Compton Park
Compton Park is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 319 m. Bald Knob stands 656 m to the northeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Bridgeport City Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Northwestern Turnpike passes 0.8 miles off. 22 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 319 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 19.8 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 28.0 mi off the Old Route 7 Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Bridgeport City Park: 0.7 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 0.9 mi
- Quarry Park: 2.1 mi
- Hinkle-Deegan Park: 2.2 mi
- Briarwood Park: 2.6 mi
- Bald Knob: 2.9 mi
- Pinnickinnick Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Duncan Hill: 5.0 mi
- Patton Knob: 5.0 mi
- Copeland Knob: 6.2 mi
- Robert H. Mollohan Research Center Tower: 10.1 mi
- WV Counties Monument: 12.0 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 13.7 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 13.8 mi
- Jane Lew: 15.2 mi
- Bice-Ferguson Museum: 7.2 mi
- Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center: 13.8 mi
- Telephone Museum: 14.3 mi
- Marion County Historical Society: 14.3 mi
- Covered Bridge Museum: 15.2 mi
- Valley Falls State Park: 11.4 mi
- Little Indian Creek Wildlife Management Area: 22.4 mi
- Tom's Run Nature Preserve: 22.4 mi
- LIttle Indian Creek Wildlife Managment ARea: 23.4 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 16.9 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 21.2 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 21.0 mi
- Little Falls: 22.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Compton Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | NE 52° | 656 m | 24.4 mi |
| Deen Knob | SSE 160° | 629 m | 22.5 mi |
| King Knob | SE 136° | 601 m | 11.6 mi |
| Kincaid Knob | NE 50° | 579 m | 21.0 mi |
| Bear Knob | S 186° | 570 m | 16.6 mi |
| Kincaid Knob | NE 49° | 544 m | 17.8 mi |
| Copeland Knob | E 84° | 541 m | 6.2 mi |
| Buckhannon Mountain | SSW 192° | 541 m | 23.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:11 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:19 | 17:02 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clarksburg Benedum AP, 2 mi away.
- Banded Darter33 obs
- Rainbow Darter23 obs
- Fantail Darter13 obs
- White-tailed Deer11 obs
- Greenside Darter10 obs
- lesser celandine6 obs
- dandelions5 obs
- white clover5 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 node/356534910
Day trips start here
- Bridgeport · 0 mi
- Clarksburg · 5 mi
- Shinnston · 7 mi
- Grafton · 13 mi
- Fairmont · 14 mi
- Buckhannon · 21 mi
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