R D Bailey Lake Wildlife Management Area
R D Bailey Lake Wildlife Management Area is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 487 m. Ivy Knob stands 1,083 m to the northeast, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Horse Creek Public Fishing Area, a park 2.0 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 7.4 miles off. 74 named places lie within 25 miles, 36 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 487 m
How to reach it
- 7.4 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 23.4 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail - VA
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacle Rock Overlook · 30 mi
74 named places within 25 miles
- Burning Rock: 6.3 mi
- Hensley Knob: 7.7 mi
- Huff Mountain: 8.0 mi
- Panther Knob: 9.3 mi
- Buffalo Mountain: 11.5 mi
- Horse Creek Public Fishing Area: 2.0 mi
- Horse Creek Lake Wildlife Management Area: 2.0 mi
- Gilliland Park: 7.2 mi
- Castle Rock: 8.9 mi
- Larry Joe Harless Community Center: 8.9 mi
- Wyoming County Veterns Memorial: 7.3 mi
- John Cooke Marker: 7.4 mi
- Tridelphia Vietnam War Memorial: 13.6 mi
- Man WV War Memorial: 13.9 mi
- Space Shuttle Memorial: 15.0 mi
- Big Branch Day Use Area: 4.1 mi
- Bailey Lake Day Use Area: 4.3 mi
- Wyoming County Historical Museum: 7.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of R D Bailey Lake Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ivy Knob | NE 42° | 1,083 m | 17.1 mi |
| Pilot Knob | NE 38° | 1,037 m | 16.5 mi |
| Pond Knob | NE 37° | 1,011 m | 24.7 mi |
| Pilot Knob | ESE 109° | 998 m | 24.8 mi |
| Kopperston Mountain | NE 34° | 993 m | 14.7 mi |
| Burning Rock | N 1° | 912 m | 6.3 mi |
| Johns Knob | SE 129° | 907 m | 23.6 mi |
| Panther Knob | NNE 27° | 866 m | 9.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:06 | 20:13 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:39 | 16:32 | 17:12 |
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 | 32 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.9 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 4.8 | 5.8 | 4.5 | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Oceana 2 SE, 7 mi away.
- common milkweed2 obs
- Margined Leatherwing Beetle2 obs
- Furrow Orbweaver2 obs
- Common Merganser1 obs
- Ring-necked Snake1 obs
- Long-tailed Salamander1 obs
- red maple1 obs
- black oak1 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/356538788
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