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Charlotte Prather Park

Charlotte Prather Park from directly overhead

Charlotte Prather Park is a park in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 139 m. Cacapon 2 stands 673 m to the west-northwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is P.O. Faulkner Park, a park 0.2 miles away. Washington Heritage Trail passes 0.6 miles off.

How to reach it

Coordinates39.44806, -77.96347

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • P.O. Faulkner Park: 0.2 mi
  • Oak Street Park: 0.4 mi
  • East Burke Street Park: 0.6 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Park: 0.9 mi
  • Ambrose Park: 0.9 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums: 41
Attractions: 34
  • Little House: 8.6 mi
  • Lock 38 Path: 8.8 mi
  • Lock 39: 9.6 mi
  • Lock 40: 10.1 mi
  • Captain's Quarters: 11.4 mi
Nature reserves: 19
Artworks: 16
Springs: 10
  • Neglar Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Cooper Springs: 18.6 mi
  • Lord Fairfax Spring: 18.8 mi
  • A natural spring at the Central Trail: 19.2 mi
  • Natural Spring: 19.7 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Shenandoah Lake Beach: 18.3 mi
  • Beach 2: 21.2 mi
  • Beach 1: 21.6 mi
  • Beach 3: 21.8 mi
  • River Access: 22.0 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 11.4 mi
  • Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook: 16.3 mi
  • Gainsboro Tourist Park: 19.6 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 19.9 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 20.1 mi
Gardens: 2
Cliffs: 2
Waterfalls: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Dargan Bend: 13.2 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 20.1 miles of Charlotte Prather Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cacapon 2WNW 288°673 m19.5 mi
Cross MountainN 356°627 m19.4 mi
Hearthstone MountainN 358°616 m18.2 mi
Sleepy Creek MountainW 273°580 m12.4 mi
Shockeys KnobWSW 254°567 m14.7 mi
Pinkerton KnobNW 306°549 m10.9 mi
Lambs KnollE 90°536 m18.0 mi
Lambs KnollE 90°536 m18.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4919:24
June solstice05:4620:0320:43
September equinox07:0018:3519:11
December solstice07:2916:1016:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442536371767467554436
Precip in2.82.63.73.64.23.54.13.04.23.33.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Martinsburg 2, 1 mi away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly25 obs
  • American Robin11 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee9 obs
  • European Starling7 obs
  • Brown-lipped Snail7 obs
  • red deadnettle7 obs
  • Eastern Boxelder Bug6 obs
  • bird's-eye speedwell6 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/545577976

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