Berwind Lake Wildlife Management Area
Berwind Lake Wildlife Management Area is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 685 m. Garden Mountain stands 1,437 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Stone Steps, a peak 2.7 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail - VA passes 6.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 685 m
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
- 13.2 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 29.1 mi off the Big Walker Mountain Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 22 mi
- Big Walker Lookout · 29 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stone Steps: 2.7 mi
- The Jumps: 9.1 mi
- Sugar Cove Mountain: 9.3 mi
- Compton Mountain: 9.5 mi
- Mullins Mountain: 9.7 mi
- Bradshaw Park: 8.8 mi
- Coal Camp Park: 9.2 mi
- Cavitt's Creek Park: 11.2 mi
- Overlook Park: 12.8 mi
- Linkous Park: 13.0 mi
- Bartley Mine Disaster: 6.5 mi
- Space Shuttle Memorial: 9.1 mi
- Peery & St. Clair Building: 13.4 mi
- Kimball World War I Memorial: 15.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 22.8 mi
- Pinnacle Rock State Park: 22.1 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 23.6 mi
- Bailey Lake Day Use Area: 23.9 mi
- Big Branch Day Use Area: 24.0 mi
- Hix: 3.7 mi
- Historic Crab Orchard Museum: 11.3 mi
- Cedar Bluff: 12.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 16.5 mi
- Bluefield Love Sign: 22.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Berwind Lake Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garden Mountain | SE 129° | 1,437 m | 19.3 mi |
| Morris Knob | SSE 165° | 1,358 m | 14.9 mi |
| Hutchinson Rock | SE 124° | 1,348 m | 19.0 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | SE 131° | 1,344 m | 21.0 mi |
| East River Mountain | ESE 113° | 1,331 m | 16.1 mi |
| Brushy Mountain | SSW 194° | 1,323 m | 21.3 mi |
| Chimney Rock | ESE 111° | 1,304 m | 16.6 mi |
| Knob Mountain | SSE 157° | 1,270 m | 14.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:33 | 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 | 33 | 37 | 43 | 53 | 61 | 69 | 72 | 71 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richlands, 13 mi away.
- hairy bittercress2 obs
- Song Sparrow1 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco1 obs
- Red Salamander1 obs
- Common Garter Snake1 obs
- American Black Bear1 obs
- Bull Thistle1 obs
- great mullein1 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/356531699
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