Fork Creek Wildlife Management Area
Fork Creek Wildlife Management Area is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 300 m. Cook Mountain stands 773 m to the south-southeast, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Drawdy Falls Roadside Park, a park 5.8 miles away. Midland Trail passes 12 miles off. 26 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 300 m
How to reach it
- 12.2 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Drawdy Falls Roadside Park: 5.8 mi
- Forks of Coal Recreational Area: 6.0 mi
- Hilbert Wildlife Management Area: 8.7 mi
- Bible Center Bicycle Park: 9.0 mi
- Madison City Park: 9.1 mi
- Buck Knob: 7.7 mi
- Bee Mountain: 8.6 mi
- Workman Knob: 8.9 mi
- Blue Knob: 10.1 mi
- Rocky Knob: 13.9 mi
- Lincoln Walks at Midnight: 13.6 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 13.7 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 13.7 mi
- West Virginia Liberty Bell: 13.7 mi
- Gold Star Memorial: 13.7 mi
- Sunrise Bird Sanctuary Museum: 13.2 mi
- Frankenberger Art Gallery: 13.3 mi
- West Virginia Cultural Center: 13.6 mi
- West Virginia State Museum: 13.6 mi
- Nitro Wars Museum: 16.8 mi
- Burial Atendants: 13.4 mi
- Confederate Lt. Gen. Thomas J. ”Stonewall” Jackson: 13.6 mi
- West Virginia Fallen Police Officer's Memorial: 13.6 mi
- West Virginia Fallen Firefighter's Memorial: 13.6 mi
- Women's Soldier: 13.7 mi
- Governor's Garden: 13.5 mi
- East End Community Gardens: 13.9 mi
- Wedding Garden: 17.9 mi
- Community Garden: 21.8 mi
- Wallace Hartman Nature Preserve: 11.7 mi
- Coal River Nature Reserve: 14.0 mi
- Chief Logan State Park: 24.1 mi
- Skyline Drive: 15.2 mi
- Indian Rock: 15.7 mi
- Grotto: 17.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Fork Creek Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cook Mountain | SSE 157° | 773 m | 24.5 mi |
| Bald Knob | SSE 158° | 717 m | 22.2 mi |
| Johnson Knob | ESE 112° | 675 m | 21.8 mi |
| Piney Knob | SSW 208° | 603 m | 15.9 mi |
| Workman Knob | S 181° | 599 m | 8.9 mi |
| Blair Mountain | SSW 192° | 596 m | 22.7 mi |
| Brushy Point | SSW 196° | 545 m | 18.8 mi |
| Bee Mountain | E 88° | 530 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:04 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:05 | 20:15 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 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, 7 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle3 obs
- rattlesnake fern2 obs
- Black Sheet Lichen2 obs
- brocade moss2 obs
- Brown Creeper1 obs
- Common Grackle1 obs
- red columbine1 obs
- creeping Jenny1 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/356516959
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