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Mount Sarver Ball Field

Mount Sarver Ball Field from directly overhead

Mount Sarver Ball Field is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 660 m. Gregg Knob stands 960 m to the east-southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is West Virginia Botanic Garden, a park 3.6 miles away. Old Route 7 Byway passes 0.7 miles off. 58 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What the record says

Elevation
660 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.57647, -79.87839

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Peaks: 58
  • Reed Hill: 4.4 mi
  • Bald Knob: 4.4 mi
  • Dorsey Knob: 4.5 mi
  • Raven Rock: 5.3 mi
  • Coopers Rock Overlook: 5.3 mi
Historic sites: 14
Museums: 10
  • Mon Valley Railroad Historical Society: 4.8 mi
  • Watts Museum: 7.0 mi
  • Albert Gallatin House: 14.0 mi
  • Marion County Historical Society: 15.5 mi
  • Telephone Museum: 15.5 mi
Nature reserves: 8
Attractions: 6
  • Climbing: 4.0 mi
  • Climbing and Rappelling: 4.4 mi
  • Climbing: 4.4 mi
  • Riverside Spot: 4.8 mi
  • Sophia's Grave: 13.8 mi
Artworks: 5
  • Don Knotts: 5.5 mi
  • From The Mountain: 6.9 mi
  • Albert Gallatin Statue: 14.1 mi
  • Metal Sculpture: 20.4 mi
  • Statue of Thomas Jefferson and Albert Gallatin: 23.9 mi
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 2
Ghost towns: 2
Rest areas: 1
Gardens: 1
  • The Chateau Gardens: 23.5 mi

Summits around it

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

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Gregg KnobESE 106°960 m19.1 mi
Snaggy MountainESE 106°946 m21.8 mi
Pine Swamp KnobE 94°944 m19.5 mi
Fike HillE 91°943 m20.1 mi
Brushy KnobsSE 128°927 m22.6 mi
Lewis KnobE 99°905 m22.0 mi
Whites KnobE 93°899 m21.7 mi
Piney MountainE 95°854 m23.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2418:5619:32
June solstice05:5320:1120:51
September equinox07:0818:4319:18
December solstice07:3716:1716:59

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323543546370747367554536
Precip in3.12.83.63.94.34.14.93.63.43.13.03.2

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Morgantown Muni AP, 6 mi away.

  • White-tailed Deer19 obs
  • Common True Katydid8 obs
  • large white trillium4 obs
  • ebony spleenwort4 obs
  • Septoria viriditingens4 obs
  • American Robin3 obs
  • Common Garter Snake3 obs
  • Groundhog3 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 node/356519238

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