Altizer Park
Altizer Park is a park in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 169 m. Porter Knob stands 424 m to the south, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Artillery Veterans Park, a park 1.6 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 2.3 miles off. 35 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 13.2 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
- 29.7 mi off the Welsh Scenic Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Artillery Veterans Park: 1.6 mi
- Lawrence County Fairgrounds: 1.8 mi
- Proctorville Playground: 2.0 mi
- Proctorville Center Park: 2.1 mi
- Rotary Park: 2.2 mi
- Village in Bloom: 3.3 mi
- Sir Volundeer: 3.3 mi
- The Apple Remedy: 3.3 mi
- The Seeker: 3.3 mi
- A Buck for All Seasons: 3.3 mi
- Gobbler's Knob: 4.4 mi
- Poore Hill: 7.7 mi
- Huddleston Knob: 9.3 mi
- Gobbler Knob: 10.0 mi
- Porter Knob: 11.4 mi
- Blue Star Memorial: 3.3 mi
- 1970 Plane Crash Memorial: 3.4 mi
- John Marshall: 4.1 mi
- The Marshall Beech Tree: 4.1 mi
- John Marshall: 4.1 mi
- Touma Museum of Medicine: 4.8 mi
- Museum of Radio & Technology: 6.5 mi
- The Collis P. Huntington Railroad Historical Society, Inc. Museum: 6.6 mi
- Taylor Auto Collections: 6.8 mi
- Ramsdell House: 10.9 mi
- Chad Pennington Hall of Fame: 3.5 mi
- C&O 1308: 6.6 mi
- Ritter Park Rose Garden: 4.7 mi
- Community Garden: 19.6 mi
- Anderson Compass Plant Prairie: 15.2 mi
- Central Park Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
- Big Bend Swimming Beach: 20.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Altizer Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porter Knob | S 178° | 424 m | 24.6 mi |
| Cove Knob | SSE 164° | 410 m | 24.4 mi |
| Buck Knob | S 179° | 382 m | 18.8 mi |
| Turkeycamp Knob | S 171° | 380 m | 15.8 mi |
| Stowers Knob | SE 130° | 378 m | 20.4 mi |
| Mays Knob | S 170° | 374 m | 14.5 mi |
| Flag Knob | SSE 150° | 368 m | 14.6 mi |
| Squirrel Knob | SSE 162° | 368 m | 15.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:34 | 19:07 | 19:42 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:18 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:18 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:44 | 16:31 | 17:13 |
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 | 36 | 39 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 76 | 70 | 58 | 47 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 5.7 | 4.5 | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — PEA Ridge PSD, 3 mi away.
- American tuliptree4 obs
- red deadnettle4 obs
- Canada Goose3 obs
- Western Honey Bee3 obs
- American pokeweed3 obs
- chicory3 obs
- Bold Jumping Spider3 obs
- sassafras3 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/473692083
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- Huntington · 5 mi
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