Oil & Gas Museum
Oil & Gas Museum is a museum in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 186 m. Ruble Knob stands 406 m to the southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History, a museum 0.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
W. H. Smith Hardware Company Building, also known as the Oil and Gas Museum of the Oil, Gas and Industrial Historical Association, is a historic commercial building located at Parkersburg, Wood County, West Virginia. It was built in 1899, on the foundation of a building built about 1874. It is a four-story, masonry building with Romanesque Revival architectural details. The rectangular building measure 60 by 120 feet (18 by 37 m), with an 18-by-12-foot (5.5 by 3.7 m) outcrop. It housed the W. H. Smith Hardware Company, until the 1980s. It now houses the Oil and Gas Museum. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2003.
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Wikidata Q7945212, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Height
- 12 m
What to expect
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 1.8 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 5.6 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 12.1 mi off the Covered Bridge Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Albert Woofter Park: 0.1 mi
- Bicentennial Park: 0.1 mi
- Point Park: 0.1 mi
- Murphy Park: 0.2 mi
- Nemesis Park: 0.4 mi
- Fort Boreman Magazine: 0.4 mi
- Belpre and The Ohio River: 1.6 mi
- Devol’s Floating Mill: 1.7 mi
- Steam Engine No. 898: 1.8 mi
- Lest We Forget Memorial: 1.9 mi
- Mount Logan: 0.4 mi
- Scoby Knob: 5.0 mi
- Red Hill: 5.1 mi
- Walnut Hill: 8.3 mi
- Butcher Hill: 8.3 mi
- Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History: 0.1 mi
- Belpre Historical Society: 0.7 mi
- Mid-Ohio Railroad Museum: 1.1 mi
- Veterans Museum: 1.8 mi
- Blennerhassett Mansion: 2.0 mi
- Decorative wooden bear: 1.7 mi
- Mini Farm Figurines: 7.0 mi
- Blackwater Magic: 11.6 mi
- Rooted in Kindness: 11.7 mi
- Pearl of Appalachia Mural: 11.7 mi
- McDonough Wildlife Refuge: 4.6 mi
- Skunk Run Preserve: 11.8 mi
- Kroger Wetlands: 12.5 mi
- Boord State Nature Preserve: 13.1 mi
- Broughton Nature Park: 14.6 mi
- Oakland: 1.1 mi
- 3301: 11.4 mi
- C2473: 11.5 mi
- Hidden Marietta Tour Company: 11.5 mi
- Valley Gem Sternwheeler: 11.9 mi
- mary's garden: 4.4 mi
- Armstrong Gardens: 11.1 mi
- Harvest of Hope: 11.4 mi
- Fort Street Pollinator Habitat: 11.6 mi
- Marietta Community Garden: 12.0 mi
- Mineral Wells Rest Area Southbound: 9.3 mi
- Mineral Wells Rest Area Northbound: 9.4 mi
- West Virginia Welcome Center: 10.7 mi
- Washington Interstate 77 NB: 14.5 mi
- Cedarville Bluff: 2.4 mi
- Rock Bluff: 7.2 mi
- Stony Point: 21.4 mi
- Quincy Park: 0.6 mi
- Flora: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Oil & Gas Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruble Knob | SE 141° | 406 m | 22.5 mi |
| Buzzard Rocks | E 91° | 388 m | 15.6 mi |
| Weed Knob | S 172° | 363 m | 24.4 mi |
| Mail Point Hill | S 173° | 348 m | 16.2 mi |
| Smith Knob | S 177° | 348 m | 22.0 mi |
| Balls Knob | S 186° | 339 m | 21.7 mi |
| Kinderhook Hill | ENE 60° | 338 m | 20.8 mi |
| Jephany Knob | SSE 152° | 336 m | 17.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:03 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:17 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:25 | 17:07 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Parkersburg, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/398390517
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