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Ritter Park

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Ritter Park is a park in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 191 m. Porter Knob stands 424 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Gobbler's Knob, a peak 0.1 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 1.7 miles off. 34 named summits stand within 25 miles.

What to expect

Official site

How to reach it

Coordinates38.40542, -82.43659

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
Artworks: 59
Peaks: 34
Historic sites: 30
  • B'nai B'rith Holocaust Memorial: 0.5 mi
  • 100 Years of Progress: 0.8 mi
  • The Virginia State Road: 1.1 mi
  • 1970 Plane Crash Memorial: 1.1 mi
  • John Marshall: 1.3 mi
Museums: 9
Attractions: 3
  • Chad Pennington Hall of Fame: 1.7 mi
  • C&O 1308: 2.2 mi
  • Kentucky Roots Farm: 21.5 mi
Gardens: 2
  • Ritter Park Rose Garden: 0.2 mi
  • Community Garden: 24.1 mi
Picnic sites: 1
  • Central Park Picnic Area: 12.0 mi
Nature reserves: 1
Beaches: 1
  • Big Bend Swimming Beach: 18.1 mi

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ritter Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Porter KnobSSE 168°424 m24.4 mi
Buck KnobSSE 165°382 m18.6 mi
Turkeycamp KnobSSE 155°380 m16.4 mi
Stowers KnobESE 121°378 m23.5 mi
Mays KnobSSE 153°374 m15.1 mi
Squirrel KnobSE 146°368 m16.4 mi
Flag KnobSE 135°368 m16.6 mi
Saddle KnobSSE 161°359 m16.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3419:0719:42
June solstice06:0720:1820:58
September equinox07:1818:5419:28
December solstice07:4416:3117:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343845566573777669584639
Precip in3.43.34.24.04.54.04.84.03.43.02.83.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Huntington SWG PL, 5 mi away.

  • Mallard40 obs
  • American holly24 obs
  • Christmas fern21 obs
  • Common Five-lined Skink21 obs
  • Eastern Gray Squirrel19 obs
  • American beech18 obs
  • large white trillium17 obs
  • House Sparrow16 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.

OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial site

OpenStreetMap element way/474405279

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