Trout Pond Recreation Area
Trout Pond Recreation Area is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 605 m. Mill Mountain stands 1,006 m to the east-northeast, 5.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Chimney Rock, a peak 0.4 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 27 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 605 m
How to reach it
- 26.9 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Jeremys Run Overlook · 27 mi
- Rattlesnake Point Overlook · 28 mi
- Hogback Overlook · 28 mi
- Thornton Hollow Overlook · 28 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chimney Rock: 0.4 mi
- Long Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Ben's Ridge: 1.6 mi
- Devils Benchmark: 1.6 mi
- Devils Hole Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Wolf Gap Recreation Area: 3.1 mi
- Baker Park: 6.4 mi
- Mathias Community Center: 8.9 mi
- J. Allen Hawkins Community Park: 11.9 mi
- Shenandoah County Fairgrounds: 12.6 mi
- The Edinburg Mill: 12.8 mi
- "Connections" The Shentel Museum: 13.0 mi
- Woodstock Museum Marshall House: 13.2 mi
- Woodstock Museum Wickham House: 13.2 mi
- Main Street of Yesteryear: 16.8 mi
- Collie Grave: 5.5 mi
- Van Buren Furnace: 9.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 15.1 mi
- 54th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment: 20.2 mi
- Indian Grave: 21.2 mi
- Stranderman Spring: 3.2 mi
- Cold Spring: 4.6 mi
- Reed Farm Spring: 4.8 mi
- Sandstone Spring: 5.1 mi
- Yellow Spring: 5.7 mi
- Bryce Resort: 9.5 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 14.6 mi
- Shenandoah Caverns: 16.8 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 23.6 mi
- The Garden Maze: 24.0 mi
- Markley Rocks: 5.9 mi
- Hanging Rock: 6.4 mi
- Helmick Rock: 9.9 mi
- Three High Heads: 13.7 mi
- Baker Rocks: 15.6 mi
- Cootie Bug: 16.9 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 16.9 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 23.8 mi
- Love: 24.2 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 17.4 mi
- Pavilian: 19.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- Picnic Area: 24.2 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 5.1 mi
- Mountain Falls: 21.9 mi
- Hooks Mill Falls: 25.0 mi
- Old grape garden: 5.5 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 12.8 mi
- Lost River State Park: 9.1 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 13.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Trout Pond Recreation Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Mountain | ENE 72° | 1,006 m | 5.8 mi |
| Devils Benchmark | S 174° | 995 m | 1.6 mi |
| Sugar Knob | ENE 76° | 976 m | 6.8 mi |
| Long Mountain | E 92° | 951 m | 1.3 mi |
| Little Sluice Mountain | E 84° | 951 m | 7.2 mi |
| Snyder Knob | SW 231° | 936 m | 2.7 mi |
| Paddy Mountain | ENE 68° | 910 m | 9.9 mi |
| Cove Mountain | SW 227° | 898 m | 6.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:05 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:15 | 16:57 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lost RVR, 4 mi away.
- Eastern Newt23 obs
- Hickory Tussock Moth17 obs
- American Toad15 obs
- pink lady's slipper14 obs
- mountain laurel13 obs
- Ghost Pipe12 obs
- Japanese barberry11 obs
- striped wintergreen10 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/356535059
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