Valley Bend Wetland Wildlife Management Area
Valley Bend Wetland Wildlife Management Area is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 604 m. Beech Flat Knob stands 1,433 m to the south, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Nettle Mountain, a peak 2.3 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 0.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 604 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 6.2 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
- 10.5 mi off the Cheat Mountain Backway
- 14.7 mi off the Back Mountain Backway
Overlooks nearby
- Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nettle Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Harper Knob: 4.7 mi
- Imboden Knob: 5.1 mi
- Childers Knob: 7.0 mi
- Bear Knob: 7.6 mi
- Mill Creek City Park: 2.7 mi
- George Ward Elementary School Park: 3.1 mi
- Huttonsville Park: 4.3 mi
- Huttonsville Farm Wildlife Management Area: 4.8 mi
- Beverly Historic District: 6.2 mi
- High Falls: 8.7 mi
- High Falls of Cheat: 18.8 mi
- Tenskwatawa Falls: 22.8 mi
- Tecumseh Falls: 23.0 mi
- Upper Falls of Seneca Creek: 23.2 mi
- Wilson Monument: 9.4 mi
- Donald R. Gaudineer Memorial: 11.7 mi
- Elkins Roundhouse: 11.9 mi
- Camp Bartow Historic Site: 18.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 22.1 mi
- Pat Spring: 13.6 mi
- Cool Spring: 13.9 mi
- Lorraine Burke Spring: 14.7 mi
- Ernest Carr Spring: 16.0 mi
- Locust Spring: 20.3 mi
- Randolph County Museum: 6.2 mi
- West Virginia Railroad Museum: 11.8 mi
- Fidler's Mill - Historic Gristmill & Building: 22.0 mi
- NRAO Science Center: 24.2 mi
- Gaudineer Scenic Area: 11.2 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 21.0 mi
- H.G. Davis "Iron Horse" Statue: 12.2 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 22.2 mi
- Helvetia Village Historic District: 14.7 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 23.8 mi
- Bear Haven Day Use Area: 17.9 mi
- Locust Springs: 20.4 mi
- Raven Rocks: 10.6 mi
- Gertrude: 10.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.8 miles of Valley Bend Wetland Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beech Flat Knob | S 185° | 1,433 m | 18.7 mi |
| Snyder Knob | S 185° | 1,432 m | 16.0 mi |
| Pharis Knob | E 96° | 1,410 m | 16.9 mi |
| Ward Knob | S 184° | 1,385 m | 17.4 mi |
| Crouch Knob | S 185° | 1,374 m | 13.6 mi |
| Gaudineer Knob | SSE 154° | 1,351 m | 11.7 mi |
| Cunningham Knob | ESE 107° | 1,339 m | 15.6 mi |
| Burner Mountain | SE 141° | 1,309 m | 15.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:24 | 18:57 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:09 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:08 | 18:43 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:35 | 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 | 60 | 68 | 71 | 70 | 64 | 53 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 4.1 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 6.0 | 3.9 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Elkins- Randolph CO AP, 10 mi away.
- White-tailed Deer7 obs
- Wehrle's Salamander6 obs
- Bobcat6 obs
- featherbells6 obs
- Carolina Springbeauty5 obs
- Canada Goose3 obs
- Cheat Mountain Salamander3 obs
- American Black Bear3 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/356538855
Day trips start here
- Buckhannon · 22 mi
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