Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital)
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital) is a museum in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 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. 140 named places lie within 25 miles, 47 of them named summits.
The story
former hospital in West Virginia, United States
Wikidata Q7833486, matched on coordinates and name (235 m apart).
What to expect
- Operated by
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum
How to reach it
- On the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 16.1 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 19.5 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 25.9 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
140 named places within 25 miles
- The Holt Park / Holt Family: 0.1 mi
- Weston Downtown Historic District: 0.2 mi
- Weston City Park: 0.5 mi
- Stonewall Jackson Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.0 mi
- Jane Lew Park: 5.9 mi
- 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 & Pittsburgh Railroad Depot: 0.0 mi
- The East and West Second Street Bridge: 0.0 mi
- Fairyland Nickelodeon Movies: 0.1 mi
- The National Exchange Bank Of Weston: 0.2 mi
- Stonewall Jackson Memorial: 0.2 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
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 6.4 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 15.2 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 23.7 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 0.1 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 16.1 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 20.2 mi
- Hanging Rock: 24.2 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 13.1 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 16.0 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 18.0 mi
- Bulltown: 18.1 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 20.9 mi
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 |
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.
OpenStreetMapOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/9170752253
Day trips start here
- Weston · 0 mi
- Buckhannon · 13 mi
- Clarksburg · 18 mi
- Bridgeport · 21 mi
- Shinnston · 26 mi
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