Sunrise Bird Sanctuary Museum
Sunrise Bird Sanctuary Museum is a museum in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 250 m. Johnson Knob stands 675 m to the southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Grasscup Road Historic District, a park 0.3 miles away. Midland Trail passes 1.5 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
house in Charleston, West Virginia, United States
Wikidata Q7641027, matched on coordinates and name (16 m apart).
What the record says
- Elevation
- 250 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kanawha Falls · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Grasscup Road Historic District: 0.3 mi
- Haddad Riverfront Park: 0.3 mi
- Oakmont Park: 0.5 mi
- Slack Plaza: 0.5 mi
- Henry Gassaway Davis Park: 0.6 mi
- Holmes Knob: 6.3 mi
- Tyler Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Bald Knob: 7.1 mi
- Malden Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Hammick Hill: 10.5 mi
- The Roll of Honor: 0.5 mi
- World War 2: 0.6 mi
- State Capitol: 0.6 mi
- The Block: 0.7 mi
- Donnally Monuments: 1.5 mi
- West Virginia Cultural Center: 1.6 mi
- West Virginia State Museum: 1.6 mi
- Frankenberger Art Gallery: 1.6 mi
- Nitro Wars Museum: 12.0 mi
- Mary Ingles Trail: 17.1 mi
- East End Community Gardens: 1.3 mi
- Governor's Garden: 1.6 mi
- Wedding Garden: 4.8 mi
- Community Garden: 20.4 mi
- Wallace Hartman Nature Preserve: 2.1 mi
- Coal River Nature Reserve: 11.8 mi
- Skyline Drive: 4.1 mi
- Indian Rock: 11.2 mi
- Grotto: 4.5 mi
- July: 21.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Sunrise Bird Sanctuary Museum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Knob | SE 146° | 675 m | 23.2 mi |
| Workman Knob | SSW 200° | 599 m | 21.3 mi |
| Bird Knob | E 96° | 555 m | 22.2 mi |
| Bee Mountain | S 172° | 530 m | 11.0 mi |
| Mount Desert | ESE 105° | 491 m | 14.9 mi |
| Beulah Knob | E 83° | 463 m | 20.8 mi |
| Malden Mountain | SE 128° | 455 m | 7.7 mi |
| Carnes Knob | ENE 75° | 440 m | 21.5 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 | 16:29 | 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/367808339
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