PATC Entry Run Tract
PATC Entry Run Tract is a nature reserve in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 500 m. Fork Mountain stands 1,172 m to the north-northeast, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Upper Pocosin Mission, a historic site 1.4 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 2.0 miles off.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 16.8 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Baldface Mountain Overlook · 2 mi
- Bald Face Mountain Overlook · 2 mi
- The Oaks Overlook · 3 mi
- South River Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Barnet Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Saddleback Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Bald Face Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Teel Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Dean Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Greene County Park: 8.1 mi
- Stonewall Memorial Park: 8.7 mi
- Hoover Ridge Football Complex: 11.0 mi
- Hoover Ridge Sand Volleyball Court: 11.0 mi
- Hoover Ridge Baseball Complex: 11.2 mi
- Upper Pocosin Mission: 1.4 mi
- Five Tents: 7.5 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 8.8 mi
- Shenandoah Displacement momunment: 8.8 mi
- CCC Camp: 9.2 mi
- Love: 19.2 mi
- James Madison: 22.4 mi
- Duke Dog Statue: 22.4 mi
- World War Memorial: 22.5 mi
- James Madison statue: 22.5 mi
- Miller-Kite House Museum: 8.4 mi
- Town of Shenandoah Museum & Welcome Center: 11.0 mi
- Madison County Historical Society: 11.4 mi
- Dukes of Hazard Museum: 18.4 mi
- Old School House Museum: 19.1 mi
- South River Falls: 2.1 mi
- Dry Run Falls: 3.6 mi
- Cedar Falls: 4.3 mi
- Upper Big Creek Falls: 5.2 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 5.2 mi
- Annie duPont Formal Garden: 19.8 mi
- ISAT Patio: 21.9 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 21.9 mi
- The Tahija Arboretum & Lacross Botanical Gardens: 23.2 mi
- Courtnay's Garden: 23.3 mi
- Elkton Spring: 7.7 mi
- Bear Lithia Spring: 9.0 mi
- Lewis Spring: 9.2 mi
- Davids Spring: 10.0 mi
- Rock Spring: 11.9 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 3.0 mi
- Picnic Grounds: 3.7 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 8.1 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 10.0 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 17.4 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 18.4 mi
- Fear Forest: 18.9 mi
- Luray Caverns: 19.1 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 19.1 mi
- Luray Caverns: 19.2 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 5.7 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 7.3 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 10.6 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 11.9 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 18.7 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 15.4 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 20.4 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 15.5 mi
- Canada: 24.7 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of PATC Entry Run Tract. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fork Mountain | NNE 22° | 1,172 m | 6.9 mi |
| Hazeltop | N 6° | 1,149 m | 6.3 mi |
| Hightop | SW 234° | 1,091 m | 5.9 mi |
| Lewis Mountain | N 350° | 1,087 m | 3.1 mi |
| Bearfence Mountain | N 359° | 1,083 m | 4.2 mi |
| Bush Mountain | N 1° | 1,076 m | 4.7 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | NE 35° | 1,066 m | 4.5 mi |
| Jones Mountain | NNE 24° | 1,061 m | 5.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:16 | 16:57 |
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, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/727191721
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 8 mi
- Charlottesville · 25 mi
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