Bruceton Mills Wildlife Management Area
Bruceton Mills Wildlife Management Area is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 590 m. Gregg Knob stands 960 m to the south-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Bruceton Mills Public Fishing Area, a park 1.9 miles away. Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway passes 2.7 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 590 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway
- 8.7 mi off the Historic National Road - Pennsylvania, National
- 13.1 mi off the Old Route 7 Byway
- 11.0 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Point Lookout · 12 mi
- Deep Creek Lake · 17 mi
- Paradise Overlook · 17 mi
- Monroe Run Valley · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bruceton Mills Public Fishing Area: 1.9 mi
- Bruceton Mills Public Fishing Area: 1.9 mi
- Wharton Township Recreational Park: 8.5 mi
- The Chateau Terrace: 9.1 mi
- Lafayette Square: 9.2 mi
- Kelley Knob: 4.9 mi
- Sickle Hill: 7.0 mi
- Devies Mountain: 7.1 mi
- Evans Hill: 7.2 mi
- Brethren Summit: 7.2 mi
- Fort Necessity Visitor Center: 9.2 mi
- Mt. Washington Tavern: 9.5 mi
- Speyer Gallery: 17.4 mi
- Albert Gallatin House: 17.9 mi
- Cole and Coke Heritage Center: 18.3 mi
- State Game Lands Number 265: 9.6 mi
- Cranesville Swamp Preserve: 12.4 mi
- Elder Hill Fire Tower: 13.0 mi
- Weitzell-Bear Creek Conservation Easement: 15.1 mi
- Fork Run Recreation Area: 15.8 mi
- Fort Necessity: 9.3 mi
- Braddock's Grave: 10.4 mi
- Metal Shack: 11.9 mi
- Farm House Ruins: 12.0 mi
- Brownfield Honor Roll: 13.1 mi
- Wharton Furnace: 9.9 mi
- Riverside Spot: 11.7 mi
- Climbing: 12.0 mi
- Climbing and Rappelling: 12.2 mi
- Climbing: 12.3 mi
- Matador Falls: 9.8 mi
- Cucumber Falls: 13.9 mi
- Ohiopyle Falls: 14.3 mi
- Muddy Creek Falls: 16.5 mi
- Lower Swallow Falls: 16.7 mi
- Metal Sculpture: 7.7 mi
- Statue of Thomas Jefferson and Albert Gallatin: 16.1 mi
- Blind Skier and Camper Art Installation: 16.8 mi
- Albert Gallatin Statue: 17.9 mi
- Don Knotts: 18.3 mi
- White Rocks: 11.3 mi
- Cabin Rocks: 12.4 mi
- Jumonville Rocks: 13.5 mi
- Baughman Rock Overlook: 13.6 mi
- Jumonville Glen: 13.6 mi
- Watering Trough: 12.4 mi
- Youghiogheny Overlook Welcome Center: 12.9 mi
- US-219 Cove Overlook Rest Area: 17.6 mi
- Blooming Rose: 9.7 mi
- Kendall: 11.2 mi
- Cucumber Run Picnic Area: 13.4 mi
- Tharp Knob Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
- Cool Spring: 15.2 mi
- Baughman Spring: 24.9 mi
- The Chateau Gardens: 9.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.0 miles of Bruceton Mills Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gregg Knob | SSE 160° | 960 m | 13.3 mi |
| Marsh Hill | SE 125° | 948 m | 16.1 mi |
| Snaggy Mountain | SSE 153° | 946 m | 15.2 mi |
| Pine Swamp Knob | SSE 147° | 944 m | 10.3 mi |
| Fike Hill | SE 141° | 943 m | 9.9 mi |
| Lewis Knob | SE 144° | 905 m | 13.4 mi |
| Whites Knob | SE 138° | 899 m | 11.7 mi |
| George Hill | ESE 106° | 897 m | 17.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:10 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:17 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:15 | 16:58 |
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 | 27 | 36 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 59 | 49 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 4.6 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Chalk Hill 2 ENE, 12 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer18 obs
- Polyphemus Moth15 obs
- Coyote11 obs
- Ghost Pipe11 obs
- Gray Fox10 obs
- white meadowsweet10 obs
- Io Moth9 obs
- Arched Hooktip Moth9 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/356527970
Day trips start here
- Kingwood · 15 mi
- Ohiopyle · 15 mi
- Uniontown · 16 mi
- McHenry · 17 mi
- Morgantown · 18 mi
- Connellsville · 23 mi
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