Skyline Caverns
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Skyline Caverns is an attraction in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 184 m. Hogback Mountain stands 1,056 m to the south-southwest, 10.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Eastham Park, a park 0.8 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
Skyline Caverns is a series of geologic caves and a tourist attraction located in Warren County, Virginia, one mile (1.6 km) south of Front Royal. The caverns were discovered by Walter S. Amos, a retired geologist and mineralogist from Winchester, Virginia, on December 17, 1937. Skyline Caverns is open year-round, offering guided tours through the caverns.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q7537893, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Skyline Group
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 25.7 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 29.7 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Shenandoah Valley Overlook · 1 mi
- No Name Overlook · 3 mi
- Signal Knob Overlook · 3 mi
- Gooney Run Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Eastham Park: 0.8 mi
- Front Royal Park: 1.0 mi
- Ed Stump Playground: 1.5 mi
- Skyline Soccerplex: 1.5 mi
- Happy Creek Park: 1.7 mi
- Catlett Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Edge Hill: 2.9 mi
- Dickey Hill: 3.1 mi
- Green Hill: 4.0 mi
- Buck Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Millenium Sundial: 1.9 mi
- Norfolk & Southern Railway Co. Caboose: 1.9 mi
- Snead Farm: 3.1 mi
- 8th Vermont Monument: 9.0 mi
- 128th New York Monument: 9.1 mi
- Virginia Beer Museum: 1.9 mi
- Warren Rifles Confederate Museum: 1.9 mi
- Strasburg Museum: 9.7 mi
- Hupp's Hill Museum: 10.0 mi
- Newtown Hitory Center: 12.7 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 1.8 mi
- Warrior Statue: 12.2 mi
- The Peacemakers: 18.6 mi
- Bird In Flight: 18.8 mi
- A Tasteful 1 Apple Statue: 18.8 mi
- Chalybeate Spring: 10.4 mi
- Vaucluse Spring: 11.6 mi
- Rock Spring: 12.1 mi
- Yellow Rose Spring: 13.1 mi
- Edinburg Gap Spring: 17.9 mi
- Lands Run Falls: 5.1 mi
- Miller Falls: 8.2 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 9.1 mi
- Greasy Falls: 9.1 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 9.1 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 1.0 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 3.9 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 4.4 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 15.9 mi
- Appalachian Trail Corridor: 16.9 mi
- Herb Garden: 14.0 mi
- Community Garden: 14.1 mi
- Paris Vegetable Garden: 16.0 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 16.1 mi
- Old grape garden: 23.6 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 20.8 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 20.9 mi
- The Garden Maze: 21.6 mi
- Luray Caverns: 21.7 mi
- Luray Caverns: 21.8 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 2.2 mi
- Pavilian: 20.0 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 20.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 21.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 11.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 12.6 mi
- Three High Heads: 18.6 mi
- Dog Cliff: 19.0 mi
- Markley Rocks: 23.9 mi
- River Access: 24.0 mi
- River Access: 24.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Skyline Caverns. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogback Mountain | SSW 198° | 1,056 m | 10.0 mi |
| North Marshall | S 175° | 1,024 m | 8.5 mi |
| Sugarloaf | SSW 201° | 985 m | 10.8 mi |
| South Marshall | S 181° | 979 m | 8.8 mi |
| Little Hogback Mountain | SSW 194° | 940 m | 10.0 mi |
| The Peak | SSE 166° | 889 m | 9.9 mi |
| Compton Peak | SSE 158° | 887 m | 6.0 mi |
| Carson Mountain | SSE 153° | 780 m | 5.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:13 | 16:55 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 34 | 36 | 43 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Front Royal, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOfficial siteOpenStreetMap element node/3655748666
Day trips start here
- Middleburg · 26 mi
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