Springfield Wildlife Management Area
Springfield Wildlife Management Area is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 470 m. Dans Rock stands 883 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is River Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 5.8 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 470 m
How to reach it
- 5.8 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 11.6 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 14.1 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 15.9 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Banner's Overlook · 13 mi
- Warrior Mountain Overlook · 14 mi
- Prospect Overlook · 24 mi
- Sideling Hill Viewpoint · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- River Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Valley Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Cherry Hill: 6.4 mi
- Slate Lick Knob: 7.8 mi
- Little Cacapon Mountain: 8.3 mi
- Green Spring Park: 4.6 mi
- Oldtown Community Park: 5.9 mi
- Mineral County Fairgrounds: 6.8 mi
- Slanesville Park: 9.4 mi
- Camp Walker Park: 10.3 mi
- Turkey Camp Shale Barren Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 10.0 mi
- Homewood Preserve: 10.3 mi
- Sugar Hollow Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 10.7 mi
- Miltenberger CREP Easement: 11.3 mi
- Richards CREP Easement: 11.4 mi
- The Irvin Allen/Michael Cresap Museum: 5.8 mi
- Literary Hall: 10.1 mi
- Davis History House: 10.1 mi
- Davis History House: 10.1 mi
- Taggart Hall Civil War Museum & Visitors Center: 10.2 mi
- Masonry Overfall: 6.2 mi
- Steam Pump: 8.3 mi
- Parsons Bell Tower: 10.3 mi
- Parsons Bell Tower: 10.3 mi
- Confederate Memorial: 10.3 mi
- River Beach: 3.6 mi
- Public River Access, Fishing: 10.8 mi
- Beach 3: 20.6 mi
- Beach 1: 20.6 mi
- Beach 2: 21.2 mi
- Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad: 8.8 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 16.6 mi
- Almost Heaven Sign: 16.6 mi
- Farnham Colossi: 21.4 mi
- Hanging Rocks: 6.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 15.3 mi
- St Johns rock scenic overlook: 21.6 mi
- Ali Ghan Picnic Grounds: 14.5 mi
- Mountain View: 18.7 mi
- Natural Spring: 17.5 mi
- A natural spring at the Central Trail: 18.1 mi
- Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 13.8 mi
- Hooks Mill Falls: 19.2 mi
- Art: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Springfield Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dans Rock | WNW 302° | 883 m | 15.2 mi |
| Wolf Rock | WNW 296° | 832 m | 15.5 mi |
| Fairview | W 281° | 823 m | 16.9 mi |
| Piney Mountain | SSW 200° | 802 m | 18.4 mi |
| High Point | E 95° | 789 m | 16.5 mi |
| Loar Hill | NW 313° | 771 m | 16.1 mi |
| Piney Mountain | NW 325° | 738 m | 17.2 mi |
| Fairview Mountain | SW 218° | 711 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:51 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:06 | 20:46 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:12 | 16:55 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Romney 1 SW, 11 mi away.
- Spotted Salamander3 obs
- Canada Goose2 obs
- Painted Turtle2 obs
- White-tailed Deer2 obs
- common jewelweed2 obs
- cut-leaved toothwort2 obs
- American Toad2 obs
- woad2 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356535113
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