New River Gorge National Park: Sandstone Falls
New River Gorge National Park: Sandstone Falls is a park in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 393 m. Keeney Knob stands 1,195 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Sandstone Falls, a waterfall 0.1 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 15 miles off.
How to reach it
- 14.6 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
- 15.4 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 15.1 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 17 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 23 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 27 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sullivan Knob: 1.0 mi
- Chestnut Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Irish Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Buffalo Knob: 3.8 mi
- Swell Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Bellepoint Park: 8.1 mi
- Hilldale-Talcott Ruritan Club John Henry Park: 10.7 mi
- John Henry Historical Park: 10.7 mi
- Pence Springs Hotel Historic District: 11.3 mi
- New River Gorge National River: 12.4 mi
- World War II Memorial: 6.1 mi
- Beckley Mill Site: 13.5 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 15.0 mi
- Red Ash Coke Ovens: 16.0 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 16.1 mi
- Dowdy Bluff: 12.1 mi
- Honeymooner Area: 22.0 mi
- Endless Wall: 22.1 mi
- Party Buttress Area: 22.2 mi
- Fern Point Area: 22.3 mi
- Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 5.8 mi
- Veteran's Museum: 6.0 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 6.0 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 16.1 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 16.1 mi
- Grandview: 10.2 mi
- Needleseye Park: 19.2 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 20.9 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 22.1 mi
- Ship Rock: 13.0 mi
- The Canopy: 15.9 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 18.6 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 23.5 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 0.1 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 0.3 mi
- Brooks Falls: 2.9 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 15.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.2 miles of New River Gorge National Park: Sandstone Falls. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keeney Knob | E 85° | 1,195 m | 10.9 mi |
| Red Spring Mountain | E 82° | 1,169 m | 10.4 mi |
| Sassafras Knob | E 93° | 1,116 m | 8.5 mi |
| Boggs Knob | NNE 31° | 1,102 m | 13.0 mi |
| Ballengee Knob | E 95° | 1,095 m | 7.8 mi |
| Elk Knob | ESE 110° | 1,078 m | 7.1 mi |
| Walnut Knob | NNW 348° | 1,049 m | 10.3 mi |
| Bald Knob | E 99° | 1,047 m | 7.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:36 |
| June solstice | 06:03 | 20:10 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:48 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:28 | 17:09 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.6 | 3.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 3.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bluestone Lake, 8 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of New River Gorge National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Jul.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
- common pawpaw64 obs
- lizard's tail58 obs
- twinleaf53 obs
- woodland stonecrop50 obs
- Virginia bluebells48 obs
- Stringy Stonecrop47 obs
- American trumpet vine38 obs
- post oak37 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/2915323462
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