Collins Park
Collins Park is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 592 m. Walnut Knob stands 1,049 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Collins Middle, a park 0.3 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 0.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 592 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- City of Oak Hill
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 10.6 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 4 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 8 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 11 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Haystack Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Justice Heights: 3.6 mi
- Flag Knob: 3.8 mi
- Thrasher Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Packs Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Old Collins Middle: 0.3 mi
- Oak Hill City Park: 0.5 mi
- Historic Lewis House: 0.5 mi
- New River Birding & Nature Festival: 1.3 mi
- Russell Mathews Park: 2.4 mi
- Fern Point Area: 7.8 mi
- Party Buttress Area: 7.8 mi
- Honeymooner Area: 7.9 mi
- Endless Wall: 7.9 mi
- Dowdy Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Thurmond: 4.2 mi
- Kay Moor: 7.3 mi
- Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District: 8.3 mi
- Nuttallburg: 8.4 mi
- Stonewall: 10.1 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 4.2 mi
- Rush Run Coke Ovens: 5.2 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 5.7 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 6.1 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 1.8 mi
- The Canopy: 4.3 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 8.2 mi
- The Mystery Hole: 10.6 mi
- Vanbibbers Rock: 12.7 mi
- Cathedral Falls: 12.8 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 18.2 mi
- Peters Creek Falls: 19.0 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 20.1 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 20.2 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 13.0 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 13.0 mi
- Raleigh County Veteran's Inc: 13.1 mi
- Needleseye Park: 2.2 mi
- Grandview: 10.4 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 10.4 mi
- Brooks Falls: 22.7 mi
- Summersville Lake Lighthouse: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.9 miles of Collins Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Knob | ESE 111° | 1,049 m | 12.5 mi |
| Ford Knob | ESE 102° | 1,026 m | 16.6 mi |
| Pond Knob | WSW 249° | 1,011 m | 15.8 mi |
| Coal River Mountain | WSW 247° | 1,009 m | 15.1 mi |
| Buster Knob | E 92° | 997 m | 17.9 mi |
| Beelick Knob | ESE 115° | 991 m | 16.9 mi |
| Lick Knob | W 259° | 989 m | 8.4 mi |
| Hump Mountain | SE 125° | 989 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:49 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:28 | 17:09 |
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 | 42 | 53 | 61 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 65 | 54 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — OAK Hill, under a mile away.
- multiflora rose51 obs
- American beech43 obs
- Cucumber Root40 obs
- Red Clover38 obs
- red maple28 obs
- common jewelweed24 obs
- American tuliptree24 obs
- cardinal flower23 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 way/583324231
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