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Green Bottom Wildlife Management Area

Green Bottom Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Green Bottom Wildlife Management Area is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 165 m. Flag Knob stands 368 m to the south, 25 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Four Hill, a peak 2.0 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 0.6 miles off. 24 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
165 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.59036, -82.24876

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • K H Butler Ohio River Access: 4.3 mi
  • Mill Creek Wildlife Management Area: 10.2 mi
  • Lawrence County Fairgrounds: 11.9 mi
  • Kiwanivista Park: 12.1 mi
  • Proctorville Center Park: 12.2 mi
Artworks: 60
Historic sites: 32
  • Sergeant Danny C. Hayes Memorial: 9.9 mi
  • Milton Veterans Memorial: 12.4 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial: 12.7 mi
  • John Marshall: 15.2 mi
  • The Marshall Beech Tree: 15.2 mi
Peaks: 24
Museums: 15
Attractions: 2
  • Chad Pennington Hall of Fame: 14.6 mi
  • C&O 1308: 17.8 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Ritter Park Rose Garden: 16.4 mi
  • Community Garden: 16.9 mi
Beaches: 1
  • Big Bend Swimming Beach: 20.6 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Central Park Picnic Area: 22.7 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Flag KnobS 176°368 m24.6 mi
Rocky KnobSE 134°354 m24.3 mi
Porter KnobSSE 163°344 m16.6 mi
Signal KnobSE 134°331 m14.4 mi
Coal MountainSE 125°325 m22.9 mi
Rich KnobSSE 147°315 m10.1 mi
Hickory KnobESE 114°311 m20.1 mi
Stewart KnobWNW 293°307 m18.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3319:0619:41
June solstice06:0620:1820:57
September equinox07:1718:5319:28
December solstice07:4416:3017:12

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323543546271757367564436
Precip in3.42.84.03.64.14.14.33.13.82.62.73.6

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hogsett RC Byrd DAM, 7 mi away.

  • Eastern Pondhawk24 obs
  • American lotus20 obs
  • Virginia Mallow19 obs
  • Common Snapping Turtle15 obs
  • Song Sparrow14 obs
  • Red-winged Blackbird14 obs
  • creeping Jenny14 obs
  • swamp rose mallow14 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/356538813

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