Lost River State Park
Lost River State Park is a nature reserve in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 841 m. Devils Benchmark stands 995 m to the east, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Mathias Community Center, a park 3.2 miles away.
What to expect
- Operated by
- West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
How to reach it
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Cove Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Little Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Cove Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Fouts Knob: 5.5 mi
- Flattop Mountain: 6.0 mi
- Mathias Community Center: 3.2 mi
- Trout Pond Recreation Area: 9.1 mi
- Bergton Fairgrounds: 9.9 mi
- Brighton Park: 10.5 mi
- Wolf Gap Recreation Area: 11.1 mi
- Stranderman Spring: 6.0 mi
- Shenandoah Alum Springs: 8.5 mi
- Cold Spring: 10.4 mi
- Reed Farm Spring: 11.9 mi
- Yellow Spring: 13.6 mi
- Main Street of Yesteryear: 18.6 mi
- American Celebration on Parade: 18.7 mi
- The Edinburg Mill: 18.9 mi
- "Connections" The Shentel Museum: 19.4 mi
- Plains District Memorial Museum: 20.3 mi
- Helmick Rock: 4.2 mi
- Baker Rocks: 7.9 mi
- Markley Rocks: 12.9 mi
- Hanging Rock: 13.2 mi
- Eagle Rock: 22.2 mi
- Collie Grave: 13.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 18.1 mi
- Van Buren Furnace: 18.7 mi
- 54th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment: 21.5 mi
- Fallen Solider Tribute: 22.2 mi
- Bryce Resort: 9.9 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 10.8 mi
- Shenandoah Caverns: 18.6 mi
- Treasure Mountain: 24.2 mi
- Cootie Bug: 18.7 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 18.7 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 21.7 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 11.3 mi
- Pavilian: 24.2 mi
- Old grape garden: 13.0 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 20.7 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 7.2 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 21.0 mi
- Smoke Hole: 21.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Lost River State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devils Benchmark | E 84° | 995 m | 8.9 mi |
| Long Mountain | ENE 76° | 951 m | 10.3 mi |
| Snyder Knob | E 83° | 936 m | 6.7 mi |
| Reynolds Knob | SW 230° | 930 m | 11.7 mi |
| Elkhorn Rock | W 276° | 910 m | 8.1 mi |
| Elkhorn Mountain | W 276° | 910 m | 8.1 mi |
| Church Rock | S 177° | 910 m | 12.3 mi |
| Foremost Mountain | WSW 237° | 905 m | 8.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:05 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:15 | 16:57 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lost RVR, 6 mi away.
- striped maple13 obs
- Carolina Vetch10 obs
- mountain laurel9 obs
- American cancer-root8 obs
- Dwarf Iris8 obs
- common milkweed7 obs
- viper's-bugloss7 obs
- great mullein7 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.
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