Riffle Run Recreation Area
Riffle Run Recreation Area is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 243 m. Hodam Mountain stands 808 m to the southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Burnsville Waterfall, a waterfall 0.9 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 2.9 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 243 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 12.8 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Buck Knob: 3.5 mi
- Gabel Knob: 4.1 mi
- Cedar Knob: 4.8 mi
- Kings Knob: 5.1 mi
- Locust Knob: 5.3 mi
- Burnsville Lake Wildlife Management Area: 1.9 mi
- Burnsville City Park: 2.7 mi
- Bulltown Recreation Area: 4.3 mi
- Bulltown Historic Area: 4.4 mi
- Falls Mill Access Area: 5.8 mi
- Gilmer County: 5.6 mi
- Dollar General Trailer: 8.0 mi
- Presidents Wall: 13.6 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 14.7 mi
- Old Stone Trough: 14.8 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 14.6 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: 15.5 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital): 15.7 mi
- West Virginia Museum of American Glass: 15.7 mi
- Mountaineer Military Museum: 15.8 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 0.9 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 18.1 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 19.6 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 9.7 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 13.7 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 16.2 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 4.3 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 13.5 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 10.0 mi
- Hanging Rock: 14.2 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 15.6 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 24.1 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 4.2 mi
- Bulltown: 4.4 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 13.6 mi
- Frametown Rest Area: 21.8 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 23.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.9 miles of Riffle Run Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hodam Mountain | SE 146° | 808 m | 21.0 mi |
| Cool Spring Knob | SSE 154° | 805 m | 22.5 mi |
| Potato Knob | SE 132° | 748 m | 20.8 mi |
| Big Run Knob | E 100° | 732 m | 19.3 mi |
| Elk Mountain | SSE 159° | 731 m | 21.2 mi |
| Big Mountain | SSE 162° | 710 m | 17.4 mi |
| Pilot Knob | S 182° | 693 m | 21.5 mi |
| Haystack Knob | ESE 118° | 662 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 18:59 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:12 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:46 | 19:21 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:23 | 17:05 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.5 | 4.2 | 5.4 | 5.3 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sutton Lake, 13 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer3 obs
- Wild Turkey2 obs
- Turkey Vulture2 obs
- Great Blue Heron2 obs
- Barred Owl2 obs
- Monarch2 obs
- American sweetgum2 obs
- chicory2 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/356535251
Day trips start here
- Weston · 16 mi
- Buckhannon · 23 mi
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