Tall Oaks Roadside Park
Tall Oaks Roadside Park is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 565 m. Hutton Knob stands 1,291 m to the south-southeast, 21 miles off. The nearest named place is Kelly Knob, a peak 5.2 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 565 m
How to reach it
- On the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 3.7 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 23.0 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
- 26.7 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Kelly Knob: 5.2 mi
- Kelly Knob: 5.2 mi
- Deen Knob: 5.4 mi
- Church Knob: 5.7 mi
- Bear Knob: 6.3 mi
- Gerald L. Scott Memorial Boat Ramp: 8.4 mi
- Riverwalk Park: 8.7 mi
- Upshur County Recreational Park: 8.8 mi
- Fred Brooks Park: 8.8 mi
- North End Park: 9.0 mi
- Upshur War Monument: 9.5 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 12.6 mi
- Wilson Monument: 12.9 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 14.6 mi
- Jane Lew: 21.8 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 12.4 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 12.6 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 16.2 mi
- Covered Bridge Museum: 16.6 mi
- Mountaineer Military Museum: 22.1 mi
- Pat Spring: 19.7 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 20.6 mi
- Harlan Irons Spring: 20.9 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 21.1 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 11.1 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 15.7 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 22.2 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 12.8 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 22.1 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 24.0 mi
- Raven Rocks: 18.1 mi
- Courthouse Rock: 23.8 mi
- Hanging Rock: 24.4 mi
- High Falls: 19.3 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 21.8 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 22.6 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 9.5 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 12.8 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 21.8 mi
- Gertrude: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.4 miles of Tall Oaks Roadside Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hutton Knob | SSE 154° | 1,291 m | 21.1 mi |
| Pond Lick Mountain | E 95° | 1,222 m | 18.9 mi |
| Stuart Knob | E 86° | 1,221 m | 20.2 mi |
| Mast Knob | S 191° | 1,221 m | 21.0 mi |
| Bickle Knob | E 86° | 1,220 m | 19.1 mi |
| Hawflat Knob | ESE 102° | 1,200 m | 17.7 mi |
| Whitman Knob | S 185° | 1,193 m | 19.9 mi |
| McGowan Mountain | ENE 77° | 1,189 m | 21.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:10 | 20:50 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:20 | 17:02 |
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 | 61 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 5.2 | 5.1 | 5.3 | 4.2 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.0 | 3.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Buckhannon, 9 mi away.
- eastern poison ivy4 obs
- great rhododendron4 obs
- American sycamore3 obs
- four-leaved milkweed3 obs
- rock greenshield lichen3 obs
- Wild Turkey2 obs
- White-tailed Deer2 obs
- striped maple2 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/356522077
Day trips start here
- Buckhannon · 10 mi
- Weston · 22 mi
- Bridgeport · 28 mi
- Clarksburg · 29 mi
- Grafton · 30 mi
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