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Big Branch Day Use Area

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Elevation, modelled
328 m
Tallest summit within 25 miles
Ivy Knob1,083 m · 20.3 mi
Nearest byway
Coal Heritage Trail10.7 mi off
Sunset, June solstice
20:53local time
Coordinates
37.5975, -81.7737
Big Branch Day Use Area from directly overhead

Big Branch Day Use Area is a picnic site in West Virginia, at a modelled 328 m. Ivy Knob stands 1,083 m to the northeast, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Bailey Lake Day Use Area, a picnic site 0.3 miles away. Coal Heritage Trail passes 11 miles off. 77 named places lie within 25 miles, 37 of them named summits.

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 25 miles of Big Branch Day Use Area. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Ivy KnobNE 50°1,083 m20.3 mi
Pilot KnobNE 46°1,037 m19.5 mi
Kopperston MountainNE 44°993 m17.6 mi
Burning RockNNE 32°912 m7.9 mi
Panther KnobNE 44°866 m12.0 mi
Shawnee MountainSE 126°851 m22.9 mi
Cherry Pond MountainNE 34°843 m20.6 mi
Huff MountainNE 36°835 m10.0 mi

77 named places within 25 miles

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3219:0519:39
June solstice06:0720:1320:53
September equinox07:1618:5119:26
December solstice07:3916:3217:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333644556371747367554437
Precip in3.83.44.34.44.94.95.34.23.03.03.04.1

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — RD Bailey Lake, 3 mi away.

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

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