Rip Rap Shelter
Rip Rap Shelter is a historic site in Virginia, at a recorded elevation of 568 m. Big Flat Mountain stands 1,033 m to the northeast, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Davis Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 1.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 568 m
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 10.2 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 19.8 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Riprap Overlook · 1 mi
- Piprap Overlook · 1 mi
- Chimney Rock · 1 mi
- Moormans River Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Davis Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Rocks Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Chimney Rock: 1.5 mi
- Calvary Rocks: 1.5 mi
- Pond Ridge: 1.9 mi
- Crimora Park: 3.3 mi
- Grand Caverns Regional Park: 6.5 mi
- North Park: 7.8 mi
- Town Park: 8.1 mi
- Constitution Park: 8.6 mi
- Watering Can: 15.0 mi
- Flower Pots: 15.0 mi
- Chodo IX: 15.0 mi
- Staunton: 15.3 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 15.6 mi
- Sawmill Run Shelter: 3.8 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 8.6 mi
- Port Republic Battle Monument: 9.2 mi
- Mirador: 9.5 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 10.3 mi
- Grand Caverns Museum and Entrance: 6.7 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 8.7 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 8.9 mi
- Augusta Military Academy Museum: 11.0 mi
- American Frontier Culture Museum: 13.9 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 12.5 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 15.0 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 15.2 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 17.0 mi
- Courtnay's Garden: 17.2 mi
- Blackrock Springs: 3.5 mi
- Coiner Spring: 11.0 mi
- Tinkling Spring: 11.7 mi
- Seawright Springs: 13.1 mi
- Rockingham springs: 16.7 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 6.3 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 7.3 mi
- Upper Doyles River Falls: 7.5 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 17.8 mi
- Cedar Falls: 20.7 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 6.8 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 8.4 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 14.5 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 16.4 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 17.1 mi
- Endless View Farms: 3.8 mi
- Apple Cannon: 3.8 mi
- Fear Forest: 13.1 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 15.6 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 19.7 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 6.1 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 17.0 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 20.9 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 21.6 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 22.5 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 10.3 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 10.4 mi
- Charlottesville Safety Rest Area West: 13.0 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 18.8 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 19.2 mi
- Trinity Point: 20.1 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 23.6 mi
- Canada: 18.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.7 miles of Rip Rap Shelter. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Flat Mountain | NE 51° | 1,033 m | 8.6 mi |
| Trayfoot Mountain | NNE 32° | 1,025 m | 4.4 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | NE 55° | 1,010 m | 5.7 mi |
| Loft Mountain | NE 50° | 1,002 m | 10.3 mi |
| Bucks Elbow Mountain | SSE 149° | 964 m | 5.2 mi |
| Little Flat Mountain | ENE 57° | 954 m | 8.2 mi |
| Blackrock | NE 40° | 944 m | 4.5 mi |
| Calf Mountain | S 175° | 908 m | 6.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:18 | 16:59 |
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 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waynesboro WTP, 8 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/13395839067
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 20 mi
- Shenandoah National Park · 29 mi
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