Laurel Lake Wildlife Management Area
Laurel Lake Wildlife Management Area is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 434 m. Horsepen Mountain stands 763 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Laurel Creek Wildlife Management Area, a park 1.9 miles away. Country Music Highway passes 25 miles off. 69 named places lie within 25 miles, 45 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 434 m
How to reach it
- 25.1 mi off the Country Music Highway, National
69 named places within 25 miles
- Sheep House Knob: 4.2 mi
- Antley Knob: 5.7 mi
- Hoover Knob: 7.6 mi
- Cabin Hill: 7.8 mi
- Pickering Knob: 7.9 mi
- Laurel Creek Wildlife Management Area: 1.9 mi
- Kermit City Park: 9.8 mi
- Lefty Hamilton Park: 11.5 mi
- South Williamson Park: 11.6 mi
- Victoria Courts Park: 11.6 mi
- AirBoat Rides and Tours: 15.2 mi
- Hatfield McCoy Feud Site Tours: 15.2 mi
- Man WV War Memorial: 20.1 mi
- Tridelphia Vietnam War Memorial: 20.7 mi
- Chief Logan State Park: 12.3 mi
- Matewan Depot: 15.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Laurel Lake Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Horsepen Mountain | SE 136° | 763 m | 18.8 mi |
| Dicks Knob | S 180° | 758 m | 23.2 mi |
| Coon Knob | SE 133° | 741 m | 20.0 mi |
| Kelly Mountain | E 96° | 661 m | 23.8 mi |
| Glen Alum Mountain | SE 141° | 660 m | 21.0 mi |
| Cow Knob | S 181° | 637 m | 20.7 mi |
| Ben Creek Mountain | SE 132° | 633 m | 22.0 mi |
| Silk Knob | S 181° | 617 m | 19.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:33 | 19:06 | 19:41 |
| June solstice | 06:08 | 20:16 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:17 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:33 | 17:14 |
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 | 36 | 40 | 47 | 58 | 66 | 74 | 78 | 77 | 71 | 59 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.4 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Williamson, 11 mi away.
- Dark-eyed Junco1 obs
- Common Raccoon1 obs
- eastern hemlock1 obs
- Pipevine Swallowtail1 obs
- white ash1 obs
- colt's-foot1 obs
- sawbrier1 obs
- strawberry bush1 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/356538816
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