Seneca Rocks Discovery Center
Seneca Rocks Discovery Center is a museum in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 475 m. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the northwest, 7.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Sites Homestead, a museum 0.2 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 26 miles off.
The story
unincorporated community in Pendleton County, West Virginia
Wikidata Q7450343, matched on coordinates and name (181 m apart).
What to expect
- Fee
- No
How to reach it
- 25.7 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 26.9 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 28.8 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Seneca Rocks: 0.5 mi
- Harper Knob: 1.1 mi
- High Knob: 2.1 mi
- Harman Knob: 3.0 mi
- Smith Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Potomac Wildlife Management Area: 2.7 mi
- Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area: 5.3 mi
- Ruddle Park: 8.2 mi
- Dolly Sods Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Dam Site Seven Park: 11.3 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 13.4 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 13.5 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 17.7 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 18.1 mi
- Hall Spring: 18.4 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 6.3 mi
- Small waterfall: 8.4 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 8.5 mi
- Elakala Falls: 20.0 mi
- Blackwater Falls: 20.2 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 0.4 mi
- Southern Pillar: 0.4 mi
- Seneca Rocks: 0.4 mi
- Lower Slabs: 0.5 mi
- Eagle Rock: 4.5 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 8.2 mi
- Stony River Dam: 21.4 mi
- Stony River Dam: 21.4 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 22.0 mi
- Historic Coke Ovens: 22.0 mi
- Smoke Hole: 5.2 mi
- Stringtown: 12.0 mi
- Mill Run: 15.6 mi
- Gertrude: 24.9 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 4.9 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 12.7 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 20.6 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 17.8 mi
- Locust Springs: 22.5 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 24.1 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 13.3 mi
- Dobbin Slashings Preserve: 17.5 mi
- Sites Homestead: 0.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.5 miles of Seneca Rocks Discovery Center. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | NW 326° | 1,452 m | 7.9 mi |
| Green Knob | NW 320° | 1,424 m | 5.9 mi |
| Haystack Knob | NW 325° | 1,376 m | 6.0 mi |
| Horse Rock | SW 231° | 1,374 m | 8.8 mi |
| Weiss Knob | NNW 345° | 1,359 m | 11.4 mi |
| Job Knob | WNW 287° | 1,353 m | 8.3 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | WNW 297° | 1,348 m | 8.8 mi |
| Haines Knob | W 281° | 1,299 m | 11.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:54 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:41 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:33 | 16:18 | 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 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 52 | 61 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.1 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Franklin 2 NE, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/264241935
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