Valley Falls State Park
Valley Falls State Park is a nature reserve in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 324 m. Limestone Mountain stands 945 m to the east-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Browns Knob, a peak 2.7 miles away. Northwestern Turnpike passes 3.4 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 324 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- WV Division of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 3.4 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 17.1 mi off the Old Route 7 Byway
- 20.2 mi off the Cheat River Byway
- 28.3 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Fetterman/Castle Creek Park: 3.6 mi
- Guyses Run Fishing Park: 3.9 mi
- Grafton Downtown Commerical Historic District: 4.8 mi
- Heritage Park: 4.9 mi
- Walnut Street Playground: 4.9 mi
- Browns Knob: 2.7 mi
- Plummer Knob: 6.2 mi
- Kincaid Knob: 6.5 mi
- Copeland Knob: 6.8 mi
- Patton Knob: 6.9 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 5.9 mi
- Robert H. Mollohan Research Center Tower: 6.4 mi
- WV Counties Monument: 7.2 mi
- Monongalia County War Memorial: 17.1 mi
- Telephone Museum: 7.0 mi
- Marion County Historical Society: 7.1 mi
- Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center: 7.6 mi
- Bice-Ferguson Museum: 11.6 mi
- Mon Valley Railroad Historical Society: 16.1 mi
- Tom's Run Nature Preserve: 11.9 mi
- Little Indian Creek Wildlife Management Area: 13.4 mi
- LIttle Indian Creek Wildlife Managment ARea: 14.4 mi
- Core Arboretum: 18.2 mi
- Falling Run Greenspace: 18.5 mi
- Climbing: 20.7 mi
- Climbing and Rappelling: 21.1 mi
- Climbing: 21.1 mi
- Riverside Spot: 21.5 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 23.4 mi
- Little Falls: 11.9 mi
- Matador Falls: 22.1 mi
- Don Knotts: 17.8 mi
- From The Mountain: 18.9 mi
- The Cliff: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Valley Falls State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Limestone Mountain | ESE 120° | 945 m | 23.8 mi |
| Texas Mountain | SE 136° | 857 m | 21.9 mi |
| Pifer Mountain | SE 131° | 835 m | 22.4 mi |
| Mount Phoebe | ENE 69° | 715 m | 18.5 mi |
| Reed Hill | NE 42° | 675 m | 21.1 mi |
| Bald Knob | NE 50° | 656 m | 13.0 mi |
| Cannon Hill | E 97° | 621 m | 22.3 mi |
| King Knob | S 184° | 601 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:11 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:18 | 17:01 |
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 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fairmont, 5 mi away.
- American sycamore14 obs
- White-tailed Deer13 obs
- Japanese barberry13 obs
- Eastern Newt11 obs
- common pawpaw11 obs
- Christmas fern11 obs
- Common Watersnake9 obs
- buttonbush9 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/418860921
Day trips start here
- Grafton · 5 mi
- Fairmont · 7 mi
- Bridgeport · 11 mi
- Shinnston · 12 mi
- Clarksburg · 16 mi
- Morgantown · 18 mi
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