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McClelland Park

McClelland Park from directly overhead

McClelland Park is a park in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 164 m. Buck Knob stands 382 m to the south, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Merrill Avenue Park, a park 0.5 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 0.4 miles off. 33 named summits stand within 25 miles.

How to reach it

Coordinates38.43561, -82.40552

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Merrill Avenue Park: 0.5 mi
  • Veterans Memorial Park: 0.7 mi
  • CSX Employee Park: 1.1 mi
  • Rotary Park: 1.3 mi
  • Proctorville Playground: 1.4 mi
Artworks: 59
Peaks: 33
Historic sites: 30
Museums: 9
Attractions: 3
  • Chad Pennington Hall of Fame: 1.0 mi
  • C&O 1308: 4.4 mi
  • Kentucky Roots Farm: 24.1 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Ritter Park Rose Garden: 2.8 mi
  • Community Garden: 22.2 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Central Park Picnic Area: 13.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Big Bend Swimming Beach: 17.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Buck KnobS 171°382 m20.3 mi
Turkeycamp KnobSSE 163°380 m17.7 mi
Stowers KnobSE 128°378 m23.3 mi
Mays KnobSSE 161°374 m16.4 mi
Flag KnobSE 144°368 m17.1 mi
Squirrel KnobSSE 154°368 m17.3 mi
Saddle KnobSSE 168°359 m17.9 mi
Buck KnobSSE 165°354 m14.6 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0719:42
June solstice06:0720:1820:58
September equinox07:1818:5319:28
December solstice07:4416:3117:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363947586674787670584740
Precip in3.43.34.23.84.84.15.74.53.42.92.93.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — PEA Ridge PSD, 6 mi away.

  • Eastern Gray Squirrel10 obs
  • American Robin8 obs
  • White-tailed Deer7 obs
  • Common Box Turtle6 obs
  • eastern redbud6 obs
  • American sweetgum6 obs
  • American holly6 obs
  • great waterleaf6 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/473690578

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