Watters Smith Memorial State Park
Watters Smith Memorial State Park is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 306 m. Deen Knob stands 629 m to the southeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Lost Creek Park, a park 3.2 miles away. Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike passes 9.2 miles off. 31 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 306 m
What to expect
- Operated by
- WV Division of Natural Resources
How to reach it
- 9.2 mi off the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, National
- 10.3 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 25.0 mi off the Little Kanawha Parkway
- 28.1 mi off the Rich Mountain Backway
Named places within 25 miles
- Lost Creek Park: 3.2 mi
- Lost Creek Park and Baseball Fields: 3.8 mi
- Jane Lew Park: 4.2 mi
- Harrison County Recreation Complex: 6.3 mi
- Bel Meadows Fishing Preserve: 6.9 mi
- Fisher Summit: 6.7 mi
- Duncan Hill: 7.9 mi
- Pinnickinnick Mountain: 9.0 mi
- Bear Knob: 10.1 mi
- Purgatory Hill: 10.8 mi
- Jane Lew: 4.2 mi
- Stonewall Jackson Memorial: 9.5 mi
- Stonewall Jackson Memorial: 9.5 mi
- West Virginia & Pittsburgh Railroad Depot: 9.6 mi
- The East and West Second Street Bridge: 9.6 mi
- Mountaineer Military Museum: 9.4 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum (West Virginia Hospital for the Insane/Weston State Hospital): 9.6 mi
- West Virginia Museum of American Glass: 9.6 mi
- Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum: 9.7 mi
- Bice-Ferguson Museum: 16.7 mi
- Stonewall Resort State Park: 16.0 mi
- West Virginia Wildlife Reserve: 22.3 mi
- Valley Falls State Park: 23.3 mi
- Weston Historic Walking Tour: 9.7 mi
- Maniac Mountain: 14.9 mi
- Buckhannon Mural: 15.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Watters Smith Memorial State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deen Knob | SE 128° | 629 m | 20.0 mi |
| King Knob | E 88° | 601 m | 16.3 mi |
| Beverage Knob | S 177° | 589 m | 24.3 mi |
| Bob Peak | S 169° | 586 m | 23.3 mi |
| Bear Knob | SE 140° | 570 m | 10.1 mi |
| Moss Knob | S 181° | 555 m | 23.7 mi |
| Big Knob | S 177° | 551 m | 21.9 mi |
| Wilson Knob | S 176° | 546 m | 20.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:26 | 18:58 | 19:34 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:12 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:10 | 18:45 | 19:20 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:20 | 17:03 |
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 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.5 | 3.4 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Clarksburg 1, 7 mi away.
- Common Box Turtle3 obs
- American sycamore3 obs
- flowering dogwood3 obs
- autumn olive3 obs
- crane-fly orchid3 obs
- ebony spleenwort3 obs
- wild comfrey3 obs
- Chipping Sparrow2 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element way/418860722
Day trips start here
- Clarksburg · 8 mi
- Weston · 9 mi
- Bridgeport · 12 mi
- Buckhannon · 15 mi
- Shinnston · 17 mi
- Grafton · 24 mi
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