Hersmans Recreation Area
Hersmans Recreation Area is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 219 m. Coon Knob stands 542 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Flag Knob, a peak 5.6 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 5.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 219 m
How to reach it
- 5.3 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 14.7 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Flag Knob: 5.6 mi
- Boar Knob: 6.5 mi
- Big Pine Knob: 6.7 mi
- Hog Knob: 7.2 mi
- Kite Knob: 9.1 mi
- Calhoun County Park: 7.2 mi
- Mount Zion Community Park: 8.3 mi
- Glenville City Square: 10.3 mi
- Gassaway Park: 15.3 mi
- Coopers Park: 16.9 mi
- Old Stone Trough: 6.2 mi
- Presidents Wall: 10.6 mi
- Smith-Bush Farm: 12.9 mi
- Dollar General Trailer: 13.9 mi
- Gilmer County: 14.9 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 19.8 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 22.1 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 7.2 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 10.6 mi
- Frametown Rest Area: 15.0 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 18.7 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Bulltown: 22.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.3 miles of Hersmans Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coon Knob | SE 145° | 542 m | 18.1 mi |
| Fisher Knob | ESE 115° | 531 m | 18.3 mi |
| Fox Knob | SSE 154° | 525 m | 21.6 mi |
| High Knob | ESE 111° | 524 m | 23.3 mi |
| Sugar Knob | SE 135° | 513 m | 12.3 mi |
| Bragg Knob | S 178° | 494 m | 21.0 mi |
| Pilot Knob | S 191° | 492 m | 18.9 mi |
| Pilot Knob | SSW 202° | 487 m | 22.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:13 | 20:53 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:24 | 17:06 |
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 | 29 | 33 | 40 | 51 | 60 | 68 | 72 | 70 | 65 | 53 | 41 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 3.9 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Rosedale 3 NNW, 4 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle4 obs
- crane-fly orchid3 obs
- sassafras1 obs
- Furrow Orbweaver1 obs
- Siberian squill1 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/356517543
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