Tom's Run Nature Preserve
Tom's Run Nature Preserve is a nature reserve in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 331 m. Devies Mountain stands 839 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Old Route 7 Byway passes 5.6 miles off. 42 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What to expect
- Operated by
- West Viginia Land Trust
How to reach it
- 5.6 mi off the Old Route 7 Byway
- 13.9 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 18.4 mi off the Cheat River Byway
- 23.0 mi off the Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Point Lookout · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Dorsey's Knob Park: 3.8 mi
- White Park: 4.6 mi
- Jack Roberts Park: 4.8 mi
- King Street Park: 5.1 mi
- South Park Historic District: 5.2 mi
- Price Hill: 3.2 mi
- Dorsey Knob: 3.8 mi
- Grapevine Hill: 4.8 mi
- Kincaid Knob: 4.9 mi
- Bald Knob: 6.0 mi
- Mon Valley Railroad Historical Society: 4.2 mi
- Watts Museum: 6.6 mi
- Marion County Historical Society: 9.0 mi
- Telephone Museum: 9.1 mi
- Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center: 10.1 mi
- Monongalia County War Memorial: 5.2 mi
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial Park: 7.4 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 9.1 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 9.1 mi
- Elkins Coal and Coke Company Historic District: 10.0 mi
- Little Indian Creek Wildlife Management Area: 4.6 mi
- LIttle Indian Creek Wildlife Managment ARea: 4.9 mi
- Core Arboretum: 6.5 mi
- Falling Run Greenspace: 6.6 mi
- Valley Falls State Park: 11.9 mi
- Climbing: 9.9 mi
- Climbing and Rappelling: 10.1 mi
- Climbing: 10.3 mi
- Riverside Spot: 10.6 mi
- Sophia's Grave: 15.6 mi
- Don Knotts: 5.9 mi
- From The Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Albert Gallatin Statue: 15.9 mi
- Little Falls: 0.1 mi
- Matador Falls: 13.0 mi
- The Cliff: 17.3 mi
- White Rocks: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Tom's Run Nature Preserve. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Devies Mountain | NE 48° | 839 m | 18.9 mi |
| Mount Phoebe | ESE 109° | 715 m | 13.4 mi |
| Kelley Knob | ENE 78° | 712 m | 23.7 mi |
| Reed Hill | ENE 64° | 675 m | 10.6 mi |
| Bald Knob | ESE 116° | 656 m | 6.0 mi |
| Cannon Hill | SE 128° | 621 m | 22.2 mi |
| Kincaid Knob | SSE 152° | 579 m | 4.9 mi |
| Kincaid Knob | S 185° | 544 m | 6.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:11 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:17 | 17:00 |
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 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morgantown L&D, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/854079426
Day trips start here
- Morgantown · 6 mi
- Fairmont · 9 mi
- Grafton · 15 mi
- Kingwood · 17 mi
- Shinnston · 19 mi
- Bridgeport · 22 mi
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