNE 28° | 1,095 m | 16.6 mi |
| Huff Knob | WNW 287° | 1,088 m | 12.0 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | WNW 288° | 1,078 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:29 | 17:09 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bluestone Lake, 7 mi away.
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