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Hurricane City Park

Hurricane City Park from directly overhead

Hurricane City Park is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 197 m. Blue Knob stands 420 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Community Garden, a garden 0.7 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 15 miles off. 30 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
197 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.43985, -81.98811

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Volley Ball Park: 3.9 mi
  • Jarel Sargent Park: 7.4 mi
  • Eleanor Town Park: 7.5 mi
  • Mill Creek Wildlife Management Area: 7.8 mi
  • April Dawn Park: 7.8 mi
Artworks: 48
Peaks: 30
Historic sites: 21
  • Milton Veterans Memorial: 8.1 mi
  • Blue Star Memorial: 16.7 mi
  • Shoney's Big Boy Museum: 18.1 mi
  • State Capitol: 20.2 mi
  • World War 2: 20.2 mi
Museums: 7
Gardens: 5
  • Community Garden: 0.7 mi
  • East End Community Gardens: 21.2 mi
  • Governor's Garden: 21.4 mi
  • Wedding Garden: 22.2 mi
  • Ritter Park Rose Garden: 24.6 mi
Attractions: 3
  • Indian Rock: 8.7 mi
  • Chad Pennington Hall of Fame: 23.4 mi
  • Skyline Drive: 23.9 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Grotto: 22.7 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Hurricane City Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Blue KnobS 174°420 m20.4 mi
Buck KnobSSE 165°412 m16.3 mi
Holmes KnobE 92°403 m21.4 mi
Bald KnobE 89°381 m20.9 mi
Turkeycamp KnobSW 225°380 m24.4 mi
Stowers KnobSSW 196°378 m15.2 mi
Mays KnobSW 228°374 m23.5 mi
Flag KnobSW 222°368 m18.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0519:40
June solstice06:0520:1620:56
September equinox07:1618:5219:27
December solstice07:4216:3017:11

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343744556472767569574638
Precip in2.72.93.73.24.13.64.33.72.92.72.63.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winfield Locks, 7 mi away.

  • Mallard21 obs
  • White-tailed Deer9 obs
  • American Robin8 obs
  • Christmas fern8 obs
  • Johnny Darter8 obs
  • Creek Chub8 obs
  • fire pink7 obs
  • box elder6 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 way/469786231

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