Horse Creek Public Fishing Area
Horse Creek Public Fishing Area is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 359 m. Ivy Knob stands 1,083 m to the northeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Horse Creek Lake Wildlife Management Area, a park 0.7 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 6.9 miles off. 71 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 359 m
How to reach it
- 6.9 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 21.3 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 29 mi
71 named places within 25 miles
- Hensley Knob: 5.7 mi
- Burning Rock: 8.3 mi
- Huff Mountain: 10.0 mi
- High Knob: 11.3 mi
- Panther Knob: 11.3 mi
- Horse Creek Lake Wildlife Management Area: 0.7 mi
- R D Bailey Lake Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
- Larry Joe Harless Community Center: 8.7 mi
- Gilliland Park: 9.1 mi
- Castle Rock: 9.4 mi
- Wyoming County Veterns Memorial: 9.2 mi
- John Cooke Marker: 9.3 mi
- Space Shuttle Memorial: 13.1 mi
- Tridelphia Vietnam War Memorial: 14.7 mi
- Man WV War Memorial: 15.0 mi
- Big Branch Day Use Area: 3.8 mi
- Bailey Lake Day Use Area: 4.0 mi
- Wyoming County Historical Museum: 9.1 mi
- Hix: 24.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Horse Creek Public Fishing Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivy Knob | NE 39° | 1,083 m | 19.0 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NE 35° | 1,037 m | 18.4 mi |
| Pilot Knob | ESE 104° | 998 m | 24.8 mi |
| Kopperston Mountain | NNE 32° | 993 m | 16.6 mi |
| Burning Rock | N 5° | 912 m | 8.3 mi |
| Johns Knob | SE 124° | 907 m | 22.9 mi |
| Stone Steps | S 179° | 868 m | 24.5 mi |
| Panther Knob | NNE 25° | 866 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:07 | 20:13 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:32 | 17:13 |
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 | 44 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 55 | 44 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RD Bailey Lake, 7 mi away.
- Margined Leatherwing Beetle2 obs
- Common Merganser1 obs
- Long-tailed Salamander1 obs
- red maple1 obs
- black oak1 obs
- common pawpaw1 obs
- Christmas fern1 obs
- sassafras1 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/356537088
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