Elkins City Park
Elkins City Park is a park in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 589 m. Mount Porte Crayon stands 1,452 m to the east, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue, a artwork 0.1 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike runs past it.
How to reach it
- On the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 5.4 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 21.2 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
- 24.8 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kelley Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Bearlick Knob: 5.5 mi
- Chenoweth Knob: 6.1 mi
- Bickle Knob: 6.2 mi
- Hawflat Knob: 6.3 mi
- College Street Park: 0.2 mi
- Veteran's Memorial Park: 0.3 mi
- Davis Street Park: 0.5 mi
- Glendale Park & Skatepark: 0.9 mi
- Bluegrass Park: 1.0 mi
- High Falls: 11.3 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 20.6 mi
- Small waterfall: 21.2 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 21.3 mi
- Douglas Falls: 22.2 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 0.4 mi
- Wilson Monument: 3.0 mi
- Upshur War Monument: 21.2 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 21.6 mi
- 1971 Plane Crash Site: 21.8 mi
- Pat Spring: 7.6 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 8.3 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 8.5 mi
- Harlan Irons Spring: 10.1 mi
- Bubbling Springs: 21.3 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 0.4 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 6.2 mi
- Covered Bridge Museum: 18.8 mi
- Mill Run: 17.2 mi
- Gertrude: 18.2 mi
- Stringtown: 20.5 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 19.7 mi
- Harold S. Walters Nature Center: 22.9 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 24.5 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 0.1 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 21.2 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 20.9 mi
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park: 22.2 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 8.9 mi
- Raven Rocks: 22.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.2 miles of Elkins City Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Porte Crayon | E 90° | 1,452 m | 21.0 mi |
| Pharis Knob | SE 138° | 1,410 m | 17.4 mi |
| Job Knob | ESE 103° | 1,353 m | 17.9 mi |
| Brierpatch Mountain | E 98° | 1,348 m | 17.7 mi |
| Cunningham Knob | SSE 148° | 1,339 m | 18.4 mi |
| Yokum Knob | SE 142° | 1,301 m | 17.7 mi |
| Haines Knob | ESE 107° | 1,299 m | 15.1 mi |
| Hutton Knob | S 190° | 1,291 m | 20.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:56 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:09 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:19 | 17:01 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elkins- Randolph CO AP, 3 mi away.
- Mallard59 obs
- Gadwall35 obs
- Canada Goose29 obs
- American Robin28 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel25 obs
- Pied-billed Grebe23 obs
- Great Blue Heron23 obs
- Killdeer16 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 way/310596863
Day trips start here
- Buckhannon · 21 mi
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