Mountaineer Military Museum
Mountaineer Military Museum is a museum in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 309 m. Kelly Knob stands 813 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Stonewall Jackson Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike runs past it. 141 named places lie within 25 miles, 48 of them named summits.
What to expect
- Fee
- donation
- Seasonal
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 16.3 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 19.3 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 25.7 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
141 named places within 25 miles
- Weston Downtown Historic District: 0.1 mi
- The Holt Park / Holt Family: 0.1 mi
- Weston City Park: 0.3 mi
- Stonewall Jackson Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.1 mi
- Jane Lew Park: 5.7 mi
- Fisher Summit: 3.3 mi
- Purgatory Hill: 4.9 mi
- Sugarloaf: 5.4 mi
- Wolf Fork Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Bald Knob: 6.9 mi
- Stonewall Jackson Memorial: 0.1 mi
- Stonewall Jackson Memorial: 0.1 mi
- The East and West Second Street Bridge: 0.2 mi
- West Virginia & Pittsburgh Railroad Depot: 0.2 mi
- Fairyland Nickelodeon Movies: 0.3 mi
- West Virginia Museum of American Glass: 0.2 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital): 0.3 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: 0.4 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 17.8 mi
- Covered Bridge Museum: 23.9 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 6.6 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 15.1 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 23.9 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 0.3 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 15.9 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 20.2 mi
- Hanging Rock: 24.2 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 12.9 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 16.1 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 18.2 mi
- Bulltown: 18.2 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 18.3 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Mountaineer Military Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Knob | SE 125° | 813 m | 24.0 mi |
| Church Knob | SE 128° | 736 m | 22.1 mi |
| Big Run Knob | SSE 147° | 732 m | 20.3 mi |
| Haystack Knob | SSE 164° | 662 m | 21.8 mi |
| Cleveland Mountain | SSE 165° | 647 m | 21.2 mi |
| Deen Knob | E 100° | 629 m | 18.9 mi |
| Prit Mountain | SSE 161° | 602 m | 18.6 mi |
| King Knob | ENE 64° | 601 m | 21.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:12 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:21 | 17:03 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 43 | 36 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Weston, under a mile away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/374511044
Day trips start here
- Weston · 0 mi
- Buckhannon · 13 mi
- Clarksburg · 18 mi
- Bridgeport · 21 mi
- Shinnston · 26 mi
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