Bear Rock Lakes Wildlife Management Area
Bear Rock Lakes Wildlife Management Area is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 343 m. Culley Hill stands 475 m to the south, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is West Alexander Fairgrounds, a attraction 2.4 miles away. Historic National Road - West Virginia passes 1.7 miles off. 21 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 343 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Historic National Road - West Virginia, National
- 1.9 mi off the Historic National Road - Pennsylvania, National
- 9.6 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 10.8 mi off the Historic National Road - Ohio, National
Overlooks nearby
- Suicide Hill · 10 mi
- Highland Hills Overlook · 20 mi
- Old Fort Steuben Bridge Pier Viewpoint · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Triadelphia Park: 5.3 mi
- McGuffey Community Park: 6.3 mi
- West Liberty Town Park: 7.0 mi
- Wheeling Park: 7.2 mi
- Wheeling Park: 7.3 mi
- Sampson Hill: 4.7 mi
- Mosier Hill: 7.4 mi
- Garrett Hill: 14.9 mi
- Cemetery Hill: 15.8 mi
- Mount Wheeler: 15.9 mi
- Madonna of the Trail: 7.3 mi
- WWII Monument: 7.3 mi
- Spirit of the American Doughboy: 7.4 mi
- Carriage House: 7.5 mi
- St. Michael Statue: 7.9 mi
- Kruger Street Toy and Train Museum: 7.1 mi
- Oglebay Mansion Museum: 7.3 mi
- West Virginia Independence Hall: 10.0 mi
- Bennett Memorial Museum: 10.1 mi
- Sedgwick House Museum: 10.3 mi
- Mingo Statue: 10.0 mi
- McColloch’s Leap Monument: 10.0 mi
- Francis Pierpont: 10.0 mi
- Bobo the Elephant: 10.1 mi
- Tortoise: 10.1 mi
- Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge - Upper Twin Island: 10.0 mi
- Grand Vue Park: 14.0 mi
- State Game Lands Number 297: 21.1 mi
- State Game Lands Number 117: 23.8 mi
- Sunfish Creek State Forest: 24.4 mi
- West Alexander Fairgrounds: 2.4 mi
- Wyit Sprowls Covered Bridge: 7.4 mi
- Wheeling Island Hotel-Casino-Racetrack: 10.5 mi
- West Virginia State Penitentiary Tours: 15.8 mi
- REACH Garden: 6.8 mi
- Farm 18: 9.6 mi
- 14th Street Greenhouses: 9.6 mi
- East Wheeling Community Park: 9.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Bear Rock Lakes Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Culley Hill | S 183° | 475 m | 18.9 mi |
| Mosier Hill | ENE 75° | 457 m | 7.4 mi |
| Sampson Hill | E 84° | 454 m | 4.7 mi |
| Tunnel Hill | S 180° | 453 m | 18.1 mi |
| Mount Wheeler | ENE 77° | 450 m | 15.9 mi |
| Quakers Knob | NNE 20° | 443 m | 19.4 mi |
| Riggs Knob | SW 217° | 435 m | 19.8 mi |
| Garrett Hill | NE 48° | 420 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:15 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:45 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 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 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.1 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Wheeling Ohio CO AP, 9 mi away.
- Painted Turtle10 obs
- Eastern Pondhawk9 obs
- American Toad8 obs
- Wood Duck6 obs
- Common Snapping Turtle6 obs
- Monarch6 obs
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage6 obs
- bloodroot6 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 node/356533122
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- Washington · 16 mi
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