Kernstown Battlefield Park
Kernstown Battlefield Park is a park in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 241 m. Pinnacle stands 864 m to the west, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is 1st and 2nd Battles of Kernstown, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 16 miles off.
How to reach it
- 16.4 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 16.2 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 25.2 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 31.5 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Shenandoah Valley Overlook · 18 mi
- No Name Overlook · 20 mi
- Signal Knob Overlook · 20 mi
- Gooney Run Overlook · 21 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rolling Hills Green Space: 0.7 mi
- Cedarmeade Green Space: 1.0 mi
- Harvest Ridge Park: 1.0 mi
- Rose Hill Park: 1.2 mi
- Park Place: 1.6 mi
- Bowers Hill: 2.6 mi
- Round Hill: 4.4 mi
- Ridings Hill: 4.9 mi
- Apple Pie Ridge: 6.1 mi
- Funkhouser Knob: 6.8 mi
- 1st and 2nd Battles of Kernstown: 0.4 mi
- Judge John Handley Memorial: 2.6 mi
- POW-MIA Memorial: 3.2 mi
- Timbrook Park: 3.4 mi
- Virginia Tech Massacre Memorial: 4.7 mi
- Skyline Caverns: 17.0 mi
- Farnham Colossi: 19.2 mi
- Cider Stage: 20.2 mi
- Gem Mining Sluice: 20.3 mi
- Peacocks: 20.3 mi
- Abram's Delight: 2.6 mi
- Museum of the Shenandoah Valley: 3.0 mi
- Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum: 3.0 mi
- George Washington's Office Museum: 3.1 mi
- Old Court House Civil War Museum: 3.2 mi
- A Tasteful 1 Apple Statue: 2.0 mi
- The Peacemakers: 2.5 mi
- Bird In Flight: 2.5 mi
- Young George Washington: 3.1 mi
- An Apple a Day Apple Statue: 3.2 mi
- Town Spring: 3.2 mi
- Vaucluse Spring: 6.6 mi
- Yellow Rose Spring: 15.0 mi
- Roadside Spring: 15.2 mi
- Rock Spring: 15.3 mi
- Red Bud Run: 6.2 mi
- Appalachian Trail Corridor: 15.8 mi
- Cool Spring Preserve: 16.0 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 16.0 mi
- Blue Ridge Regional Park: 18.6 mi
- Herb Garden: 9.0 mi
- Community Garden: 9.2 mi
- Paris Vegetable Garden: 16.3 mi
- Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 19.2 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 20.3 mi
- Beach 2: 12.8 mi
- Beach 3: 13.2 mi
- Beach 1: 13.3 mi
- River Access: 16.9 mi
- River Access: 17.5 mi
- Mountain Falls: 11.2 mi
- Hooks Mill Falls: 14.9 mi
- Pua Falls: 16.7 mi
- Lands Run Falls: 21.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 11.6 mi
- Dog Cliff: 15.1 mi
- Three High Heads: 18.0 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook: 8.1 mi
- Gainsboro Tourist Park: 9.4 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 19.1 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.8 miles of Kernstown Battlefield Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinnacle | W 270° | 864 m | 12.7 mi |
| Johnnies Knob | WSW 254° | 803 m | 16.2 mi |
| Eagle Rock | W 262° | 791 m | 14.1 mi |
| Spring Mountain | W 263° | 738 m | 14.9 mi |
| Meneka Peak | SSW 209° | 730 m | 15.4 mi |
| High Knob | SSE 166° | 728 m | 18.4 mi |
| Blue Mountain | SE 144° | 674 m | 16.0 mi |
| Short Mtn | WSW 258° | 660 m | 14.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:12 | 16:54 |
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 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 54 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 2.5 | 2.2 | 3.4 | 3.2 | 3.9 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winchester 7 SE, 4 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly18 obs
- Common Box Turtle6 obs
- Osage-orange6 obs
- autumn olive6 obs
- Central Ratsnake6 obs
- North American Wheel Bug5 obs
- wild teasel5 obs
- tree-of-heaven5 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element way/669535658
Day trips start here
- Martinsburg · 25 mi
- Harpers Ferry · 28 mi
- Middleburg · 28 mi
- Shepherdstown · 29 mi
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