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Camp Washington Carver

Camp Washington Carver from directly overhead

Camp Washington Carver is a park in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 765 m. Rich Knob stands 1,160 m to the east, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area, a picnic site 2.5 miles away. Midland Trail passes 3.0 miles off.

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What to expect

Operated by
West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History

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Coordinates38.00941, -80.97455

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 55
Cliffs: 36
  • Honeymooner Area: 5.5 mi
  • Endless Wall: 5.6 mi
  • Party Buttress Area: 5.8 mi
  • Fern Point Area: 5.8 mi
  • Bridge Buttress: 7.2 mi
Ghost towns: 13
Historic sites: 8
  • Red Ash Coke Ovens: 5.0 mi
  • Rush Run Coke Ovens: 5.7 mi
  • Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 6.9 mi
  • Coal Miner Memorial: 9.4 mi
  • Walter Scott's statue: 10.4 mi
Attractions: 7
  • New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 7.0 mi
  • The Canopy: 9.6 mi
  • Hank’s Last Stop: 10.6 mi
  • The Mystery Hole: 12.0 mi
  • Vanbibbers Rock: 16.0 mi
Museums: 6
Waterfalls: 5
  • Laurel Creek Falls: 14.5 mi
  • Cathedral Falls: 15.0 mi
  • Peters Creek Falls: 15.8 mi
  • Sandstone Falls: 17.8 mi
  • Sandstone Falls: 17.9 mi
Nature reserves: 3
Picnic sites: 2
  • Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 2.5 mi
  • Brooks Falls: 20.6 mi
Lighthouses: 1
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Camp Washington Carver. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rich KnobE 88°1,160 m16.4 mi
Mill Creek MountainE 84°1,122 m15.2 mi
Allen KnobE 82°1,119 m15.5 mi
Boggs KnobESE 120°1,102 m12.3 mi
Laurel Creek MountainE 81°1,090 m14.9 mi
Buck KnobENE 75°1,056 m13.6 mi
Myles KnobESE 105°1,054 m9.4 mi
Little Sewell MountainESE 106°1,051 m14.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2819:0119:36
June solstice06:0220:1120:51
September equinox07:1218:4819:23
December solstice07:3716:2717:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442536168717065544436
Precip in3.53.34.24.25.15.54.64.13.72.92.93.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK Hill, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • pink lady's slipper25 obs
  • American cancer-root20 obs
  • Smooth Rock Tripe15 obs
  • mountain laurel12 obs
  • American Toad10 obs
  • stalked puffball-in-aspic9 obs
  • Carrot-Footed Lepidella9 obs
  • striped maple8 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/293378894

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