Local servicesHospitalBeckley Appalachian Regional Hospital3.5 miPost officePiney View Post Officeunder a mileTown hallMount Hope City Hall4.4 miPoliceBeckley Police Department - Maxwell Hill Precinct4.2 miFire stationBradley - Prosperity Volunteer Fire Department Station 22.3 miSource: USGS National Structures Dataset
Getting aroundAirportRaleigh County Memorial Airport BKW3.5 miMajor airportPiedmont Triad International Airport GSO137 miInterstateI-644.6 miUS highwayUS 193.5 miAmtrakPrince, WV PRC3.9 miCoachBeckley Intermodal Parking GarageGreyhound5.5 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 47 min6:02 am – 8:50 pmShortest day (Dec 21): 9 h 33 min7:36 am – 5:08 pm
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ClimateWarmest month July: highs 81°F, lows 62°FColdest month January: highs 41°F, lows 24°F44 in of rain a year, on about 93 dayswettest month July56 in of snow a year, on about 33 days1 days above 90°F, 107 nights below freezing in a typical yearSource: NOAA 1991-2020 Climate Normals, Beckley Raleigh Co Ap station, 4 mi away
Nearby landmarksBatoff Mountainpeak · under a mileAppalachian Bible Collegecollege · 4.1 miStretcher Neckpeak · 2.4 miValley College - Beckleycollege · 4.7 miRiver Branchriver · 4.2 miQuinnimont Rapidsrapids · 4.3 miSource: USGS Geographic Names Information System
Parks and public landsNew River Gorge National Park and Preservenational conservation area · 1.7 mi · 52,890 acresPaul Cline Memorial Parkpark · 3.7 miPaul Cline Memorial Parkspark · 3.7 miLittle Beaver State Parkstate park · 6.2 mi · 552 acresPlum Orchard Lake Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 7.4 mi · 3,257 acresBeury Mountain Wildlife Management Areastate conservation land · 7.5 mi · 1,581 acresSource: USGS Protected Areas Database (PAD-US)
Earthquakes6 of magnitude 3 or more within 50 miles since 19700 of magnitude 4+, 0 of magnitude 5+Largest: magnitude 3.6 on 30 May 197450 mi away, near Blacksburg, VirginiaMost recent: magnitude 3.2 on 13 Sep 201734 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 quality77% of days had good air in 2025281 of 365 days measured84 moderate daysMedian index 39, worst day 69main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)Source: US EPA Air Quality Index, nearest monitors: Kanawha County, WV, 40 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
Elevation2,304 ft702 m above sea levelSource: USGS 3D Elevation Program
