Lewis Wetzel Park
Lewis Wetzel Park is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 216 m. Honsocker Knob stands 493 m to the east, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Hydro Park, a park 1.2 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 1.0 miles off. 73 named places lie within 25 miles, 25 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 216 m
How to reach it
- 1.0 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 14.6 mi off the Covered Bridge Scenic Byway
- 19.9 mi off the Drovers' Trail Scenic Byway
- 26.7 mi off the Historic National Road - Ohio, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kiedaisch Point · 1 mi
- Suicide Hill · 27 mi
73 named places within 25 miles
- Hydro Park: 1.2 mi
- Bruce Park: 2.4 mi
- North Street Historic District: 2.7 mi
- New Martinsville Downtown Historic District: 2.9 mi
- Brooklyn Park: 3.2 mi
- Boston Hill: 2.1 mi
- Duffy Hill: 2.8 mi
- Mount Jacobs: 4.0 mi
- Buck Knob: 8.0 mi
- Shepherd Hill: 11.3 mi
- Kiedaisch Point Park: 1.4 mi
- Clarington 254 Park: 5.6 mi
- Rothenbuhler Woods Nature Preserve: 8.6 mi
- Sunfish Creek State Forest: 9.1 mi
- Piatt Park Gorge & Cave Area: 12.1 mi
- Delf Norona Museum: 17.3 mi
- Fostoria Glass Museum: 17.4 mi
- National Imperial Glass Museum: 23.8 mi
- Bellaire Toy and Plastic Brick Museum: 24.7 mi
- Upper Piatt Falls: 12.3 mi
- Lower Piatt Falls: 12.3 mi
- Raven Rocks Falls: 17.0 mi
- Spencer Cemetery: 20.9 mi
- Palace of Gold: 23.4 mi
- Glenn Rocks: 3.4 mi
- Kelsey: 20.0 mi
- Irish Run Natural Bridge: 21.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Lewis Wetzel Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Honsocker Knob | E 86° | 493 m | 23.5 mi |
| Lough Knob | E 85° | 484 m | 19.9 mi |
| Culley Hill | ENE 61° | 475 m | 18.0 mi |
| Tunnel Hill | ENE 60° | 453 m | 19.0 mi |
| Owlshead | SE 132° | 442 m | 14.6 mi |
| Riggs Knob | NNE 23° | 435 m | 12.6 mi |
| Owlshead | SSW 199° | 434 m | 17.6 mi |
| Mount Jacobs | SSE 153° | 421 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:00 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 05:57 | 20:15 | 20:55 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:42 | 16:20 | 17:03 |
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 | 32 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.7 | 3.6 | 3.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Hannibal Locks & DAM, 1 mi away.
- multiflora rose5 obs
- American pokeweed3 obs
- Asian bittersweet3 obs
- Ruddy Duck3 obs
- Ring-billed Gull2 obs
- Canvasback2 obs
- bloodroot2 obs
- ground-ivy2 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 way/217353237
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