Buffington Island State Memorial
Buffington Island State Memorial is a park in Ohio, at a recorded elevation of 189 m. Garnes Knob stands 365 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Turkey Run Lake Wildlife Management Area, a park 2.5 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway runs past it. 138 named places lie within 25 miles, 43 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 189 m
How to reach it
- On the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 18.0 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 20.7 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 23.8 mi off the Welsh Scenic Byway
138 named places within 25 miles
- Turkey Run Lake Wildlife Management Area: 2.5 mi
- Veterans Park: 3.7 mi
- Riverfront Park: 4.2 mi
- Keraland Recreation Area: 7.2 mi
- Star Mill Park: 8.0 mi
- Buzzard Roost Knob: 3.0 mi
- Utah Hill: 3.5 mi
- Shafer Knob: 3.9 mi
- Anthony Hill: 5.7 mi
- Peach Knob: 6.6 mi
- Mound Cemetery Mound: 11.1 mi
- Elizabeth: 20.8 mi
- Fort Boreman Magazine: 21.0 mi
- Belpre and The Ohio River: 21.1 mi
- Devol’s Floating Mill: 21.1 mi
- Washington's Western Lands Museum: 4.2 mi
- Old Meigs County Courthouse and Chester Academy: 9.9 mi
- New Era One Room School: 18.5 mi
- Blennerhassett Mansion: 20.8 mi
- Beauchamp-Newman House: 20.9 mi
- Old Town Creek Access: 4.3 mi
- Skunk Run Preserve: 16.9 mi
- Marie J. Desonier State Nature Preserve: 16.9 mi
- Deep Hollow-Dark Skies Preserve: 18.9 mi
- Morris Reserve: 19.3 mi
- The White Falcon: 14.1 mi
- Mothman Statue: 22.5 mi
- Decorative wooden bear: 22.6 mi
- Mini Farm Figurines: 24.5 mi
- Stony Point: 7.9 mi
- Rock Bluff: 16.6 mi
- Cedarville Bluff: 21.0 mi
- Huntsville: 12.3 mi
- Flora: 15.7 mi
- Mineral Wells Rest Area Southbound: 15.1 mi
- Mineral Wells Rest Area Northbound: 15.1 mi
- Quincy Park: 21.8 mi
- Oakland: 21.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Buffington Island State Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garnes Knob | SSE 168° | 365 m | 23.4 mi |
| Weed Knob | ESE 112° | 363 m | 15.8 mi |
| Smith Knob | ESE 106° | 348 m | 13.1 mi |
| Mail Point Hill | E 81° | 348 m | 13.3 mi |
| Tuttle Knob | SE 139° | 343 m | 20.2 mi |
| Monroe Knob | SE 141° | 343 m | 21.4 mi |
| Panther Knob | ESE 121° | 342 m | 18.1 mi |
| Marsh Hart Knob | SE 138° | 342 m | 20.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:04 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:17 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:27 | 17:09 |
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 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 5.2 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sandyville 9 NE, 11 mi away.
- cut-leaved toothwort2 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty2 obs
- Wood Duck1 obs
- White-tailed Deer1 obs
- common pawpaw1 obs
- purple passionflower1 obs
- common bracken1 obs
- common mugwort1 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/357389797
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