New River Park
New River Park is a park in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 719 m. Huff Knob stands 1,088 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine, a museum 0.2 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail runs past it.
How to reach it
- On the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 22.4 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 26.6 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Concho Overlook · 14 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 20 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 24 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Batoff Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Lilly Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Hecks Knob: 5.8 mi
- Shady Spring Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Chestnut Flat Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Lewis McManus Walking Trail: 0.3 mi
- Ewart Ave Park: 0.4 mi
- Shoemaker Square: 0.5 mi
- Wood Park: 0.6 mi
- Temple St. Park: 0.6 mi
- Dowdy Bluff: 10.4 mi
- Honeymooner Area: 20.1 mi
- Party Buttress Area: 20.1 mi
- Fern Point Area: 20.1 mi
- Endless Wall: 20.1 mi
- Beckley Mill Site: 2.5 mi
- Walter Scott's statue: 9.9 mi
- Stone Cliff Coke Ovens: 12.8 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 14.2 mi
- Rush Run Coke Ovens: 14.3 mi
- Beckley Exhibition Coal Mine: 0.2 mi
- Youth Museum of Southwestern West Virginia: 0.2 mi
- Raleigh County Veteran's Inc: 0.5 mi
- Hinton Railroad Museum: 18.3 mi
- Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 18.3 mi
- Ship Rock: 2.9 mi
- The Canopy: 10.5 mi
- Hank’s Last Stop: 11.4 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 20.8 mi
- The Mystery Hole: 23.6 mi
- Grandview: 8.3 mi
- Needleseye Park: 14.1 mi
- Camp Creek State Forest: 18.0 mi
- Brush Creek Preserve: 23.2 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 15.8 mi
- Sandstone Falls: 15.9 mi
- Brooks Falls: 17.1 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.4 miles of New River Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huff Knob | SSE 162° | 1,088 m | 14.1 mi |
| Ivy Knob | W 271° | 1,083 m | 16.2 mi |
| Flat Top Mountain | SSE 162° | 1,078 m | 14.1 mi |
| Indian Grave Mountain | S 171° | 1,049 m | 13.4 mi |
| Walnut Knob | ENE 59° | 1,049 m | 16.0 mi |
| Bald Knob | SSE 166° | 1,045 m | 13.3 mi |
| Freezeland Mountain | ESE 110° | 1,040 m | 14.0 mi |
| Rich Knob | S 181° | 1,023 m | 14.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:29 | 19:02 | 19:37 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:12 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:13 | 18:49 | 19:23 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:29 | 17:10 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 65 | 69 | 67 | 62 | 51 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Beckley VA Hospital, 1 mi away.
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander93 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel24 obs
- Common Eastern Bumble Bee22 obs
- American Toad20 obs
- European Starling19 obs
- Mourning Dove17 obs
- American Robin16 obs
- House Sparrow16 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/559318109
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