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War Memorial Park

War Memorial Park from directly overhead

War Memorial Park is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 499 m. Cacapon 2 stands 673 m to the west-northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Tuscarora Creek Historic District, a park 0.1 miles away. Washington Heritage Trail passes 1.0 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
499 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.46714, -77.98000

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Tuscarora Creek Historic District: 0.1 mi
  • Roush Field: 0.6 mi
  • Leeland Park: 0.6 mi
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Park: 0.7 mi
  • Oatesdale Park: 0.8 mi
Historic sites
Peaks
Museums: 40
Attractions: 33
  • Little House: 9.7 mi
  • Lock 38 Path: 9.8 mi
  • Captain's Quarters: 10.0 mi
  • Junior Officer's Quarters: 10.0 mi
  • Lock 39: 10.6 mi
Nature reserves: 17
Artworks: 16
Springs: 10
  • Neglar Spring: 10.5 mi
  • Lord Fairfax Spring: 17.3 mi
  • A natural spring at the Central Trail: 18.1 mi
  • Natural Spring: 18.6 mi
  • Cooper Springs: 20.2 mi
Rest areas: 7
  • I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 10.9 mi
  • Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook: 17.1 mi
  • Gainsboro Tourist Park: 19.7 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 20.5 mi
  • South Mountain Welcome Center: 20.6 mi
Beaches: 6
  • Shenandoah Lake Beach: 19.9 mi
  • Beach 2: 21.1 mi
  • Beach 1: 21.4 mi
  • Beach 3: 21.7 mi
  • River Access: 23.5 mi
Cliffs: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Four Square Garden: 13.1 mi
Waterfalls: 1
Picnic sites: 1
  • Dargan Bend: 14.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of War Memorial Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Cacapon 2WNW 285°673 m18.3 mi
Cross MountainN 358°627 m18.1 mi
Hearthstone MountainN 1°616 m16.9 mi
Sleepy Creek MountainW 267°580 m11.5 mi
Shockeys KnobWSW 248°567 m14.3 mi
Pinkerton KnobWNW 303°549 m9.5 mi
Lambs KnollE 94°536 m18.9 mi
Lambs KnollE 94°536 m18.9 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4919:24
June solstice05:4620:0320:43
September equinox07:0018:3519:11
December solstice07:2916:1016:52

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442536371767467554436
Precip in2.82.63.73.64.23.54.13.04.23.33.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Martinsburg 2, under a mile away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Spotted Lanternfly23 obs
  • tree-of-heaven11 obs
  • American Robin9 obs
  • Eastern Carpenter Bee8 obs
  • European Starling7 obs
  • Eastern Boxelder Bug7 obs
  • Northern Cardinal6 obs
  • Groundhog6 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/493020091

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