Sutton Downtown Historic District
Sutton Downtown Historic District is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 257 m. Buffalo Bull Knob stands 853 m to the east-southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Bee Run Swimming Area, a beach 1.5 miles away. Little Kanawha Parkway passes 14 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 257 m
How to reach it
- 13.7 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 23.7 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
Named places within 25 miles
- Fisher Knob: 4.3 mi
- Coon Knob: 5.2 mi
- Sugar Knob: 6.2 mi
- High Knob: 7.9 mi
- James Knob: 8.0 mi
- Bee Run Recreation Area: 1.5 mi
- Bee Run Recreation Area: 1.6 mi
- Holly Gray Park: 3.0 mi
- Gassaway Park: 3.7 mi
- Falls Mill Access Area: 10.7 mi
- Gilmer County: 14.7 mi
- Dollar General Trailer: 16.7 mi
- Old Stone Trough: 17.7 mi
- Presidents Wall: 20.0 mi
- Smith-Bush Farm: 22.4 mi
- Burnsville Waterfall: 13.2 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 19.4 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 20.0 mi
- Bee Run Swimming Area: 1.5 mi
- Bulltown Swimming Area: 11.5 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 14.0 mi
- Hanging Rock: 14.9 mi
- Cedar Creek State Park: 17.2 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 22.7 mi
- Frametown Rest Area: 10.8 mi
- Bulltown Picnic Area: 11.2 mi
- Bulltown: 11.5 mi
- Biology Demonstration Garden: 19.9 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 21.6 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 20.8 miles of Sutton Downtown Historic District. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Buffalo Bull Knob | ESE 121° | 853 m | 20.2 mi |
| Miller Knob | SE 124° | 850 m | 19.6 mi |
| Spillman Mountain | SE 125° | 833 m | 19.9 mi |
| Chestnut Knob | SSE 153° | 819 m | 20.8 mi |
| Hodam Mountain | ESE 106° | 808 m | 17.8 mi |
| Cool Spring Knob | ESE 118° | 805 m | 17.0 mi |
| Potato Knob | E 95° | 748 m | 20.7 mi |
| Corren Knob | SSW 198° | 745 m | 19.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:27 | 19:00 | 19:35 |
| June solstice | 05:59 | 20:12 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:11 | 18:47 | 19:22 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:24 | 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, under a mile away.
- White-tailed Deer10 obs
- Common Loon9 obs
- Mourning Dove8 obs
- American Robin7 obs
- Eastern Newt7 obs
- Groundhog7 obs
- common pawpaw7 obs
- Christmas fern7 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/356535275
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