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Pence Springs Hotel Historic District

Pence Springs Hotel Historic District from directly overhead

Pence Springs Hotel Historic District is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 463 m. Keeney Knob stands 1,195 m to the north, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Egypt, a ghost town 2.3 miles away. Farm Heritage Road passes 8.5 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
463 m

How to reach it

Coordinates37.68179, -80.72119

Overlooks nearby

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 35
  • John Henry Historical Park: 3.3 mi
  • Hilldale-Talcott Ruritan Club John Henry Park: 3.7 mi
  • Alderson Recreation Area: 5.6 mi
  • Alderson Athletic Field: 5.6 mi
  • Bellepoint Park: 9.2 mi
Ghost towns: 16
Museums: 6
  • Veteran's Museum: 9.1 mi
  • Campbell - Flannagan - Murrell House Museum: 9.1 mi
  • Hinton Railroad Museum: 9.3 mi
  • Second Creek Mill: 14.5 mi
  • Greenbrier Military School Museum: 17.7 mi
Cliffs: 6
Attractions: 4
Nature reserves: 4
Historic sites: 3
  • World War II Memorial: 9.3 mi
  • Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 20.1 mi
  • Beckley Mill Site: 24.3 mi
Waterfalls: 3
  • Sandstone Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Sandstone Falls: 11.4 mi
  • Cascades: 23.1 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Brooks Falls: 9.7 mi
  • Sugar Camp Run Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
Springs: 2
  • Big Spring: 22.2 mi
  • Cove Creek Spring: 22.3 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.5 miles of Pence Springs Hotel Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Keeney KnobN 8°1,195 m6.4 mi
Red Spring MountainN 2°1,169 m6.8 mi
Sassafras KnobNNW 343°1,116 m5.1 mi
Boggs KnobN 349°1,102 m16.7 mi
Ballengee KnobNNW 335°1,095 m5.2 mi
Elk KnobNW 312°1,078 m4.4 mi
Bald KnobNNW 329°1,047 m4.9 mi
Freezeland MountainW 280°1,040 m12.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2719:0019:35
June solstice06:0220:0920:49
September equinox07:1118:4719:22
December solstice07:3516:2717:08

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313542536269737266544335
Precip in3.02.93.83.64.43.74.23.13.42.62.63.4

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Alderson, 5 mi away.

  • great blue lobelia3 obs
  • Dryad's Saddle3 obs
  • Common Merganser2 obs
  • Hooded Merganser2 obs
  • Black Vulture1 obs
  • Great Blue Heron1 obs
  • Bald Eagle1 obs
  • Ring-necked Snake1 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 node/356526658

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