Donnally Monuments
Donnally Monuments is a historic site in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 268 m. Armstrong Mountain stands 702 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Spring Hill Cemetery Historic District, a park 0.1 miles away. Midland Trail passes 1.0 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Material
- metal
- Inscription
- Moved here from Kanawha City where the original cemetery was created in 1850 by Andrew Donnally Jr. Born Oct. 17. 1778 at Ft. Donnally in Greenbrier County he died June 21. 1849 at his home on the Kanawha opposite Malden.
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 29.2 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Spring Hill Cemetery Historic District: 0.1 mi
- Robert L Porter Park: 0.3 mi
- East End Community Park: 0.5 mi
- Briar St Park: 0.6 mi
- Living AIDS Memorial Garden: 0.7 mi
- Holmes Knob: 5.5 mi
- Bald Knob: 6.5 mi
- Malden Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Tyler Mountain: 7.5 mi
- Hammick Hill: 9.3 mi
- War Memorial: 0.8 mi
- Gold Star Memorial: 0.8 mi
- The Block: 0.9 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 0.9 mi
- West Virginia Liberty Bell: 0.9 mi
- West Virginia State Museum: 0.9 mi
- West Virginia Cultural Center: 0.9 mi
- Frankenberger Art Gallery: 1.2 mi
- Sunrise Bird Sanctuary Museum: 1.5 mi
- Nitro Wars Museum: 13.2 mi
- East End Community Gardens: 0.5 mi
- Governor's Garden: 0.9 mi
- Wedding Garden: 3.7 mi
- Wallace Hartman Nature Preserve: 2.6 mi
- Coal River Nature Reserve: 13.2 mi
- Skyline Drive: 2.8 mi
- Indian Rock: 12.4 mi
- Grotto: 3.2 mi
- July: 20.8 mi
- Chestnut Point: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Donnally Monuments. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong Mountain | SE 136° | 702 m | 24.3 mi |
| Johnson Knob | SSE 149° | 675 m | 22.7 mi |
| Workman Knob | SSW 203° | 599 m | 22.1 mi |
| Bird Knob | E 97° | 555 m | 20.8 mi |
| Bee Mountain | S 180° | 530 m | 11.2 mi |
| Mount Desert | ESE 108° | 491 m | 13.6 mi |
| Independence Mountain | E 96° | 487 m | 23.7 mi |
| Beulah Knob | E 83° | 463 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:15 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:28 | 17:10 |
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 | 35 | 38 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charleston - Yeager AP, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13804401924
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