Border Heroine
Border Heroine is a historic site in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 283 m. Devies Mountain stands 839 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Mason-Dixon Historical Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Old Route 7 Byway passes 12 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Inscription
- Frontier narratives record many hostiles between settlers and Native Americans. One account states Mrs. Bozarth, in a hand-to-hand fight. armed with a axe only, killed three men during a 1779 attack on her cabin at Dunkard Creek settlement.
How to reach it
- 12.5 mi off the Old Route 7 Byway
- 23.5 mi off the Historic National Road - Pennsylvania, National
- 25.1 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 26.1 mi off the Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Point Lookout · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mason-Dixon Historical Park: 0.3 mi
- New Hill Community Youth Park: 3.9 mi
- Mylan Park: 6.7 mi
- Edith Barrill Riverfront Park: 7.7 mi
- Suncrest "Lake" Mini Park: 8.3 mi
- Browns Hill: 0.6 mi
- Browns Hill: 0.6 mi
- Minnie Knob: 2.4 mi
- Sutton Knob: 2.5 mi
- Higgins Knob: 5.3 mi
- Asbury Church: 3.9 mi
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial Park: 7.7 mi
- Monongalia County War Memorial: 10.3 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 16.8 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 16.8 mi
- Watts Museum: 8.9 mi
- Albert Gallatin House: 10.8 mi
- Mon Valley Railroad Historical Society: 11.2 mi
- Greene County Museum: 12.2 mi
- Greene County Museum: 12.2 mi
- LIttle Indian Creek Wildlife Managment ARea: 8.2 mi
- Core Arboretum: 8.7 mi
- Little Indian Creek Wildlife Management Area: 9.0 mi
- Falling Run Greenspace: 10.4 mi
- Tom's Run Nature Preserve: 12.8 mi
- Sophia's Grave: 10.8 mi
- Climbing and Rappelling: 15.9 mi
- Climbing: 16.1 mi
- Riverside Spot: 16.2 mi
- Climbing: 16.3 mi
- From The Mountain: 9.2 mi
- Don Knotts: 10.3 mi
- Albert Gallatin Statue: 10.9 mi
- Statue of Thomas Jefferson and Albert Gallatin: 24.6 mi
- The Cliff: 6.5 mi
- White Rocks: 23.1 mi
- Cabin Rocks: 24.5 mi
- Little Falls: 12.7 mi
- Matador Falls: 20.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Border Heroine. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devies Mountain | E 86° | 839 m | 20.5 mi |
| Mount Phoebe | SE 129° | 715 m | 24.6 mi |
| Reed Hill | ESE 112° | 675 m | 17.1 mi |
| Bald Knob | SE 139° | 656 m | 18.0 mi |
| Pine Knob | ENE 66° | 652 m | 24.9 mi |
| Kincaid Knob | SSE 150° | 579 m | 17.7 mi |
| Kincaid Knob | SSE 161° | 544 m | 18.0 mi |
| Catherines Knob | SW 227° | 522 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:57 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:12 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:17 | 17:00 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morgantown L&D, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12136285267
Day trips start here
- Morgantown · 10 mi
- Fairmont · 16 mi
- Shinnston · 24 mi
- Uniontown · 25 mi
- Grafton · 26 mi
- South Pittsburgh Region · 26 mi
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