Windmill Park
Windmill Park is a park in West Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 319 m. Mount Phoebe stands 715 m to the east, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Palatine Park, a park 0.6 miles away. Northwestern Turnpike passes 10 miles off. 38 named summits stand within 25 miles.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 319 m
How to reach it
- 10.4 mi off the Northwestern Turnpike
- 13.9 mi off the Old Route 7 Byway
- 23.8 mi off the Cheat River Byway
Named places within 25 miles
- Palatine Park: 0.6 mi
- East Fairmont Mini Park: 0.8 mi
- Bellview Park: 0.9 mi
- Connector Playground: 1.0 mi
- Norwood Park: 1.2 mi
- Kincaid Knob: 6.7 mi
- Browns Knob: 8.8 mi
- Kincaid Knob: 9.4 mi
- Price Hill: 10.3 mi
- Catherines Knob: 11.3 mi
- Vietnam War Memorial: 1.3 mi
- Korean War Memorial: 1.4 mi
- WV Counties Monument: 3.5 mi
- Robert H. Mollohan Research Center Tower: 5.0 mi
- Monongalia County War Memorial: 12.8 mi
- Marion County Historical Society: 0.8 mi
- Telephone Museum: 0.8 mi
- Frank and Jane Gabor West Virginia Folklife Center: 1.9 mi
- Bice-Ferguson Museum: 11.1 mi
- West Augusta Historical Society Museum: 11.2 mi
- Valley Falls State Park: 7.0 mi
- Little Indian Creek Wildlife Management Area: 7.5 mi
- Tom's Run Nature Preserve: 8.3 mi
- LIttle Indian Creek Wildlife Managment ARea: 8.5 mi
- Core Arboretum: 13.4 mi
- Climbing: 18.2 mi
- Climbing and Rappelling: 18.4 mi
- Climbing: 18.6 mi
- Riverside Spot: 18.9 mi
- Sophia's Grave: 22.3 mi
- Don Knotts: 13.5 mi
- From The Mountain: 14.3 mi
- Albert Gallatin Statue: 22.6 mi
- Little Falls: 8.2 mi
- Matador Falls: 21.0 mi
- The Cliff: 16.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Windmill Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Phoebe | E 90° | 715 m | 19.7 mi |
| Reed Hill | ENE 61° | 675 m | 18.9 mi |
| Bald Knob | E 82° | 656 m | 12.5 mi |
| King Knob | S 177° | 601 m | 21.7 mi |
| Kincaid Knob | E 89° | 579 m | 9.4 mi |
| Kincaid Knob | ESE 103° | 544 m | 6.7 mi |
| Copeland Knob | S 183° | 541 m | 12.6 mi |
| Catherines Knob | NNW 332° | 522 m | 11.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:57 | 19:33 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:11 | 20:52 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:38 | 16:18 | 17:01 |
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 | 34 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.8 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 5.1 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 3.1 | 3.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Fairmont, 2 mi away.
- American Robin15 obs
- garlic mustard14 obs
- white clover13 obs
- ground-ivy13 obs
- box elder11 obs
- mock strawberry10 obs
- White-tailed Deer9 obs
- Groundhog9 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/469549538
Day trips start here
- Fairmont · 1 mi
- Shinnston · 11 mi
- Grafton · 12 mi
- Morgantown · 14 mi
- Bridgeport · 15 mi
- Clarksburg · 18 mi
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