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Oatesdale Park

Oatesdale Park from directly overhead

Oatesdale Park is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 137 m. Cacapon 2 stands 673 m to the west-northwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Leeland Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Washington Heritage Trail passes 0.4 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
137 m

How to reach it

Coordinates39.46764, -77.96575

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Leeland Park: 0.6 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Park: 0.6 mi
  • War Memorial Park: 0.8 mi
  • Tuscarora Creek Historic District: 0.8 mi
  • East Burke Street Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums: 40
Attractions: 34
  • Little House: 9.0 mi
  • Lock 38 Path: 9.1 mi
  • Lock 39: 9.9 mi
  • Lock 40: 10.0 mi
  • Captain's Quarters: 10.1 mi
Nature reserves: 18
Artworks: 16
Springs: 10
  • Neglar Spring: 11.3 mi
  • Lord Fairfax Spring: 17.8 mi
  • A natural spring at the Central Trail: 18.9 mi
  • Natural Spring: 19.4 mi
  • Cooper Springs: 19.8 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 10.4 mi
  • Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook: 17.5 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 19.7 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 19.9 mi
  • Gainsboro Tourist Park: 20.3 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Shenandoah Lake Beach: 19.6 mi
  • Beach 2: 21.7 mi
  • Beach 1: 22.1 mi
  • Beach 3: 22.3 mi
  • River Access: 23.4 mi
Cliffs: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Four Square Garden: 12.3 mi
Waterfalls: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Dargan Bend: 14.0 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Oatesdale Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cacapon 2WNW 284°673 m19.0 mi
Cross MountainN 356°627 m18.1 mi
Hearthstone MountainN 359°616 m16.9 mi
Sleepy Creek MountainW 267°580 m12.3 mi
Shockeys KnobWSW 249°567 m15.0 mi
Pinkerton KnobWNW 300°549 m10.1 mi
Lambs KnollE 94°536 m18.1 mi
Lambs KnollE 94°536 m18.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4919:24
June solstice05:4620:0320:43
September equinox07:0018:3519:11
December solstice07:2916:1016:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442536371767467554436
Precip in2.82.63.73.64.23.54.13.04.23.33.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Martinsburg 2, under a mile away.

  • Spotted Lanternfly26 obs
  • tree-of-heaven12 obs
  • American Robin11 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee9 obs
  • bird's-eye speedwell8 obs
  • red deadnettle7 obs
  • Northern Cardinal6 obs
  • European Starling6 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/239376267

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