Camp Dawson Public Hunting Area
Camp Dawson Public Hunting Area is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 583 m. Hoye-Crest stands 1,027 m to the southeast, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Briery Mountain Wildlife Management Area, a park 1.0 miles away. Cheat River Byway passes 0.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 583 m
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Cheat River Byway
- 3.9 mi off the Old Route 7 Byway
- 5.3 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 12.6 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Deep Creek Lake · 20 mi
- Monroe Run Valley · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Briery Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 1.0 mi
- Cannon Hill Park: 3.5 mi
- Rowlesburg Park: 3.8 mi
- Corner Park: 3.9 mi
- Commuity Soccer Fields: 3.9 mi
- Cannon Hill: 3.4 mi
- Brushy Knobs: 6.9 mi
- Mount Phoebe: 7.6 mi
- Shaffer Mountain: 9.1 mi
- Gregg Knob: 10.0 mi
- Elkins Coal and Coke Company Historic District: 12.3 mi
- Beth's Garden: 14.0 mi
- Cobbler Shop in 1859: 14.1 mi
- Highest Point on the Maryland State Roads System: 15.4 mi
- Metal Shack: 16.6 mi
- Herrington Manor State Park: 12.4 mi
- Cranesville Swamp Preserve: 13.8 mi
- Fork Run Recreation Area: 17.0 mi
- Elder Hill Fire Tower: 20.2 mi
- Tom's Run Nature Preserve: 20.3 mi
- Matador Falls: 13.9 mi
- Tolliver Falls: 14.9 mi
- Upper Swallow Falls: 15.0 mi
- Lower Swallow Falls: 15.0 mi
- Muddy Creek Falls: 15.1 mi
- Pleasant Valley Dreamrides: 15.0 mi
- Climbing: 17.7 mi
- Climbing: 17.8 mi
- Climbing and Rappelling: 18.1 mi
- Riverside Spot: 18.2 mi
- Generation Museum: 3.8 mi
- Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Station: 14.0 mi
- Garrett County Historical Museum: 14.0 mi
- Garrett County Museum of Transportation: 14.0 mi
- Mon Valley Railroad Historical Society: 20.9 mi
- Kempton: 16.8 mi
- Kendall: 20.8 mi
- Blooming Rose: 21.4 mi
- Blind Skier and Camper Art Installation: 21.4 mi
- Don Knotts: 21.8 mi
- From The Mountain: 23.2 mi
- Youghiogheny Overlook Welcome Center: 24.6 mi
- Harlan Irons Spring: 25.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.8 miles of Camp Dawson Public Hunting Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hoye-Crest | SE 139° | 1,027 m | 15.1 mi |
| Wild Turkey Rock | E 85° | 984 m | 22.1 mi |
| Roth Rock | SE 130° | 983 m | 14.9 mi |
| Roger Camp Hill | SE 145° | 979 m | 18.4 mi |
| Allegheny Heights | ESE 107° | 977 m | 16.3 mi |
| Conneway Hill | ESE 116° | 973 m | 15.4 mi |
| Shaffer Mountain | ESE 121° | 972 m | 9.1 mi |
| Gregg Knob | NE 47° | 960 m | 10.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:55 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:09 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:42 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:17 | 16:59 |
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 | 29 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 71 | 65 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 4.4 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.6 | 4.7 | 4.4 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 4.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rowlesburg 1, 4 mi away.
- American sycamore6 obs
- White-tailed Deer5 obs
- Eastern Black-legged Tick4 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander3 obs
- Pipevine Swallowtail3 obs
- wild geranium2 obs
- Halloween Pennant2 obs
- eastern white pine2 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/356527983
Day trips start here
- Kingwood · 5 mi
- Grafton · 19 mi
- McHenry · 20 mi
- Morgantown · 22 mi
- Fairmont · 26 mi
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