Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park
Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park is a park in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 389 m. Beech Knob stands 1,261 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Summersville Lake Recreation Area, a park 2.0 miles away. Midland Trail passes 6.8 miles off.
What to expect
How to reach it
- 6.8 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 6.8 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 21.9 mi off the Highland Scenic Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 12 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 12 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 13 mi
- Kanawha Falls · 16 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Emanuel Hill: 3.0 mi
- Panther Mountain: 4.3 mi
- Fowler Knob: 5.1 mi
- Lonetree Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Bearwallow Knob: 9.7 mi
- Summersville Lake Recreation Area: 2.0 mi
- Gauley River National Recreation Area: 3.2 mi
- Summersville Park: 6.8 mi
- Nicholas County Veterans Memorial Park: 9.5 mi
- Ansted Town Park: 10.0 mi
- Sunkist Wall: 3.5 mi
- Moon Wall: 3.6 mi
- Greatest Show Wall: 3.7 mi
- Toxix Hueco Wall: 3.7 mi
- Tan Wall: 3.7 mi
- Nuttallburg: 12.2 mi
- Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District: 12.2 mi
- Kay Moor: 13.0 mi
- McClung: 16.3 mi
- Bryant: 16.4 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 5.2 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 12.1 mi
- The Mystery Hole: 12.5 mi
- Vanbibbers Rock: 15.4 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 21.5 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 17.9 mi
- Rush Run Coke Ovens: 18.1 mi
- Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 18.8 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 18.9 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 19.8 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 5.1 mi
- Peters Creek Falls: 6.2 mi
- Cathedral Falls: 13.7 mi
- Rudolph Falls: 22.2 mi
- Summersville Lake State Park: 5.2 mi
- Needleseye Park: 18.5 mi
- Summersville Lake Lighthouse: 3.9 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.6 miles of Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beech Knob | ESE 110° | 1,261 m | 19.1 mi |
| Little Beech Knob | ESE 109° | 1,255 m | 19.5 mi |
| Wildcat Knob | ESE 114° | 1,223 m | 18.7 mi |
| Bush Place Knob | ESE 116° | 1,208 m | 18.4 mi |
| Pollock Knob | SE 124° | 1,187 m | 19.4 mi |
| Rich Knob | SE 132° | 1,160 m | 19.3 mi |
| Brier Knob | SE 125° | 1,136 m | 17.9 mi |
| Sumac Knob | SE 127° | 1,134 m | 17.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:02 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:26 | 17:08 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 40 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Summersville Lake, 3 mi away.
- fan clubmoss13 obs
- Eastern Newt12 obs
- eastern hemlock11 obs
- Christmas fern11 obs
- Brown-belted Bumble Bee11 obs
- striped maple10 obs
- mountain laurel10 obs
- New York fern10 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/291204720
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