Summersville Lake Public Hunting and Fishing Area
Summersville Lake Public Hunting and Fishing Area is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 511 m. Job Knob stands 1,324 m to the southeast, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildcat Knob, a peak 2.3 miles away. Highland Scenic Highway passes 11 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 511 m
How to reach it
- 11.1 mi off the Highland Scenic Highway, National
- 19.2 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
- 19.2 mi off the Midland Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 24 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 25 mi
- Long Point Viewpoint · 25 mi
- Kanawha Falls · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wildcat Knob: 2.3 mi
- Burnt Knob: 2.6 mi
- Fury Knob: 5.3 mi
- Cottle Knob: 6.4 mi
- Thorny Knob: 6.4 mi
- Circus Wall: 7.0 mi
- Orange Oswald Wall: 7.1 mi
- Narcissus Cave: 7.2 mi
- Satisfaction Wall: 7.2 mi
- Long Wall: 7.3 mi
- Indian Rocks Community Park: 5.4 mi
- Nicholas County Veterans Memorial Park: 5.9 mi
- Richwood Roadside Park: 6.0 mi
- Summersville Park: 6.9 mi
- Camden on Gauley Town Park: 8.6 mi
- McClung: 17.5 mi
- Walker Hill: 18.0 mi
- Bryant: 18.5 mi
- Fairview: 20.3 mi
- Nuttallburg: 23.9 mi
- Rudolph Falls: 11.2 mi
- Laurel Creek Falls: 17.4 mi
- Peters Creek Falls: 17.9 mi
- Upper Falls of Hills Creek: 22.5 mi
- Middle Falls of Hills Creek: 22.6 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 7.7 mi
- Richwood Area Chamber of Commerce: 11.4 mi
- New River Gorge Canyon Rim Visitors Center: 24.4 mi
- Summersville Lake State Park: 7.7 mi
- Summersville Lake Lighthouse: 9.9 mi
- Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 11.7 mi
- North Bend Picnic Area: 15.9 mi
- Rainelle Veterans Memorial: 22.2 mi
- Frametown Rest Area: 24.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Summersville Lake Public Hunting and Fishing Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job Knob | SE 146° | 1,324 m | 17.7 mi |
| Beech Knob | SSE 152° | 1,261 m | 14.0 mi |
| Little Beech Knob | SSE 150° | 1,255 m | 14.0 mi |
| Blue Knob | SE 132° | 1,227 m | 17.6 mi |
| Bearwallow Knob | ESE 108° | 1,227 m | 18.1 mi |
| Wildcat Knob | SSE 157° | 1,223 m | 14.5 mi |
| Manning Knob | SE 130° | 1,210 m | 16.1 mi |
| Bush Place Knob | SSE 160° | 1,208 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:11 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:37 | 16:25 | 17:07 |
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 | 29 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 59 | 66 | 70 | 69 | 63 | 51 | 41 | 33 |
| Precip in | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 5.6 | 5.7 | 6.1 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT Nebo 1 S, 10 mi away.
- Allegheny Mountain Dusky Salamander13 obs
- Halberd-leaved violet13 obs
- Eastern Newt12 obs
- striped wintergreen12 obs
- Canada mayflower10 obs
- partridgeberry10 obs
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander9 obs
- Smooth Rock Tripe9 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/356524608
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