Tea Creek Wildlife Management Area
Tea Creek Wildlife Management Area is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 896 m. Thorny Benchmark stands 1,481 m to the east, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Gauley Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Highland Scenic Highway passes 3.5 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 896 m
How to reach it
- 3.5 mi off the Highland Scenic Highway, National
- 19.5 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
- 19.9 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 20.7 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Little Laurel Overlook · 4 mi
- Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gauley Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Barlow Top: 2.2 mi
- Sharp Knob: 3.1 mi
- Buck Knob: 3.3 mi
- Tea Creek Mountain: 3.5 mi
- Whitaker Station Area of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park: 10.1 mi
- Community Wellness Center: 11.8 mi
- Cass Historical District: 11.9 mi
- Cass Area of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park: 12.0 mi
- Bald Knob Area of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park: 12.1 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 12.3 mi
- Upper Falls of Hills Creek: 18.2 mi
- Middle Falls of Hills Creek: 18.3 mi
- Lower Falls of Hills Creek: 18.4 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 21.5 mi
- Fred E. Brooks Memorial Arboretum: 19.0 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 22.8 mi
- Beartown State Park: 24.5 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 17.4 mi
- Pearl S Buck Birthplace: 17.4 mi
- Locust Creek Spring: 20.1 mi
- Cool Spring: 20.7 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 22.3 mi
- Richwood Area Chamber of Commerce: 24.4 mi
- Allendale Nursery: 15.7 mi
- Raven Rocks: 18.7 mi
- North Bend Picnic Area: 19.9 mi
- Lumberjack Muffler Man Statue: 24.0 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Tea Creek Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thorny Benchmark | E 86° | 1,481 m | 7.8 mi |
| Cheat Mountain | ENE 63° | 1,481 m | 8.1 mi |
| Bald Knob | ENE 69° | 1,476 m | 11.8 mi |
| Tygart Valley North | NE 53° | 1,457 m | 9.3 mi |
| Red Spruce Knob | SSW 194° | 1,434 m | 4.4 mi |
| Beech Flat Knob | NE 50° | 1,433 m | 11.7 mi |
| Snyder Knob | NE 42° | 1,432 m | 13.8 mi |
| Red Lick Mountain | S 177° | 1,428 m | 5.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:58 | 20:09 | 20:48 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 16:22 | 17:04 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 22 | 24 | 31 | 42 | 51 | 59 | 63 | 62 | 56 | 46 | 35 | 27 |
| Precip in | 6.1 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.2 | 5.8 | 5.7 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 6.2 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Snowshoe, 8 mi away.
- Variable Carpet Moth6 obs
- fan clubmoss5 obs
- dwarf ginseng5 obs
- Virginia bluebells4 obs
- yellow trout lily3 obs
- mayapple3 obs
- red trillium3 obs
- cut-leaved toothwort3 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/356538851
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