Walt Powell Park
Walt Powell Park is a park in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 182 m. Armstrong Mountain stands 702 m to the southeast, 22 miles off. The nearest named place is Craik-Patton Park, a park 0.7 miles away. Midland Trail passes 0.5 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Midland Trail, National
- 27.6 mi off the Coal Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Kanawha Falls · 24 mi
- Hawk's Nest Overlook · 29 mi
- Lover's Leap Lookout · 30 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Craik-Patton Park: 0.7 mi
- Riverview Park: 0.8 mi
- Daniel Boone Park: 0.8 mi
- Governor's Park: 1.2 mi
- Capitol Complex Monument Park: 1.2 mi
- Malden Mountain: 5.0 mi
- Holmes Knob: 7.0 mi
- Bald Knob: 8.1 mi
- Tyler Mountain: 9.3 mi
- Bee Mountain: 9.6 mi
- Lincoln Walks at Midnight: 1.1 mi
- West Virginia Liberty Bell: 1.1 mi
- Gold Star Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Coal Miner Memorial: 1.2 mi
- Frankenberger Art Gallery: 1.2 mi
- West Virginia State Museum: 1.2 mi
- West Virginia Cultural Center: 1.2 mi
- Sunrise Bird Sanctuary Museum: 2.8 mi
- Nitro Wars Museum: 14.8 mi
- Governor's Garden: 1.2 mi
- East End Community Gardens: 1.6 mi
- Wedding Garden: 4.9 mi
- Community Garden: 23.1 mi
- Skyline Drive: 1.7 mi
- Indian Rock: 14.0 mi
- Vanbibbers Rock: 24.3 mi
- Wallace Hartman Nature Preserve: 2.2 mi
- Coal River Nature Reserve: 14.5 mi
- Grotto: 4.2 mi
- July: 22.3 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Walt Powell Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong Mountain | SE 135° | 702 m | 22.4 mi |
| Johnson Knob | SSE 149° | 675 m | 20.8 mi |
| Workman Knob | SSW 207° | 599 m | 21.0 mi |
| Bird Knob | E 92° | 555 m | 19.7 mi |
| Bee Mountain | S 186° | 530 m | 9.6 mi |
| Mount Desert | ESE 102° | 491 m | 12.3 mi |
| Independence Mountain | E 92° | 487 m | 22.6 mi |
| Beulah Knob | ENE 78° | 463 m | 18.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:04 | 20:14 | 20:54 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:41 | 16:28 | 17:10 |
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 | 35 | 38 | 46 | 57 | 65 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.9 | 4.7 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Charleston - Yeager AP, 4 mi away.
- Eastern Gray Squirrel75 obs
- White-tailed Deer13 obs
- Mourning Dove8 obs
- Blue Jay8 obs
- American Robin8 obs
- Polyphemus Moth7 obs
- American pokeweed7 obs
- American sweetgum7 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 way/463973426
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