Old House Run Recreation Area
Old House Run Recreation Area is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 1,112 m. Bald Knob stands 1,476 m to the west-southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Frank Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1112 m
How to reach it
- On the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 0.6 mi off the Camp Allegheny Backway
- 6.1 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 9.8 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 8 mi
- Little Laurel Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Frank Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Rough Knob: 1.8 mi
- Grassy Knob: 1.9 mi
- Smoke Camp Knob: 2.5 mi
- Fork Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Camp Hidden Meadows: 2.9 mi
- Little River Wildlife Management Area: 3.5 mi
- Widney Park: 4.8 mi
- Gaudineer Knob Recreation Site: 9.0 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 9.5 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 2.7 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 9.0 mi
- Powerhouse: 13.0 mi
- Boiler House: 13.0 mi
- Cass: 13.4 mi
- Locust Spring: 6.3 mi
- Cool Spring: 7.4 mi
- Spruce Mountain Spring: 15.4 mi
- Bolar Spring: 21.3 mi
- Rock Lick Spring: 22.1 mi
- Rexrode’s Sugar Orchard: 8.6 mi
- Puffenbarger Sugar Camp: 8.9 mi
- Morning Glories and Moonflowers: 10.9 mi
- Eagle’s Sugar Camp: 15.1 mi
- Seneca Caverns: 24.7 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 12.4 mi
- High Falls: 17.5 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 20.7 mi
- Small waterfall: 20.9 mi
- Falls of Seneca: 24.1 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 8.0 mi
- Charles P. Jones Museum: 10.9 mi
- Highland County Museum: 18.1 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 23.5 mi
- Locust Springs: 6.3 mi
- Stonewall Ruritan Club Picnic Ground: 17.4 mi
- Mountain House Day Use Area: 24.7 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 9.4 mi
- Hayfields State Park: 20.1 mi
- Coursey Springs State Fish Hatchery: 25.0 mi
- Raven Rocks: 20.8 mi
- Raven Rocks: 23.4 mi
- Byrd Point: 24.0 mi
- Gertrude: 10.7 mi
- Allendale Nursery: 18.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.0 miles of Old House Run Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bald Knob | WSW 245° | 1,476 m | 12.1 mi |
| Beech Flat Knob | W 263° | 1,433 m | 13.2 mi |
| Snyder Knob | W 275° | 1,432 m | 12.8 mi |
| Elleber Knob | S 178° | 1,401 m | 7.0 mi |
| Watering Pond Knob | S 169° | 1,396 m | 6.2 mi |
| Kile Knob | ENE 64° | 1,395 m | 14.8 mi |
| Ward Knob | W 268° | 1,385 m | 12.8 mi |
| Crouch Knob | WNW 285° | 1,374 m | 13.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:23 | 18:56 | 19:31 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:07 | 20:47 |
| September equinox | 07:07 | 18:43 | 19:18 |
| December solstice | 07:34 | 16:20 | 17:02 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 26 | 29 | 36 | 47 | 56 | 64 | 67 | 66 | 60 | 49 | 38 | 30 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.0 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 4.9 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Bartow 1S, 3 mi away.
- great rhododendron7 obs
- colt's-foot6 obs
- West Virginia White6 obs
- Dark-eyed Junco4 obs
- Asian Lady Beetle4 obs
- yellow lady's slipper4 obs
- Scarlet Beebalm4 obs
- Japanese Beetle4 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/356535746
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