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East Lynn Lake Wildlife Management Area

East Lynn Lake Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

East Lynn Lake Wildlife Management Area is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 356 m. Rattlesnake Knob stands 601 m to the southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Porter Knob, a peak 2.2 miles away. Country Music Highway passes 15 miles off. 172 named places lie within 25 miles, 39 of them named summits.

What the record says

Elevation
356 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.09204, -82.34904

172 named places within 25 miles

Artworks: 52
Parks: 44
  • Twelvepole Valley Athletic Park: 9.9 mi
  • Wayne Park: 10.5 mi
  • Fort Gay Veterans Memorial Park: 12.8 mi
  • Main Street Park: 14.0 mi
  • Lockview Park: 14.3 mi
Peaks: 39
Historic sites: 26
  • Blue Star Memorial: 22.2 mi
  • 1970 Plane Crash Memorial: 22.5 mi
  • WWI Memorial Trail: 22.6 mi
  • Memorial Arch: 22.6 mi
  • Time Capsule: 22.6 mi
Museums: 6
Attractions: 3
  • Kentucky Roots Farm: 21.1 mi
  • C&O 1308: 22.7 mi
  • Chad Pennington Hall of Fame: 23.4 mi
Gardens: 1
  • Ritter Park Rose Garden: 22.3 mi
Nature reserves: 1

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of East Lynn Lake Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Rattlesnake KnobSE 129°601 m24.6 mi
Wet KnobSE 131°574 m21.9 mi
Antley KnobS 174°561 m14.8 mi
Cabin HillSE 140°537 m22.0 mi
Godby KnobESE 116°523 m22.2 mi
Hoover KnobSE 138°513 m14.2 mi
Kelly KnobS 170°461 m9.3 mi
Sheep House KnobS 173°447 m17.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0719:41
June solstice06:0820:1720:56
September equinox07:1818:5319:28
December solstice07:4316:3217:14

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343745566471747367564638
Precip in3.93.74.54.54.84.94.63.53.73.43.34.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dunlow 1 SW, 10 mi away.

  • Bald Eagle1 obs
  • narrow-leaved blue-eyed grass1 obs
  • common pawpaw1 obs
  • fire pink1 obs
  • Carolina Satyr1 obs
  • sallow sedge1 obs
  • Two-flower Dwarf-dandelion1 obs
  • Horned Passalus Beetle1 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 node/356538810

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