Pinnacle Rock State Park
Pinnacle Rock State Park is a nature reserve in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 746 m. Garden Mountain stands 1,437 m to the south-southwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Pinnacle Rock, a peak 0.3 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 0.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 746 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 2.0 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 17.3 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
- 27.6 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 1 mi
- Big Walker Lookout · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pinnacle Rock: 0.3 mi
- Pinnacle: 0.6 mi
- Coaldale Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Browning Lambert Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Johns Knob: 6.3 mi
- Bramell Historic District: 1.2 mi
- Pocahontas Historic District: 2.8 mi
- Pocahontas Town Park: 2.8 mi
- Chiefs Park: 4.5 mi
- Town Park: 4.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Perdue Family Crest: 8.3 mi
- Stone Arch: 10.1 mi
- Kimball World War I Memorial: 14.0 mi
- This Way: 15.5 mi
- Mercer County War Museum: 10.9 mi
- Mercer County Agricultural Museum: 11.9 mi
- Princeton Railroad Museum: 11.9 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 20.7 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 16.2 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 16.5 mi
- Chestnut Ridge State Natural Area Preserve: 16.7 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 4.6 mi
- City Garden: 10.2 mi
- Sharon Springs: 18.4 mi
- Big Walker Lookout: 19.1 mi
- Falls of Dismal: 23.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.2 miles of Pinnacle Rock State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Mountain | SSW 202° | 1,437 m | 17.6 mi |
| Hutchinson Rock | SSW 202° | 1,348 m | 15.9 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | SSW 198° | 1,344 m | 18.9 mi |
| East River Mountain | SSW 213° | 1,331 m | 12.5 mi |
| Chimney Rock | SSW 211° | 1,304 m | 11.9 mi |
| Greaver Benchmark | S 175° | 1,270 m | 15.0 mi |
| Short Mountain | SSW 214° | 1,258 m | 13.7 mi |
| Ghost Knob | SSW 200° | 1,250 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:03 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:31 | 17:12 |
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 | 42 | 53 | 60 | 67 | 70 | 69 | 64 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bluefield Mercer CO AP, 5 mi away.
- fan clubmoss8 obs
- Smooth Rock Tripe4 obs
- mayapple3 obs
- mountain spleenwort3 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle2 obs
- mountain laurel2 obs
- Christmas fern2 obs
- bittersweet nightshade2 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/418340206
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