O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site
O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site is a historic site in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 236 m. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the south-southeast, 8.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Ruffner Plaza, a park 0.1 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 6.4 miles off.
O. Winston Link took one of his most famous photos here, of people swilling in the creek at night while a Norfolk & Western train lead by steam locomotive 2145 leads a train north. Photo date is unknown but it would have been taken between 1955 and 1960.
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 27.8 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Stony Man Overlook · 6 mi
- Stony Man Lookout · 7 mi
- Little Stony Man Overlook · 7 mi
- Pass Mountain Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cave Hill: 1.3 mi
- Piney Hill: 3.7 mi
- Varner Hill: 3.9 mi
- Kibler Knob: 4.4 mi
- Kibler Hill: 4.4 mi
- Ruffner Plaza: 0.1 mi
- Eugene Park: 0.6 mi
- Carillon Park: 0.9 mi
- Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 0.9 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Park: 4.6 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 0.1 mi
- Old School House Museum: 0.2 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 1.1 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 1.2 mi
- Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 1.2 mi
- Page County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 0.2 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 0.8 mi
- Bethany Veney Remembrance Garden: 0.8 mi
- Luray Caverns Discovery Marker: 1.1 mi
- Indian Grave: 10.1 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 8.7 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 9.3 mi
- Rose River Falls: 9.5 mi
- Cave Falls: 9.7 mi
- Cedar Run Falls: 9.8 mi
- Furnace Spring: 6.4 mi
- Hiden Spring: 7.4 mi
- Rock Spring: 8.1 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 8.3 mi
- Edinburg Gap Spring: 8.8 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 0.2 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 0.3 mi
- Luray Caverns: 1.1 mi
- The Garden Maze: 1.1 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 4.7 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 8.6 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 9.0 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 10.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 11.1 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 11.8 mi
- Love: 1.0 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 11.6 mi
- Cootie Bug: 11.6 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 18.5 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 22.8 mi
- Pavilian: 5.5 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 7.0 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 9.2 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 19.7 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 19.9 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 14.7 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 19.1 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 20.4 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 22.1 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 15.3 mi
- Old grape garden: 19.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.4 miles of O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawksbill | SSE 154° | 1,232 m | 8.3 mi |
| Stony Man | SE 132° | 1,220 m | 6.6 mi |
| Bushytop | SE 140° | 1,142 m | 6.4 mi |
| Nakedtop | SSE 157° | 1,138 m | 7.8 mi |
| Spitler Hill | SSE 155° | 1,138 m | 9.3 mi |
| Betty's Rock | SSE 147° | 1,131 m | 7.9 mi |
| Blackrock | S 174° | 1,116 m | 9.4 mi |
| Little Stony Man | SE 130° | 1,110 m | 6.6 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 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
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 | 33 | 37 | 43 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Luray 5 E, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/8084822307
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 11 mi
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