Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital)
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- Elevation, modelled
- 311 m
- Tallest summit within 25 miles
- Kelly Knob813 m · 24.2 mi
- Nearest byway
- Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpikeon it
- Sunset, June solstice
- 20:52local time
- Coordinates
- 39.0391, -80.4688
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital) is a museum in West Virginia, at a modelled 311 m. Kelly Knob stands 813 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is West Virginia & Pittsburgh Railroad Depot, a historic site less than a tenth of a mile away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike runs past it. 73 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.
former hospital in West Virginia, United States
Wikidata Q7833486, matched on coordinates and name (235 m apart).
- Operated by
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital). Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly Knob | SE 124° | 813 m | 24.2 mi |
| Church Knob | SE 127° | 736 m | 22.2 mi |
| Big Run Knob | SE 146° | 732 m | 20.3 mi |
| Haystack Knob | SSE 164° | 662 m | 21.8 mi |
| Cleveland Mountain | SSE 164° | 647 m | 21.2 mi |
| Deen Knob | E 100° | 629 m | 19.2 mi |
| Prit Mountain | SSE 160° | 602 m | 18.6 mi |
| King Knob | ENE 64° | 601 m | 21.6 mi |
- On the Staunton-Parkersburg TurnpikeNational
- 16.1 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 19.5 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 25.9 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
73 named places within 25 miles
- Fisher Summit: 3.5 mi
- Sugarloaf: 5.1 mi
- Purgatory Hill: 5.1 mi
- Wolf Fork Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Pine Knob: 6.8 mi
- West Virginia Museum of American Glass: 0.1 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: 0.2 mi
- Mountaineer Military Museum: 0.3 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 17.8 mi
- Covered Bridge Museum: 24.2 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 0.1 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 16.1 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 16.0 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 18.0 mi
- Bulltown: 18.1 mi
| 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).
Day trips start here
- Weston · 0 mi
- Buckhannon · 13 mi
- Clarksburg · 18 mi
- Bridgeport · 21 mi
- Shinnston · 26 mi
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