Local servicesHospitalCAMC Greenbrier Valley Medical Center15.7 miPost officeUnion Post Office2.7 miTown hallUnion Town Hall2.5 miPoliceWest Virginia State Police Troop 6 - Union Detachment2.7 miFire stationUnion Community Volunteer Fire Department Union Station2.8 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportGreenbrier Valley Airport LWB23 miMajor airportPiedmont Triad International Airport GSO106 miInterstateI-6418 miUS highwayUS 2191.6 miAmtrakAlderson, WV ALD13 miCoachBlacksburg (Transit Center)Virginia Breeze, Operated by Dillon's23 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
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Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 46 min6:01 am – 8:46 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 34 min7:33 am – 5:07 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 84°F, lows 61°FColdest month January: highs 42°F, lows 22°F39 in of rain a year, on about 79 dayswettest month May24 in of snow a year, on about 15 days5 days above 90°F, 134 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Union 3 Sse station
Parks and public landsJefferson National Forestnational forest · 5.9 miPotts Creek Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 5.1 mi · 18,472 acresDaniels Ridge Wilidlife Management Areastate conservation land · 8.8 mi · 3,379 acresMoncove Lake State Parkstate park · 11.0 miMoncove Lake Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 10.6 mi · 792 acresBluestone Recreation Arearecreation area · 15.8 mi · 22,147 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes7 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19700 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 3.6 on 30 May 197414 mi away, near Blacksburg, VirginiaMost recent: magnitude 3.2 on 13 Sep 201711 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Very LowMonroe County, WV, compared with all US countiesHighest-rated hazardsLandslide Relatively ModerateCold wave Relatively ModerateSource: FEMA National Risk Index (county level)
Air quality94% of days had good air in 2025337 of 357 days measured20 moderate daysMedian index 37, worst day 80main pollutant: ozoneSource: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Giles County, VA, 19 mi away
Drinking waterRed Sulphur PSDserves 5,331 people from surface water1 health-based violation since 2021latest Feb 2026: coliform bacteria, treatment technique1 monitoring or reporting violation since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation2,025 ft617 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
