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Avery Street Historic District

Avery Street Historic District from directly overhead

Avery Street Historic District is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 198 m. Ruble Knob stands 406 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Quincy Park, a picnic site 0.3 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 1.3 miles off. 37 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
198 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.27174, -81.55179

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Quincy Park: 0.3 mi
  • Bicentennial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Point Park: 0.8 mi
  • Albert Woofter Park: 0.9 mi
  • Murphy Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
Peaks: 37
Museums: 15
  • Oil & Gas Museum: 0.7 mi
  • Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History: 0.9 mi
  • Belpre Historical Society: 1.2 mi
  • Veterans Museum: 1.3 mi
  • Mid-Ohio Railroad Museum: 1.4 mi
Artworks: 14
Nature reserves: 14
Attractions: 7
Gardens: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • Mineral Wells Rest Area Southbound: 9.6 mi
  • Mineral Wells Rest Area Northbound: 9.7 mi
  • West Virginia Welcome Center: 10.0 mi
  • Washington Interstate 77 NB: 13.8 mi
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Quincy Park: 0.3 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Avery Street Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ruble KnobSE 143°406 m22.5 mi
Buzzard RocksE 93°388 m15.0 mi
Weed KnobS 174°363 m24.7 mi
Mail Point HillS 176°348 m16.6 mi
Smith KnobS 179°348 m22.3 mi
Balls KnobS 187°339 m22.2 mi
Kinderhook HillENE 60°338 m20.1 mi
Jephany KnobSSE 154°336 m17.2 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0319:38
June solstice06:0120:1720:57
September equinox07:1518:5019:25
December solstice07:4316:2517:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323543556472767569564537
Precip in3.43.04.03.74.54.94.63.73.23.02.83.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Parkersburg, under a mile away.

  • Asian Lady Beetle32 obs
  • American Robin14 obs
  • Mallard13 obs
  • Rock Pigeon10 obs
  • Leopard Slug10 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly10 obs
  • Northern Cardinal8 obs
  • European Starling8 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.

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OpenStreetMap element node/356525961

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