Hawks Nest State Park
Hawks Nest State Park is a park in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 362 m. Buck Knob stands 1,056 m to the east, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is The Mystery Hole, a attraction 1.0 miles away. Midland Trail runs past it.
What to expect
How to reach it
- On the Midland Trail, National
- On the Coal Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 1 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 1 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 5 mi
- Kanawha Falls · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Harvey Knob: 1.8 mi
- Gauley Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Cotton Hill: 3.1 mi
- Big Rock: 4.5 mi
- Bearwallow Knob: 4.5 mi
- Ansted Town Park: 1.8 mi
- The Fields: 2.0 mi
- Janutola Park: 4.3 mi
- Fayetteville Town Park: 4.7 mi
- B. Rhinehart Park: 5.0 mi
- Sandstonia: 2.0 mi
- Kingfish: 2.1 mi
- Ameless Wall: 2.3 mi
- Little Head Wall: 2.3 mi
- Headless Wall: 2.3 mi
- Kay Moor: 6.0 mi
- Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District: 6.5 mi
- Nuttallburg: 6.6 mi
- Thurmond: 11.3 mi
- Greenwood: 18.3 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 9.4 mi
- Rush Run Coke Ovens: 11.4 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 11.7 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 13.2 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 14.2 mi
- The Mystery Hole: 1.0 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 4.3 mi
- Vanbibbers Rock: 5.1 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 12.2 mi
- The Canopy: 13.8 mi
- Cathedral Falls: 3.8 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 8.2 mi
- Peters Creek Falls: 8.7 mi
- Needleseye Park: 9.7 mi
- Summersville Lake State Park: 16.9 mi
- Grandview: 19.6 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 23.6 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 23.6 mi
- Raleigh County Veteran's Inc: 23.6 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- Summersville Lake Lighthouse: 15.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.7 miles of Hawks Nest State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buck Knob | E 101° | 1,056 m | 21.6 mi |
| Myles Knob | ESE 120° | 1,054 m | 19.9 mi |
| Walnut Knob | SSE 147° | 1,049 m | 17.8 mi |
| Ford Knob | SE 134° | 1,026 m | 20.0 mi |
| Beargarden Knob | ESE 107° | 1,008 m | 20.0 mi |
| Walnut Knob | ESE 105° | 1,005 m | 20.2 mi |
| Buster Knob | SE 125° | 997 m | 19.5 mi |
| Lick Knob | SW 220° | 989 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:12 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:27 | 17:09 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.0 | 4.2 | 4.3 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 5.9 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Anstead Hawks Nest SP, under a mile away.
- intermediate wood fern18 obs
- eastern hemlock14 obs
- mountain laurel14 obs
- Christmas fern14 obs
- Snakewort14 obs
- wineberry14 obs
- Eastern Fence Lizard13 obs
- mountain spleenwort13 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.
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