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Dunbar Park

Dunbar Park from directly overhead

Dunbar Park is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 235 m. Workman Knob stands 599 m to the south, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Dunbar Mini Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Midland Trail passes 6.9 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
235 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.36757, -81.73852

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Dunbar Mini Park: 0.5 mi
  • Wine Cellar Park: 1.0 mi
  • Shawnee Community Center Park: 1.1 mi
  • Jackson Park: 1.2 mi
  • Blackwell Park: 1.3 mi
Peaks: 31
Historic sites: 16
Museums: 6
Gardens: 4
  • East End Community Gardens: 6.8 mi
  • Governor's Garden: 7.0 mi
  • Wedding Garden: 8.8 mi
  • Community Garden: 14.9 mi
Attractions: 2
  • Indian Rock: 5.8 mi
  • Skyline Drive: 9.5 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Grotto: 9.0 mi
Ghost towns: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Dunbar Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Workman KnobS 185°599 m21.6 mi
Bee MountainSSE 152°530 m14.1 mi
Mount DesertESE 105°491 m20.4 mi
Malden MountainESE 119°455 m13.0 mi
Big KnobENE 78°437 m23.3 mi
Blue KnobSW 217°420 m19.2 mi
Buck KnobSW 221°412 m14.2 mi
Hickory KnobE 82°406 m18.5 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3119:0419:39
June solstice06:0420:1520:55
September equinox07:1518:5119:26
December solstice07:4116:2917:10

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643556471757367554537
Precip in3.53.34.44.15.24.45.83.73.53.13.14.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charleston WFO, 2 mi away.

  • Canada Goose13 obs
  • Jacob's ladder13 obs
  • Mallard11 obs
  • spring blue-eyed Mary11 obs
  • Common Box Turtle10 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel10 obs
  • common jewelweed9 obs
  • red deadnettle9 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/552174809

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