Keraland Recreation Area
Keraland Recreation Area is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 199 m. Garnes Knob stands 365 m to the south-southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Old Town Creek Access, a nature reserve 3.0 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 1.1 miles off. 94 named places lie within 25 miles, 38 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 199 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 18.7 mi off the Welsh Scenic Byway
- 24.8 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 27.0 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
94 named places within 25 miles
- Cedar Hill: 4.2 mi
- Utah Hill: 6.9 mi
- Roundknob: 9.0 mi
- Hargreave Knob: 9.8 mi
- Buzzard Roost Knob: 10.2 mi
- Riverfront Park: 4.5 mi
- Veterans Park: 4.7 mi
- Turkey Run Lake Wildlife Management Area: 5.3 mi
- Racine Boat Launch: 6.0 mi
- Star Mill Park: 6.2 mi
- Old Town Creek Access: 3.0 mi
- Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge - Gallipolis Island: 20.7 mi
- Marie J. Desonier State Nature Preserve: 22.8 mi
- Skunk Run Preserve: 23.6 mi
- Deep Hollow-Dark Skies Preserve: 24.9 mi
- Washington's Western Lands Museum: 4.5 mi
- Old Meigs County Courthouse and Chester Academy: 13.5 mi
- Mothman Museum: 17.3 mi
- Our House Tavern Museum: 21.3 mi
- Our House Museum: 21.4 mi
- Huntsville: 5.3 mi
- Flora: 19.5 mi
- July: 23.9 mi
- Mound Cemetery Mound: 15.1 mi
- Silver Bridge Memorial Plaque: 17.2 mi
- Battle of Point Pleasant Monument: 17.5 mi
- Stony Point: 12.3 mi
- Rock Bluff: 23.8 mi
- The White Falcon: 13.3 mi
- Mothman Statue: 17.3 mi
- Mineral Wells Rest Area Southbound: 21.6 mi
- Mineral Wells Rest Area Northbound: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Keraland Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garnes Knob | SSE 154° | 365 m | 18.1 mi |
| Weed Knob | E 88° | 363 m | 17.5 mi |
| Smith Knob | E 79° | 348 m | 15.7 mi |
| Mail Point Hill | ENE 62° | 348 m | 18.2 mi |
| Tuttle Knob | ESE 118° | 343 m | 18.3 mi |
| Monroe Knob | ESE 122° | 343 m | 19.2 mi |
| Panther Knob | E 98° | 342 m | 18.6 mi |
| Marsh Hart Knob | ESE 117° | 342 m | 18.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:32 | 19:04 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:17 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:16 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 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 | 44 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 4.4 | 5.0 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Ripley, 9 mi away.
- Eastern Carpenter Bee2 obs
- Globe Flatsedge2 obs
- Northern Flicker1 obs
- Common Box Turtle1 obs
- Steeplebush1 obs
- purple passionflower1 obs
- Tulip-tree Silkmoth1 obs
- jimsonweed1 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/356517980
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