Camp Creek State Forest
Camp Creek State Forest is a nature reserve in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 790 m. Buckhorn Knob stands 1,239 m to the south-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Bluff Mountain, a peak 3.5 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 790 m
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 18.0 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 19.0 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 29.3 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bluff Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Panther Knob: 3.5 mi
- Rich Knob: 4.1 mi
- Indian Grave Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Huff Knob: 4.7 mi
- Gardner Center Park: 8.3 mi
- Clay Memorial Park and Cemetery: 8.4 mi
- Bluestone National Scenic River: 8.6 mi
- Athens City Park: 10.3 mi
- Rhodell Park: 10.4 mi
- Pickshin: 9.2 mi
- Lilly: 10.2 mi
- Warford: 13.3 mi
- McVey: 13.3 mi
- Mercers Saltworks: 15.0 mi
- Mercer County War Museum: 11.3 mi
- Princeton Railroad Museum: 11.3 mi
- Mercer County Agricultural Museum: 11.3 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 17.3 mi
- Veteran's Museum: 17.5 mi
- Perdue Family Crest: 8.2 mi
- Stone Arch: 11.5 mi
- Beckley Mill Site: 17.1 mi
- World War II Memorial: 17.3 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 20.1 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 6.2 mi
- Pinnacle Rock State Park: 16.5 mi
- Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve: 19.4 mi
- Grandview: 22.3 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 20.6 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 20.8 mi
- City Garden: 11.6 mi
- Ship Rock: 17.7 mi
- Brooks Falls: 19.2 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 20.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.7 miles of Camp Creek State Forest. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buckhorn Knob | SSE 150° | 1,239 m | 18.5 mi |
| Jesses Knob | SSE 149° | 1,164 m | 17.9 mi |
| Huff Knob | NNE 21° | 1,088 m | 4.7 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | NNE 21° | 1,078 m | 4.8 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | WSW 253° | 1,069 m | 3.5 mi |
| Indian Grave Mountain | N 354° | 1,049 m | 4.6 mi |
| Bald Knob | N 7° | 1,045 m | 5.0 mi |
| Freezeland Mountain | NE 39° | 1,040 m | 16.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:49 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:30 | 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 | 33 | 35 | 42 | 53 | 61 | 67 | 71 | 70 | 63 | 53 | 44 | 36 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Athens, 10 mi away.
- purple-flowered raspberry23 obs
- great rhododendron20 obs
- red trillium16 obs
- Seal Salamander14 obs
- Christmas fern14 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail14 obs
- Eastern Newt13 obs
- rough horsetail13 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/727106778
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