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City Park

City Park from directly overhead

City Park is a park in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 193 m. Ruble Knob stands 406 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is William Lowther Memorial Flag, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 0.9 miles off. 39 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates39.27081, -81.52845

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Historic sites
Parks
  • Corning Park: 0.9 mi
  • John Blomberg - Parkersburg Library Arboretum: 1.1 mi
  • Avery Street Historic District: 1.3 mi
  • Quincy Park: 1.4 mi
  • Fort Neal Park: 1.5 mi
Peaks: 39
Museums: 15
  • Veterans Museum: 0.2 mi
  • Oil & Gas Museum: 1.9 mi
  • Blennerhassett Museum of Regional History: 2.0 mi
  • Belpre Historical Society: 2.5 mi
  • Mid-Ohio Railroad Museum: 2.6 mi
Artworks: 14
Nature reserves: 12
Attractions: 7
Gardens: 7
Rest areas: 4
  • West Virginia Welcome Center: 9.4 mi
  • Mineral Wells Rest Area Southbound: 9.6 mi
  • Mineral Wells Rest Area Northbound: 9.7 mi
  • Washington Interstate 77 NB: 13.4 mi
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 1
  • Quincy Park: 1.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of City Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ruble KnobSE 145°406 m21.7 mi
Buzzard RocksE 93°388 m13.7 mi
Weed KnobS 177°363 m24.5 mi
Mail Point HillS 180°348 m16.5 mi
Smith KnobS 182°348 m22.3 mi
Balls KnobS 190°339 m22.3 mi
Kinderhook HillENE 58°338 m19.0 mi
Jephany KnobSSE 158°336 m16.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0319:38
June solstice06:0120:1720:57
September equinox07:1418:5019:25
December solstice07:4316:2517:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323543556472767569564537
Precip in3.43.04.03.74.54.94.63.73.23.02.83.4

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

  • White-tailed Deer11 obs
  • Leopard Slug11 obs
  • American Toad11 obs
  • Mallard10 obs
  • Monarch10 obs
  • Common Box Turtle9 obs
  • Rock Pigeon8 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel8 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/209561893

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