Cranberry Wildlife Management Area
Cranberry Wildlife Management Area is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 853 m. Red Spruce Knob stands 1,434 m to the east-northeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Hanging Rock, a peak 1.4 miles away. Highland Scenic Highway passes 3.0 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 853 m
How to reach it
- 3.0 mi off the Highland Scenic Highway, National
- 25.8 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Little Laurel Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Hanging Rock: 1.4 mi
- Snakeden Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Briery Knob: 3.2 mi
- Kennison Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Mikes Knob: 4.5 mi
- Cranberry Back Country: 2.4 mi
- Bishop Knob Recreation Area: 6.1 mi
- Sterling Spencer Memorial Sculpture Garden: 7.4 mi
- Richwood Community Garden: 7.5 mi
- Cranberry Glades Botanical Area: 9.4 mi
- Circus Wall: 23.2 mi
- Orange Oswald Wall: 23.3 mi
- Narcissus Cave: 23.4 mi
- Satisfaction Wall: 23.5 mi
- Long Wall: 23.5 mi
- Rudolph Falls: 6.8 mi
- Upper Falls of Hills Creek: 8.0 mi
- Middle Falls of Hills Creek: 8.2 mi
- Lower Falls of Hills Creek: 8.3 mi
- Richwood Area Chamber of Commerce: 7.5 mi
- Bubble Cave Preserve: 19.4 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 24.0 mi
- Mill Run: 15.7 mi
- McClung: 23.7 mi
- Walker Hill: 24.1 mi
- Beartown State Park: 17.3 mi
- Fred E. Brooks Memorial Arboretum: 18.4 mi
- Summersville Lake State Park: 24.0 mi
- Hillsboro: 14.6 mi
- T. M. Cheeks: 19.6 mi
- North Bend Picnic Area: 3.5 mi
- Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 7.1 mi
- Locust Creek Spring: 14.2 mi
- Pearl S Buck Birthplace: 14.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Cranberry Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Spruce Knob | ENE 76° | 1,434 m | 14.4 mi |
| Big Spruce Knob | E 95° | 1,419 m | 11.3 mi |
| Black Mountain | ESE 107° | 1,403 m | 9.9 mi |
| Tea Creek Mountain | ENE 70° | 1,385 m | 14.0 mi |
| Barlow Top | ESE 108° | 1,384 m | 10.8 mi |
| Briery Knob | SSE 158° | 1,377 m | 9.9 mi |
| Rocky Knob | SSE 159° | 1,355 m | 8.8 mi |
| Sugar Creek Mountain | ENE 77° | 1,355 m | 9.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:59 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:46 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 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 | 29 | 31 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 69 | 68 | 63 | 53 | 42 | 34 |
| Precip in | 4.3 | 4.0 | 5.3 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 5.2 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.9 | 4.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Richwood 1sse, 8 mi away.
- Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander5 obs
- Northern Slimy Salamander3 obs
- Eastern Newt3 obs
- Seal Salamander2 obs
- Common Garter Snake2 obs
- common milkweed2 obs
- striped maple2 obs
- Brook Trout2 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/356538809
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