Gilliland Park
Gilliland Park is a park in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 388 m. Ivy Knob stands 1,083 m to the northeast, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Wyoming County Veterns Memorial, a historic site 0.1 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 9.1 miles off. 90 named places lie within 25 miles, 44 of them named summits.
How to reach it
- 9.1 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 30.3 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
90 named places within 25 miles
- Panther Knob: 2.4 mi
- Huff Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Burning Rock: 4.0 mi
- Buffalo Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Kopperston Mountain: 7.6 mi
- R D Bailey Lake Wildlife Management Area: 7.2 mi
- Castle Rock: 8.7 mi
- Pineville Park: 8.8 mi
- Horse Creek Public Fishing Area: 9.1 mi
- Horse Creek Lake Wildlife Management Area: 9.2 mi
- Wyoming County Veterns Memorial: 0.1 mi
- John Cooke Marker: 0.3 mi
- Tridelphia Vietnam War Memorial: 14.0 mi
- Man WV War Memorial: 14.6 mi
- Kimball World War I Memorial: 19.3 mi
- Wyoming County Historical Museum: 0.6 mi
- Raleigh County Veteran's Inc: 24.0 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 24.3 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 24.3 mi
- Big Branch Day Use Area: 10.3 mi
- Bailey Lake Day Use Area: 10.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Gilliland Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivy Knob | NE 47° | 1,083 m | 10.1 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NE 40° | 1,037 m | 9.4 mi |
| Rich Knob | ESE 109° | 1,023 m | 24.8 mi |
| Pond Knob | NE 38° | 1,011 m | 17.6 mi |
| Coal River Mountain | NE 40° | 1,009 m | 17.9 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SE 126° | 998 m | 23.9 mi |
| Kopperston Mountain | NE 34° | 993 m | 7.6 mi |
| Lick Knob | NE 44° | 989 m | 24.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:13 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:31 | 17:12 |
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 | 32 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oceana 2 SE, under a mile away.
- Rock Pigeon1 obs
- Song Sparrow1 obs
- White-throated Sparrow1 obs
- Common Mudpuppy1 obs
- Timber Rattlesnake1 obs
- red deadnettle1 obs
- Bluntnose Minnow1 obs
- American cancer-root1 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/472832247
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