Drawdy Falls Roadside Park
Drawdy Falls Roadside Park is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 224 m. Pond Knob stands 1,011 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Bee Mountain, a peak 5.5 miles away. Midland Trail passes 10 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 224 m
How to reach it
- 10.5 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 29.1 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kanawha Falls · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fork Creek Wildlife Management Area: 5.8 mi
- Madison City Park: 9.0 mi
- Fishing Pier: 10.4 mi
- Bill Wells Community Park: 10.5 mi
- Marmet Locks Recreation Area: 10.6 mi
- Bee Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Workman Knob: 7.2 mi
- Malden Mountain: 13.1 mi
- Buck Knob: 13.2 mi
- Blue Knob: 14.4 mi
- Upper Big Branch Miners Memorial: 13.5 mi
- Constable Silas Frank Nance Memorial Site: 13.6 mi
- Lincoln Walks at Midnight: 14.5 mi
- West Virginia Liberty Bell: 14.6 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 14.7 mi
- Frankenberger Art Gallery: 14.3 mi
- West Virginia Cultural Center: 14.6 mi
- West Virginia State Museum: 14.6 mi
- Sunrise Bird Sanctuary Museum: 14.8 mi
- Nitro Wars Museum: 21.6 mi
- Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas J. ”Stonewall” Jackson: 14.5 mi
- West Virginia Fallen Police Officer's Memorial: 14.7 mi
- West Virginia Fallen Firefighter's Memorial: 14.7 mi
- Women's Soldier: 14.7 mi
- Burial Atendants: 16.3 mi
- Wallace Hartman Nature Preserve: 12.9 mi
- Coal River Nature Reserve: 19.1 mi
- Chief Logan State Park: 24.4 mi
- Governor's Garden: 14.6 mi
- East End Community Gardens: 15.0 mi
- Wedding Garden: 19.0 mi
- Skyline Drive: 15.3 mi
- Indian Rock: 20.5 mi
- Grotto: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Drawdy Falls Roadside Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pond Knob | SE 140° | 1,011 m | 22.0 mi |
| Coal River Mountain | SE 139° | 1,009 m | 22.8 mi |
| Lick Knob | ESE 122° | 989 m | 24.3 mi |
| Boyd Branch Knob | SE 133° | 956 m | 22.8 mi |
| Hodge Knob | ESE 121° | 950 m | 22.9 mi |
| Paint Mountain | ESE 122° | 904 m | 23.6 mi |
| Wriston Knob | SE 140° | 889 m | 20.0 mi |
| Kayford Mountain | SE 124° | 873 m | 20.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:14 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:40 | 16:30 | 17:11 |
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 | 35 | 38 | 45 | 56 | 65 | 73 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 57 | 46 | 38 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Madison 3nnw, 9 mi away.
- chicory2 obs
- Smokey-eyed Boulder Lichen2 obs
- spoon-leaved moss2 obs
- Spring Peeper1 obs
- Eastern Newt1 obs
- Common Snapping Turtle1 obs
- Persian silk tree1 obs
- sugar maple1 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/356516475
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