McDonough Wildlife Refuge
McDonough Wildlife Refuge is a nature reserve in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 224 m. Ruble Knob stands 406 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is North Hills Swim & Raquet Club, a park 0.8 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 2.3 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 4.5 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 7.5 mi off the Covered Bridge Scenic Byway
- 9.2 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- North Hills Swim & Raquet Club: 0.8 mi
- Spencer Park: 1.6 mi
- Spencer's Landing: 2.0 mi
- 12th Street Park: 2.1 mi
- Lock & Dam 18 Ohio River Access: 2.4 mi
- WWII Airplane: 1.0 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 1.8 mi
- Veterans Monument: 2.0 mi
- Lest We Forget Memorial: 3.5 mi
- William Lowther Memorial Flag: 3.5 mi
- Mount Logan: 5.0 mi
- Red Hill: 5.8 mi
- Hunter Hill: 6.5 mi
- Scoby Knob: 9.5 mi
- Butcher Hill: 10.8 mi
- Decorative wooden bear: 3.7 mi
- Blackwater Magic: 7.0 mi
- Rooted in Kindness: 7.1 mi
- Mini Farm Figurines: 7.1 mi
- Pearl of Appalachia Mural: 7.1 mi
- Veterans Museum: 3.9 mi
- Mid-Ohio Railroad Museum: 4.3 mi
- Oil & Gas Museum: 4.6 mi
- Belpre Historical Society: 4.6 mi
- Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History: 4.7 mi
- Kroger Wetlands: 7.9 mi
- Broughton Nature Park: 10.0 mi
- Rudolph Farms: 10.0 mi
- Boord State Nature Preserve: 13.1 mi
- Skunk Run Preserve: 15.0 mi
- mary's garden: 1.3 mi
- Armstrong Gardens: 6.6 mi
- Harvest of Hope: 6.8 mi
- Fort Street Pollinator Habitat: 7.0 mi
- Marietta Community Garden: 7.4 mi
- Oakland: 4.2 mi
- 3301: 6.8 mi
- C2473: 6.9 mi
- Hidden Marietta Tour Company: 6.9 mi
- Valley Gem Sternwheeler: 7.4 mi
- West Virginia Welcome Center: 6.2 mi
- Washington Interstate 77 NB: 9.9 mi
- Mineral Wells Rest Area Southbound: 13.2 mi
- Mineral Wells Rest Area Northbound: 13.3 mi
- Cedarville Bluff: 5.7 mi
- Rock Bluff: 11.1 mi
- Quincy Park: 4.2 mi
- Irish Run Natural Bridge: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of McDonough Wildlife Refuge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruble Knob | SSE 151° | 406 m | 24.4 mi |
| Buzzard Rocks | ESE 108° | 388 m | 13.8 mi |
| Mail Point Hill | S 182° | 348 m | 20.0 mi |
| Kinderhook Hill | ENE 68° | 338 m | 16.9 mi |
| Jephany Knob | SSE 163° | 336 m | 19.8 mi |
| Haystack Hill | NE 53° | 334 m | 21.2 mi |
| Shafer Knob | SSW 206° | 332 m | 22.9 mi |
| Ferguson Hill | ENE 66° | 331 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:17 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:24 | 17:07 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 43 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Parkersburg, 4 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer17 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail17 obs
- mayapple11 obs
- common pawpaw10 obs
- Zebra Swallowtail10 obs
- Canada Goose9 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel9 obs
- fire pink8 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/349499715
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