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Widmeyer Wildlife Management Area

Widmeyer Wildlife Management Area from directly overhead

Widmeyer Wildlife Management Area is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 234 m. High Point stands 789 m to the south-southwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Samuel Taylor Suit Cottage, a historic site 1.3 miles away. Washington Heritage Trail passes 0.6 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
234 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.64176, -78.24640

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Berkeley Springs State Park: 1.4 mi
  • Pool/Snack Stand: 1.4 mi
  • North Berkeley Community Park: 1.5 mi
  • North Berkeley Community Park: 1.5 mi
  • Berkeley Springs Bike and Skate Park: 1.7 mi
Peaks
Nature reserves: 19
Historic sites: 15
Springs: 9
  • Lord Fairfax Spring: 1.4 mi
  • A natural spring at the Central Trail: 10.7 mi
  • Natural Spring: 11.6 mi
  • Neglar Spring: 13.3 mi
  • Dawson Spring: 13.8 mi
Museums: 8
  • Museum of Berkeley Springs: 1.4 mi
  • Hancock Museum: 5.3 mi
  • Thomas D. Ambrose Nature Center: 10.2 mi
  • CCC museum: 13.1 mi
  • Belle Boyd House: 19.7 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Almost Heaven Sign: 12.9 mi
  • Almost Heaven Swing: 12.9 mi
  • Junior Officer's Quarters: 13.1 mi
  • Captain's Quarters: 13.1 mi
  • Farnham Colossi: 15.4 mi
Cliffs: 3
Rest areas: 3
  • Sideling Hill Rest Area Eastbound: 5.4 mi
  • Sideling Hill Rest Area Westbound: 5.6 mi
  • I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 21.6 mi
Beaches: 3
  • Beach 1: 23.3 mi
  • Beach 2: 23.5 mi
  • Beach 3: 23.5 mi
Picnic sites: 2
  • Sweet Root Picnic Area: 18.8 mi
  • Blankley Picnic Area: 22.0 mi
Artworks: 1
  • Morgan Arts Council: 1.4 mi
Waterfalls: 1
Gardens: 1
  • Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 23.9 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Widmeyer Wildlife Management Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High PointSSW 201°789 m14.7 mi
Emmaville MountainN 4°690 m17.6 mi
Spring Gap MountainSW 225°679 m17.9 mi
Cacapon 2SSW 205°673 m8.1 mi
Cross MountainENE 66°627 m14.8 mi
The LockingsNNW 347°618 m12.9 mi
Hearthstone MountainENE 71°616 m15.3 mi
Sleepy Creek MountainSSE 168°580 m13.0 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5019:25
June solstice05:4620:0420:45
September equinox07:0118:3619:12
December solstice07:3116:1016:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313341526169747265544335
Precip in3.62.23.03.54.44.94.33.14.43.32.63.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cacapon ST PK #2, 10 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Guppy73 obs
  • Northern Metalmark15 obs
  • Berkeley Springs Isopod14 obs
  • Eastern Blacknose Dace12 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail10 obs
  • chicory9 obs
  • cut-leaved toothwort9 obs
  • purple-stem cliffbrake9 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 node/356527570

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