Ruffner Memorial Park
Ruffner Memorial Park is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 181 m. Johnson Knob stands 675 m to the southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Magic Island Park, a park 0.4 miles away. Midland Trail passes 2.7 miles off. 36 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 181 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kanawha Falls · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Magic Island Park: 0.4 mi
- Danner Meadow Park: 0.6 mi
- River Front Park: 0.7 mi
- Elk River Trail Park: 0.8 mi
- Joplin Park: 1.1 mi
- Tyler Mountain: 5.3 mi
- Holmes Knob: 5.8 mi
- Bald Knob: 6.5 mi
- Malden Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Hammick Hill: 10.5 mi
- Shoney's Big Boy Museum: 0.7 mi
- State Capitol: 1.4 mi
- World War 2: 1.4 mi
- The Roll of Honor: 1.4 mi
- The Block: 1.5 mi
- Sunrise Bird Sanctuary Museum: 1.3 mi
- West Virginia Cultural Center: 2.7 mi
- West Virginia State Museum: 2.7 mi
- Frankenberger Art Gallery: 2.8 mi
- Nitro Wars Museum: 10.9 mi
- East End Community Gardens: 2.4 mi
- Governor's Garden: 2.7 mi
- Wedding Garden: 4.7 mi
- Community Garden: 19.3 mi
- Wallace Hartman Nature Preserve: 3.3 mi
- Coal River Nature Reserve: 10.9 mi
- Skyline Drive: 5.1 mi
- Indian Rock: 10.1 mi
- Grotto: 4.7 mi
- July: 20.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Ruffner Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Johnson Knob | SE 146° | 675 m | 24.5 mi |
| Workman Knob | SSW 197° | 599 m | 22.0 mi |
| Bird Knob | E 98° | 555 m | 23.1 mi |
| Bee Mountain | S 169° | 530 m | 12.1 mi |
| Mount Desert | ESE 108° | 491 m | 15.9 mi |
| Beulah Knob | E 85° | 463 m | 21.4 mi |
| Malden Mountain | SE 130° | 455 m | 9.0 mi |
| Carnes Knob | ENE 78° | 440 m | 22.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:39 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:15 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:29 | 17:10 |
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 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.3 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 5.2 | 4.4 | 5.8 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 4.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charleston WFO, 3 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer27 obs
- Celandine Poppy21 obs
- Porcelain Berry19 obs
- Common Box Turtle16 obs
- Carolina horsenettle16 obs
- Virginia bluebells16 obs
- Eastern Gray Squirrel15 obs
- Western Honey Bee15 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/356537472
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