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Chief Logan State Park

Chief Logan State Park from directly overhead

Chief Logan State Park is a nature reserve in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 256 m. Burning Rock stands 912 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Wet Knob, a peak 1.6 miles away. 70 named places lie within 25 miles, 42 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
256 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.89386, -82.01719

70 named places within 25 miles

Peaks: 42
Parks: 21
Historic sites: 2
Attractions: 2
  • AirBoat Rides and Tours: 20.4 mi
  • Hatfield McCoy Feud Site Tours: 20.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Bailey Lake Day Use Area: 24.4 mi
  • Big Branch Day Use Area: 24.4 mi
Museums: 1
  • Matewan Depot: 20.5 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Chief Logan State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Burning RockSE 128°912 m22.2 mi
Panther KnobESE 119°866 m24.7 mi
Huff MountainESE 123°835 m22.7 mi
Spring MountainESE 104°813 m20.8 mi
Cook MountainE 96°773 m23.1 mi
Horsepen MountainS 176°763 m17.5 mi
Buffalo MountainESE 116°749 m19.5 mi
Coon KnobS 171°741 m17.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0519:40
June solstice06:0720:1520:54
September equinox07:1718:5219:27
December solstice07:4116:3217:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363947586674787770594739
Precip in3.53.44.34.45.34.95.93.93.33.22.94.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Logan, 3 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer17 obs
  • Virginia bluebells16 obs
  • common pawpaw11 obs
  • American Dog Tick7 obs
  • Io Moth7 obs
  • spring blue-eyed Mary6 obs
  • princess tree6 obs
  • Drab Condylolomia Moth6 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/398299838

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