West Virginia · Rock climbing · Cheat Lake

Watch Top

Watch Top is a West Virginia bouldering crag with 2 routes.

2 routes
V3- – V4
Bouldering

Best time to visit Watch Top

Best months: July–October. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where the station doesn't record snow), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.

  1. Jan

    40° / 24°

    15 wet

  2. Feb

    44° / 26°

    13 wet

  3. Mar

    53° / 33°

    14 wet

  4. Apr

    65° / 42°

    14 wet

  5. May

    74° / 52°

    15 wet

  6. Jun

    81° / 60°

    13 wet

  7. Jul

    84° / 64°

    12 wet

  8. Aug

    83° / 63°

    11 wet

  9. Sep

    77° / 56°

    10 wet

  10. Oct

    66° / 45°

    12 wet

  11. Nov

    54° / 36°

    12 wet

  12. Dec

    44° / 29°

    14 wet

Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1991–2020. Measured at Morgantown Hart Fld, WV, 5.6 mi away at 1,240 ft. The station sits about 700 ft lower than this place, so expect it a little cooler here. This station doesn't record snowfall. Source: NOAA NCEI U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020.

Watch Top is a bouldering area in Coopers Rock State Forest in West Virginia, managed by the State Department of Natural Resources. It sits among a cluster of climbing spots, with Make Due and Eye Brow Boulders each about 0.1 mile away and Step Roof about 0.2 mile off. The area is best suited to boulderers, with two bouldering routes listed: Midnight rumble at V3- and 40 degrees of Heaven at V4. For comfortable weather, aim for late spring or early fall. Typical averages from a nearby weather station in Morgantown run to highs around 74°F in May and 77°F in September, with July the warmest month at about 84°F. That station sits roughly 650 feet lower than the boulders, so temperatures on the rock run cooler. The closest trails for a walk are the Clay Furnace Trail, about a mile away, and the Rhododendron Trail and Mont Chateau Trail, each about 1.1 miles off.

Routes (2)