Halfmile Cliff
Halfmile Cliff is a cliff in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 577 m. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the west-northwest, 2.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Run Falls, a waterfall 0.2 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 1.3 miles off.
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 18.3 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Old Rag View Overlook · 1 mi
- Crescent Rock Overlook · 2 mi
- Hawksbill Viewing Platform · 2 mi
- Timber Hollow Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Spitler Hill: 1.5 mi
- Buzzard Rocks: 1.7 mi
- Crescent Rock: 1.8 mi
- Hawksbill: 2.0 mi
- Betty's Rock: 2.1 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Park: 7.0 mi
- Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 9.1 mi
- Ruffner Plaza: 10.1 mi
- Eugene Park: 10.5 mi
- Carillon Park: 10.6 mi
- CCC Camp: 4.0 mi
- Five Tents: 4.7 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 9.7 mi
- O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site: 10.0 mi
- Page County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 10.0 mi
- Cedar Run Falls: 0.2 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 1.2 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 1.2 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 1.2 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 1.4 mi
- Old School House Museum: 10.0 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 10.0 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 10.7 mi
- Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 10.8 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 10.8 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 1.8 mi
- Rock Spring: 2.5 mi
- Davids Spring: 3.7 mi
- Furnace Spring: 4.0 mi
- Lewis Spring: 4.6 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 4.1 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 5.9 mi
- Picnic Grounds: 9.4 mi
- Picnic Area: 10.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 10.0 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 10.2 mi
- Luray Caverns: 10.7 mi
- Luray Caverns: 10.7 mi
- The Garden Maze: 10.8 mi
- Love: 10.6 mi
- LOVE: 20.1 mi
- Lions Glasses: 20.1 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 20.3 mi
- Cootie Bug: 20.3 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 3.1 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 6.0 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 11.6 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 15.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 15.0 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 11.9 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 23.7 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 24.0 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 24.2 mi
- Annie duPont Formal Garden: 24.7 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 24.9 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Halfmile Cliff. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawksbill | WNW 301° | 1,232 m | 2.0 mi |
| Stony Man | N 354° | 1,220 m | 4.0 mi |
| Fork Mountain | SSW 214° | 1,172 m | 5.1 mi |
| Hazeltop | SW 228° | 1,149 m | 6.4 mi |
| Bushytop | NNW 341° | 1,142 m | 3.7 mi |
| Spitler Hill | W 270° | 1,138 m | 1.5 mi |
| Nakedtop | WNW 297° | 1,138 m | 2.6 mi |
| Betty's Rock | NNW 332° | 1,131 m | 2.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 30 | 35 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 32 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Meadows, 4 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Shenandoah National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Oct.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/1158004000
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 5 mi
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