Captain James Booth Memorial
Captain James Booth Memorial is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 278 m. Mount Phoebe stands 715 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Robert H. Mollohan Research Center Tower, a historic site 0.6 miles away. Northwestern Turnpike passes 8.9 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 278 m
How to reach it
- 8.9 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 19.3 mi off the Old Route 7 Byway
- 26.8 mi off the Cheat River Byway
- 29.6 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Kingmont Park: 1.8 mi
- Mary Lou Retton Park: 2.0 mi
- Mary Lou Retton Park: 2.0 mi
- Worthington Park: 3.5 mi
- Fairmont East-West Stadium: 3.5 mi
- Odell Knob: 6.9 mi
- Browns Knob: 7.0 mi
- Bald Knob: 7.1 mi
- Patton Knob: 8.4 mi
- Copeland Knob: 9.4 mi
- Robert H. Mollohan Research Center Tower: 0.6 mi
- WV Counties Monument: 2.0 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 4.5 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 4.6 mi
- Monongalia County War Memorial: 18.2 mi
- Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center: 3.9 mi
- Telephone Museum: 4.7 mi
- Marion County Historical Society: 4.7 mi
- Bice-Ferguson Museum: 5.8 mi
- West Augusta Historical Society Museum: 9.4 mi
- Valley Falls State Park: 7.0 mi
- Little Indian Creek Wildlife Management Area: 12.6 mi
- Tom's Run Nature Preserve: 13.6 mi
- LIttle Indian Creek Wildlife Managment ARea: 13.7 mi
- Core Arboretum: 18.8 mi
- Climbing: 23.5 mi
- Climbing and Rappelling: 23.8 mi
- Climbing: 23.9 mi
- Riverside Spot: 24.3 mi
- Don Knotts: 18.9 mi
- From The Mountain: 19.7 mi
- Little Falls: 13.5 mi
- The Cliff: 19.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Captain James Booth Memorial. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Phoebe | E 81° | 715 m | 23.9 mi |
| Reed Hill | ENE 58° | 675 m | 24.2 mi |
| Bald Knob | ENE 71° | 656 m | 17.2 mi |
| King Knob | SSE 164° | 601 m | 18.7 mi |
| Kincaid Knob | ENE 74° | 579 m | 13.8 mi |
| Kincaid Knob | ENE 78° | 544 m | 10.7 mi |
| Copeland Knob | SSE 160° | 541 m | 9.4 mi |
| Catherines Knob | N 354° | 522 m | 13.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:12 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:19 | 17:01 |
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 | 32 | 34 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fairmont, 4 mi away.
- Canada Goose6 obs
- Northern Cardinal6 obs
- Least Sandpiper5 obs
- Red-shouldered Hawk5 obs
- White-tailed Deer4 obs
- Groundhog4 obs
- chicory4 obs
- autumn olive4 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/356515906
Day trips start here
- Fairmont · 5 mi
- Shinnston · 6 mi
- Bridgeport · 10 mi
- Grafton · 12 mi
- Clarksburg · 13 mi
- Morgantown · 19 mi
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