Cranberry Glades Botanical Area
Cranberry Glades Botanical Area is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 1,024 m. Red Spruce Knob stands 1,434 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Blue Knob, a peak 2.0 miles away. Highland Scenic Highway passes 1.2 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1024 m
How to reach it
- 1.2 mi off the Highland Scenic Highway, National
- 26.0 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Little Laurel Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Blue Knob: 2.0 mi
- Black Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Viney Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Spruce Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Barlow Top: 2.9 mi
- Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park: 6.3 mi
- Cranberry Back Country: 7.0 mi
- Stillwell Park: 9.2 mi
- Community Wellness Center: 9.4 mi
- Cranberry Wildlife Management Area: 9.4 mi
- Upper Falls of Hills Creek: 4.2 mi
- Lower Falls of Hills Creek: 4.2 mi
- Middle Falls of Hills Creek: 4.2 mi
- Rudolph Falls: 14.5 mi
- Mill Run: 7.2 mi
- Sunset: 17.5 mi
- Alum Springs: 24.3 mi
- Locust Creek Spring: 6.3 mi
- Blowing Springs: 22.5 mi
- Fred E. Brooks Memorial Arboretum: 9.1 mi
- Beartown State Park: 10.5 mi
- North Bend Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
- Bolar Mountain Picnic Area: 22.2 mi
- Bubble Cave Preserve: 14.0 mi
- Richwood Area Chamber of Commerce: 14.6 mi
- Pearl S Buck Birthplace: 5.4 mi
- Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 14.2 mi
- Allendale Nursery: 22.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.3 miles of Cranberry Glades Botanical Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Spruce Knob | NE 36° | 1,434 m | 10.5 mi |
| Red Lick Mountain | NE 44° | 1,428 m | 10.8 mi |
| Big Spruce Knob | NE 39° | 1,419 m | 5.3 mi |
| Black Mountain | NE 35° | 1,403 m | 2.7 mi |
| Gay Knob | NE 53° | 1,386 m | 13.3 mi |
| Tea Creek Mountain | NNE 28° | 1,385 m | 11.2 mi |
| Barlow Top | NE 53° | 1,384 m | 2.9 mi |
| Briery Knob | SW 226° | 1,377 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:09 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:24 | 17:05 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 28 | 31 | 39 | 49 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 51 | 40 | 32 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buckeye, 7 mi away.
- Eastern Skunk Cabbage190 obs
- green false hellebore158 obs
- Scarlet Beebalm117 obs
- marsh marigold116 obs
- painted trillium114 obs
- great rhododendron100 obs
- cinnamon fern95 obs
- tawny cottongrass85 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/356524603
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