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Clifton F McClintic State Wildlife Station

Clifton F McClintic State Wildlife Station from directly overhead

Clifton F McClintic State Wildlife Station is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 183 m. Shafer Knob stands 332 m to the east-northeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Harmon Park, a park 5.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 2.8 miles off. 80 named places lie within 25 miles, 20 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
183 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.91480, -82.06903

80 named places within 25 miles

Parks: 39
  • Harmon Park: 5.1 mi
  • Middleport Ball Park: 5.6 mi
  • Krodel Park: 6.1 mi
  • Dave Diles Park: 6.1 mi
  • Point Pleasant Riverfront Park: 6.3 mi
Peaks: 20
  • Welshtown Hill: 9.0 mi
  • Rose Hill: 9.0 mi
  • Cedar Hill: 9.1 mi
  • Prospect Hill: 9.5 mi
  • Fortification Hill: 11.5 mi
Museums: 6
  • Mothman Museum: 6.2 mi
  • Our House Tavern Museum: 10.3 mi
  • Our House Museum: 10.4 mi
  • Old Meigs County Courthouse and Chester Academy: 14.3 mi
  • Washington's Western Lands Museum: 16.8 mi
Historic sites: 4
Artworks: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Cliffs: 1
Rest areas: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Clifton F McClintic State Wildlife Station. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Shafer KnobENE 68°332 m20.8 mi
Hall KnobESE 124°331 m23.5 mi
Utah HillENE 79°324 m18.8 mi
Buzzard Roost KnobENE 63°315 m19.3 mi
RoundknobESE 122°307 m17.6 mi
Poplar KnobWSW 240°305 m18.2 mi
Reynolds HillESE 115°304 m22.2 mi
Hargreave KnobESE 108°295 m21.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0519:40
June solstice06:0420:1820:58
September equinox07:1718:5219:27
December solstice07:4416:2817:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323544546472767568574537
Precip in3.13.14.13.94.54.64.53.63.73.12.63.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Gallipolis, 9 mi away.

  • Sacred Lotus27 obs
  • Great Blue Heron26 obs
  • Canada Goose26 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird20 obs
  • Eastern Pondhawk19 obs
  • swamp rose mallow19 obs
  • Parrot's feather18 obs
  • Killdeer16 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 node/356516106

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