Daylight through the yearLongest day (Jun 21): 14 h 47 min6:03 am – 8:49 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 33 min7:36 am – 5:09 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 79°F, lows 58°FColdest month January: highs 40°F, lows 19°F43 in of rain a year, on about 93 dayswettest month July38 in of snow a year, on about 20 days0 days above 90°F, 140 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Beckley Va Hospital station, 4 mi away
Nearby landmarksBlue Jay Lakelake · 1.1 miHecks Knobpeak · 2.0 miNew River Community and Technical Collegecollege · 4.3 miWest Virginia University Institute of Technologycollege · 4.3 miShady Spring Mountainpeak · 3.9 miBeckly Water Supply Number One Lakelake · 4.1 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsFitzpatrick Parkpark · 2.2 miSophia Little League Ballfieldspark · 2.8 miLittle Beaver State Parkstate park · 5.4 mi · 552 acresNew River Gorge National Park and Preservenational conservation area · 9.4 mi · 52,890 acresCamp Creek State Parkstate park · 13.9 mi · 559 acresTwin Falls Resort State Parkstate park · 14.0 mi · 3,744 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 197448 mi away, near Blacksburg, VirginiaMost recent: magnitude 3.2 on 13 Sep 201731 mi awaySource: USGS Earthquake Catalog
Natural hazardsOverall risk Relatively LowRaleigh County, WV, compared with all US countiesHighest-rated hazardsLandslide Relatively ModerateRiver flooding 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, 38 mi away
Drinking waterBeckley Water Companyserves 47,386 people from surface waterNo health-based violations since 2021Source: US EPA Safe Drinking Water Information System, largest system in the county
Elevation2,465 ft751 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
Local servicesHospitalBeckley Veterans Affairs Medical Center3.7 miPost officeCoal City Post Office2.9 miTown hallSophia Town Hall4.0 miPoliceBeckley Police Department - East Beckley Precinct3.6 miFire stationCoal City Volunteer Fire Department2.5 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
SchoolsWithin 2 miNo schools listedCollegeNew River Community and Technical College4.3 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportRaleigh County Memorial Airport BKW5.9 miMajor airportPiedmont Triad International Airport GSO131 miInterstateI-77under a mileUS highwayUS 193.2 miAmtrakPrince, WV PRC12 miCoachBeckley Intermodal Parking GarageGreyhound4.4 miSources: OurAirports; US Census Bureau TIGER roads; Bureau of Transportation Statistics NTAD
Distances in these cards are measured from the centre of the 25847 ZIP area.
