Fallen Solider Tribute
Fallen Solider Tribute is a historic site in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 347 m. Second Mountain stands 1,087 m to the west-southwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles, a artwork 0.5 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 20 miles off.
What the record says
- Inscription
- dedicated to Bucky Anderson and every other soldier that dedicated their life for freedom
What to expect
- Access
- Yes
How to reach it
- 19.8 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Blackrock Overlook · 20 mi
- Tanners Ridge Overlook · 20 mi
- Naked Creek Overlook · 20 mi
- Hazeltop Ridge Overlook · 20 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- New Market Community Park: 6.6 mi
- Fulks Run Ruritan Park: 7.0 mi
- New Market Pocket Park: 7.1 mi
- Singers Glen Historic District: 7.5 mi
- Rebel Park: 7.5 mi
- Round Hill: 1.5 mi
- Foley Hill: 4.3 mi
- Lincoln Hill: 4.6 mi
- Roark Hill: 5.7 mi
- Thomas Hill: 5.7 mi
- Plains District Memorial Museum: 2.5 mi
- Museum of American Calvary: 6.9 mi
- New Market Battlefield Military Museum & Wharton Advance Trail: 7.1 mi
- New Market Battlefield Military Museum: 7.2 mi
- Main Street of Yesteryear: 10.1 mi
- 54th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment: 8.2 mi
- Veterans Memorial Monument: 12.1 mi
- Cannon Veterans Memorial: 12.2 mi
- JMU Alma Mater: 12.4 mi
- JMU 9/11 Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Pitt Spring: 7.8 mi
- Hiden Spring: 13.6 mi
- Rockingham springs: 14.4 mi
- Shenandoah Alum Springs: 15.0 mi
- Bear Lithia Spring: 15.1 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 19.2 mi
- Lewis Spring Falls: 19.5 mi
- Naked Creek Falls: 19.7 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 19.9 mi
- Cedar Falls: 20.0 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 0.5 mi
- Cootie Bug: 10.1 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 10.1 mi
- Flames: 10.5 mi
- Reader's Guide to an Open Window: 10.5 mi
- Shenandoah Caverns: 10.1 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 13.5 mi
- Bryce Resort: 14.6 mi
- Luray Caverns: 17.2 mi
- Fear Forest: 17.2 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 9.6 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 19.8 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 20.7 mi
- Markley Rocks: 20.8 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 23.6 mi
- Heishman Garden: 10.5 mi
- ISAT Patio: 12.5 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 12.8 mi
- Old grape garden: 21.7 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 24.2 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 13.0 mi
- Pavilian: 17.1 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 19.8 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 24.4 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 13.8 mi
- Lost River State Park: 22.2 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 23.4 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 23.8 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.9 miles of Fallen Solider Tribute. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Second Mountain | WSW 254° | 1,087 m | 12.7 mi |
| Lairds Knob | SSE 163° | 1,000 m | 11.5 mi |
| Beech Lick Knob | WNW 301° | 1,000 m | 13.9 mi |
| Grubbs Knob | SSE 157° | 975 m | 10.2 mi |
| Morgan Knob | SE 139° | 936 m | 9.2 mi |
| Third Point | WNW 301° | 933 m | 13.1 mi |
| Third Mountain | SE 139° | 932 m | 9.2 mi |
| Buffalo Clover Knob | NW 310° | 917 m | 13.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:04 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:16 | 16:58 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 42 | 52 | 62 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dale Enterprise, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/6988299795
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 20 mi
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