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Margaret M Weir Park

Margaret M Weir Park from directly overhead

Margaret M Weir Park is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 304 m. Mosier Hill stands 457 m to the south-southeast, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Fort Holiday, a park 0.6 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 0.9 miles off. 18 named summits stand within 25 miles.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
304 m
Getting there

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Coordinates40.40389, -80.59972

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Fort Holiday: 0.6 mi
  • Weirton War Memorial: 1.0 mi
  • Aaron Davies Memorial Playground: 1.2 mi
  • Steubenville Marina: 1.9 mi
  • North End Park: 2.3 mi
Historic sites: 34
  • Tomb of the Unborn Child: 2.2 mi
  • Weirton (WV) Steel Company Employees Honor Roll: 2.8 mi
  • Fort Steuben: 3.3 mi
  • Veterans Memorial: 4.2 mi
  • Toronto World War I Monument: 4.3 mi
Nature reserves: 27
Museums: 19
  • Jefferson County Historical Association Museum: 2.4 mi
  • Pleasant Hill School House Historical Museum: 3.2 mi
  • Steubenville Visitors Center: 3.2 mi
  • Hancock County Historical Museum: 6.0 mi
  • Brooke County Historical Museum and Culture Center: 9.3 mi
Peaks: 18
Artworks: 18
  • Steel Cross: 2.0 mi
  • St. Francis Statue: 2.2 mi
  • Crucifix: 2.2 mi
  • Christ the King Statue: 2.2 mi
  • Do Not Be Afraid: 2.2 mi
Gardens: 8
Waterfalls: 6
Attractions: 6
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 3
  • Rider's Ridge: 11.2 mi
  • Boggs Trailhead Picnic Site: 16.4 mi
  • White Pine Grove: 22.7 mi
Ghost towns: 2
On the horizon

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mosier HillSSE 153°457 m23.2 mi
Sampson HillSSE 160°454 m23.4 mi
Quakers KnobESE 113°443 m10.8 mi
Round KnobNNW 348°433 m18.9 mi
Garrett HillSE 131°420 m19.3 mi
Hannas KnobESE 116°417 m24.7 mi
Stewart HillNNE 16°412 m13.9 mi
Norton HillW 269°408 m6.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2718:5919:35
June solstice05:5320:1620:57
September equinox07:1118:4519:21
December solstice07:4316:1617:00

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F283038506069737165534233
Precip in3.52.53.23.74.34.94.03.53.83.43.23.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Steubenville, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Northern Ravine Salamander4 obs
  • American sycamore3 obs
  • Spicebush Swallowtail3 obs
  • Cobra Clubtail3 obs
  • Spotted Lanternfly3 obs
  • Canada Goose2 obs
  • Redstem Stork's-bill2 obs
  • American pokeweed2 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/1050744599

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