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Donnally Monuments

Donnally Monuments from directly overhead

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. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

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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

Coordinates38.35037, -81.61479

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks: 39
Historic sites: 14
Museums: 6
Gardens: 4
  • East End Community Gardens: 0.5 mi
  • Governor's Garden: 0.9 mi
  • Wedding Garden: 3.7 mi
  • Community Garden: 21.7 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Skyline Drive: 2.8 mi
  • Indian Rock: 12.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Grotto: 3.2 mi
Ghost towns: 1
Cliffs: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Armstrong MountainSE 136°702 m24.3 mi
Johnson KnobSSE 149°675 m22.7 mi
Workman KnobSSW 203°599 m22.1 mi
Bird KnobE 97°555 m20.8 mi
Bee MountainS 180°530 m11.2 mi
Mount DesertESE 108°491 m13.6 mi
Independence MountainE 96°487 m23.7 mi
Beulah KnobE 83°463 m19.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0419:39
June solstice06:0420:1520:54
September equinox07:1518:5019:25
December solstice07:4116:2817:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F353846576572767568574639
Precip in3.33.44.13.64.94.75.43.73.52.93.23.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charleston - Yeager AP, 2 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap

OpenStreetMap element node/13804401924

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