Needleseye Park
Needleseye Park is a nature reserve in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 575 m. Myles Knob stands 1,054 m to the east, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Russell Mathews Park, a park 1.4 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 1.0 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Oak Hill
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 9.8 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 2 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 6 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 10 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Russell Mathews Park: 1.4 mi
- New River Birding & Nature Festival: 1.5 mi
- Historic Lewis House: 1.7 mi
- Oak Hill City Park: 1.8 mi
- Old Collins Middle: 2.1 mi
- Swell Knob: 3.7 mi
- Justice Heights: 4.0 mi
- Thrasher Mountain: 4.9 mi
- Haystack Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Flag Knob: 5.9 mi
- Party Buttress Area: 6.0 mi
- Fern Point Area: 6.1 mi
- Honeymooner Area: 6.1 mi
- Endless Wall: 6.1 mi
- Bridge Buttress: 6.7 mi
- Thurmond: 2.4 mi
- Kay Moor: 5.5 mi
- Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District: 6.4 mi
- Nuttallburg: 6.4 mi
- Greenwood: 10.0 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 1.5 mi
- Rush Run Coke Ovens: 3.3 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 4.2 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 4.3 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 4.5 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 3.0 mi
- The Canopy: 4.1 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 6.7 mi
- The Mystery Hole: 10.0 mi
- Vanbibbers Rock: 12.7 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 14.1 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 14.2 mi
- Raleigh County Veteran's Inc: 14.3 mi
- Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 24.5 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 24.6 mi
- Cathedral Falls: 12.5 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 16.9 mi
- Peters Creek Falls: 17.8 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 19.3 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 19.3 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Brooks Falls: 21.9 mi
- Grandview: 10.1 mi
- Summersville Lake State Park: 23.2 mi
- Summersville Lake Lighthouse: 20.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.1 miles of Needleseye Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Myles Knob | E 91° | 1,054 m | 17.0 mi |
| Walnut Knob | ESE 119° | 1,049 m | 10.8 mi |
| Ford Knob | ESE 107° | 1,026 m | 14.7 mi |
| Pond Knob | WSW 250° | 1,011 m | 18.0 mi |
| Coal River Mountain | WSW 248° | 1,009 m | 17.3 mi |
| Fork Mountain | ESE 104° | 1,008 m | 17.4 mi |
| Buster Knob | E 95° | 997 m | 15.9 mi |
| Beelick Knob | ESE 121° | 991 m | 15.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:28 | 17:09 |
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 | 34 | 42 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK Hill, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
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