Nicholas County Veterans Memorial Park
Nicholas County Veterans Memorial Park is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 567 m. Beech Knob stands 1,261 m to the southeast, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Summersville Park, a park 2.9 miles away. Midland Trail passes 16 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 567 m
How to reach it
- 16.3 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 16.3 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 17.0 mi off the Highland Scenic Highway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 21 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 21 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 22 mi
- Kanawha Falls · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Lonetree Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Wildcat Knob: 5.2 mi
- Corren Knob: 5.4 mi
- Burnt Knob: 6.9 mi
- Fury Knob: 8.3 mi
- Circus Wall: 5.0 mi
- Orange Oswald Wall: 5.1 mi
- Narcissus Cave: 5.1 mi
- Gun Wall: 5.1 mi
- Satisfaction Wall: 5.1 mi
- Summersville Park: 2.9 mi
- Summersville Lake Public Hunting and Fishing Area: 5.9 mi
- Summersville Lake Recreation Area: 7.6 mi
- Young Monument: 9.3 mi
- Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park: 9.5 mi
- McClung: 20.0 mi
- Walker Hill: 20.5 mi
- Bryant: 20.7 mi
- Nuttallburg: 21.6 mi
- Nuttallburg Coal Mining Complex and Town Historic District: 21.7 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 5.2 mi
- Richwood Area Chamber of Commerce: 17.3 mi
- The Mystery Hole: 21.5 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 21.6 mi
- Vanbibbers Rock: 23.6 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 12.9 mi
- Peters Creek Falls: 13.1 mi
- Rudolph Falls: 17.2 mi
- Cathedral Falls: 22.0 mi
- North Bend Picnic Area: 21.8 mi
- Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 24.7 mi
- Summersville Lake State Park: 5.2 mi
- Summersville Lake Lighthouse: 8.2 mi
- Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 17.6 mi
- Frametown Rest Area: 21.4 mi
- Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 24.1 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.2 miles of Nicholas County Veterans Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beech Knob | SE 139° | 1,261 m | 18.6 mi |
| Little Beech Knob | SE 138° | 1,255 m | 18.7 mi |
| Wildcat Knob | SE 143° | 1,223 m | 18.8 mi |
| Bush Place Knob | SE 145° | 1,208 m | 19.0 mi |
| Briery Knob | E 97° | 1,145 m | 19.6 mi |
| Brier Knob | SSE 153° | 1,136 m | 19.9 mi |
| Sumac Knob | SSE 155° | 1,134 m | 20.0 mi |
| Grassy Knob | SSE 151° | 1,097 m | 19.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:28 | 19:01 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:11 | 20:51 |
| September equinox | 07:12 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:25 | 17:07 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 40 | 52 | 60 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.1 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 5.3 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Summersville Lake, 7 mi away.
- Canada Goose8 obs
- European Starling7 obs
- Snow Goose6 obs
- House Sparrow5 obs
- Rosy Maple Moth5 obs
- Beautiful Wood-nymph5 obs
- Ross's Goose5 obs
- Red-shouldered Hawk3 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/1198071610
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