Veterans Memorial Park
Veterans Memorial Park is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 244 m. Ruble Knob stands 406 m to the south-southeast, 24 miles off. The nearest named place is Hunter Hill, a peak 2.7 miles away. Ohio River Scenic Byway passes 2.4 miles off. 215 named places lie within 25 miles, 33 of them named summits.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 244 m
How to reach it
- 2.4 mi off the Ohio River Scenic Byway, National
- 5.1 mi off the Covered Bridge Scenic Byway
- 8.0 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 11.9 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
Overlooks nearby
- Scenic overlook · 6 mi
215 named places within 25 miles
- Marietta Township Park: 3.0 mi
- Tomlinson Park: 4.1 mi
- Gunlock Park: 4.1 mi
- Fenton Park: 4.5 mi
- Williamstown Ohio River Access Site: 4.6 mi
- The Marietta College Ambulance Unit: 4.8 mi
- Fort Harmar Monument: 4.9 mi
- Relic Spanish American War 1898: 5.1 mi
- U.S. W.V. Memorial: 5.1 mi
- Veterans Walk of Honor: 5.1 mi
- Hunter Hill: 2.7 mi
- Sharktooth Mountain: 6.4 mi
- Red Hill: 7.0 mi
- Mount Logan: 9.4 mi
- Buzzard Rocks: 10.1 mi
- Blackwater Magic: 4.9 mi
- Pearl of Appalachia Mural: 5.0 mi
- Rooted in Kindness: 5.0 mi
- George Floyd mural: 5.1 mi
- Say Cheese: 5.2 mi
- Kroger Wetlands: 4.8 mi
- McDonough Wildlife Refuge: 5.0 mi
- Rudolph Farms: 7.9 mi
- Broughton Nature Park: 8.0 mi
- Boord State Nature Preserve: 17.3 mi
- Armstrong Gardens: 4.2 mi
- Marietta Community Garden: 4.9 mi
- Harvest of Hope: 4.9 mi
- Fort Street Pollinator Habitat: 5.1 mi
- Marietta Discovery Garden: 5.1 mi
- 3301: 5.0 mi
- C2473: 5.0 mi
- Hidden Marietta Tour Company: 5.2 mi
- Valley Gem Sternwheeler: 5.7 mi
- Rufus Putnam House: 5.7 mi
- West Virginia Welcome Center: 3.4 mi
- Washington Interstate 77 NB: 7.6 mi
- Mineral Wells Rest Area Southbound: 15.9 mi
- Mineral Wells Rest Area Northbound: 15.9 mi
- Cedarville Bluff: 10.6 mi
- Rock Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Quincy Park: 8.4 mi
- Irish Run Natural Bridge: 17.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Veterans Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruble Knob | SSE 163° | 406 m | 23.8 mi |
| Buzzard Rocks | ESE 124° | 388 m | 10.1 mi |
| King Knob | SE 126° | 386 m | 24.9 mi |
| Mail Point Hill | SSW 194° | 348 m | 22.1 mi |
| Kinderhook Hill | ENE 65° | 338 m | 12.0 mi |
| Jephany Knob | S 178° | 336 m | 20.4 mi |
| Haystack Hill | NE 47° | 334 m | 16.7 mi |
| Dodd Hill | NE 43° | 334 m | 22.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:30 | 19:02 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:00 | 20:16 | 20:57 |
| September equinox | 07:14 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:43 | 16:24 | 17:06 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 44 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.1 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Parkersburg AP, under a mile away.
- Common Box Turtle6 obs
- mayapple2 obs
- Ghost Pipe2 obs
- Pleasing Picture-winged Antlion2 obs
- red deadnettle2 obs
- eastern poison ivy2 obs
- Eastern Tiger Swallowtail2 obs
- Spined Micrathena2 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/356524531
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