Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum is a museum in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 314 m. Kelly Knob stands 813 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital), a museum 0.2 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike runs past it. 140 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.
The story
former hospital in West Virginia, United States
Wikidata Q7833486, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 314 m
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 16.0 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 19.6 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 26.0 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
140 named places within 25 miles
- The Holt Park / Holt Family: 0.3 mi
- Weston Downtown Historic District: 0.4 mi
- Weston City Park: 0.7 mi
- Stonewall Jackson Lake Wildlife Management Area: 4.9 mi
- Jane Lew Park: 6.1 mi
- Fisher Summit: 3.7 mi
- Sugarloaf: 5.0 mi
- Purgatory Hill: 5.3 mi
- Wolf Fork Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Pine Knob: 6.7 mi
- West Virginia & Pittsburgh Railroad Depot: 0.2 mi
- The East and West Second Street Bridge: 0.2 mi
- Fairyland Nickelodeon Movies: 0.2 mi
- Old Hill Cemetary: 0.2 mi
- The National Exchange Bank Of Weston: 0.3 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital): 0.2 mi
- West Virginia Museum of American Glass: 0.3 mi
- Mountaineer Military Museum: 0.4 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 17.8 mi
- Covered Bridge Museum: 24.4 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 6.3 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 15.2 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 23.5 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 0.2 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 16.3 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 20.1 mi
- Hanging Rock: 24.1 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 13.2 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 15.8 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 17.9 mi
- Bulltown: 18.0 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Knob | SE 124° | 813 m | 24.3 mi |
| Church Knob | SE 127° | 736 m | 22.3 mi |
| Big Run Knob | SE 146° | 732 m | 20.4 mi |
| Haystack Knob | SSE 163° | 662 m | 21.8 mi |
| Cleveland Mountain | SSE 164° | 647 m | 21.2 mi |
| Deen Knob | E 100° | 629 m | 19.3 mi |
| Prit Mountain | SSE 160° | 602 m | 18.6 mi |
| King Knob | ENE 64° | 601 m | 21.8 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.
National Register of Historic Places, reference 78002805OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/374509925
Day trips start here
- Weston · 0 mi
- Buckhannon · 13 mi
- Clarksburg · 18 mi
- Bridgeport · 21 mi
- Shinnston · 26 mi
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