Beckys Creek Wildlife Management Area
Beckys Creek Wildlife Management Area is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 986 m. Cheat Mountain stands 1,481 m to the south-southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is 4127, a peak 1.1 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 3.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 986 m
How to reach it
- 3.2 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 4.4 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
- 6.4 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 10.6 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 6 mi
- Little Laurel Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- 4127: 1.1 mi
- Crouch Knob: 1.5 mi
- Barton Knob: 2.3 mi
- Snyder Knob: 3.9 mi
- Hutton Knob: 4.1 mi
- Cheat Wildlife Management Area: 5.4 mi
- Gaudineer Knob Recreation Site: 6.3 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 6.6 mi
- Huttonsville Farm Wildlife Management Area: 7.5 mi
- Huttonsville Park: 8.3 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 6.3 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 10.6 mi
- Powerhouse: 13.5 mi
- Boiler House: 13.5 mi
- Cass: 13.7 mi
- Cool Spring: 6.3 mi
- Locust Spring: 16.9 mi
- Pat Spring: 23.0 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 23.6 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 23.9 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 6.7 mi
- High Falls: 15.8 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 21.0 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 22.0 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 13.5 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 17.7 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 23.6 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 23.8 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 15.3 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 21.8 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 22.2 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 23.9 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 6.7 mi
- Raven Rocks: 7.6 mi
- Gertrude: 10.7 mi
- Locust Springs: 17.0 mi
- Allendale Nursery: 21.6 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 23.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of Beckys Creek Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheat Mountain | SSW 193° | 1,481 m | 10.7 mi |
| Thorny Benchmark | S 188° | 1,481 m | 13.8 mi |
| Bald Knob | S 172° | 1,476 m | 10.1 mi |
| Tygart Valley North | SSW 194° | 1,457 m | 8.7 mi |
| Beech Flat Knob | S 186° | 1,433 m | 6.6 mi |
| Snyder Knob | S 185° | 1,432 m | 3.9 mi |
| Mace Knob | SSW 197° | 1,425 m | 10.3 mi |
| Elleber Knob | SE 133° | 1,401 m | 17.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:09 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:21 | 17:03 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 25 | 30 | 34 | 45 | 55 | 61 | 65 | 64 | 58 | 49 | 38 | 29 |
| Precip in | 5.3 | 5.5 | 6.3 | 5.4 | 6.6 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 5.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Kumbrabow, 7 mi away.
- Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander7 obs
- common milkweed6 obs
- Pipevine Swallowtail5 obs
- colt's-foot4 obs
- red spruce4 obs
- Cheat Mountain Salamander3 obs
- Eastern Newt3 obs
- Coyote3 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/356538802
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