Babbs Mountain
Babbs Mountain rises to 362 m in Virginia. Pinnacle stands 864 m to the west-southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Grave Hill, a peak 2.9 miles away. Washington Heritage Trail passes 8.2 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49009414, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 362 m
How to reach it
- 8.2 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 18.0 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 25.1 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 23.4 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- River Vista · 22 mi
- Devils Nose · 24 mi
- Jefferson Rock · 24 mi
- Maryland Heights Overlook · 25 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Gainesboro Neighborhood Park: 4.1 mi
- Frederick County Fairgrounds: 4.4 mi
- Star Fort Civil War Battlefield: 4.5 mi
- Clearbrook Park Playground: 4.7 mi
- Clearbrook Park: 4.8 mi
- Grave Hill: 2.9 mi
- Apple Pie Ridge: 3.0 mi
- North Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Round Hill: 5.5 mi
- Bowers Hill: 6.3 mi
- Timbrook Park: 6.0 mi
- Judge John Handley Memorial: 6.6 mi
- POW-MIA Memorial: 6.7 mi
- Willa Cather Birthplace: 7.7 mi
- 1st and 2nd Battles of Kernstown: 9.1 mi
- Stonewall Jackson's Headquarters: 5.7 mi
- Museum of the Shenandoah Valley: 5.9 mi
- Old Court House Civil War Museum: 6.0 mi
- George Washington's Office Museum: 6.1 mi
- Shenandoah Valley Discovery Museum: 6.2 mi
- Farnham Colossi: 11.1 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 16.3 mi
- Almost Heaven Sign: 16.3 mi
- Cider Stage: 22.6 mi
- Gem Mining Sluice: 22.6 mi
- Welcome Pineapple: 4.3 mi
- Stars and Stripes Apple Statue: 5.2 mi
- White House Apple Statue: 5.3 mi
- Bites of Local Life Apple Statue: 5.5 mi
- An Apple a Day Apple Statue: 5.5 mi
- Town Spring: 5.8 mi
- Neglar Spring: 12.8 mi
- Vaucluse Spring: 15.0 mi
- Natural Spring: 16.9 mi
- A natural spring at the Central Trail: 17.3 mi
- Red Bud Run: 7.2 mi
- Cool Spring Preserve: 13.6 mi
- Cacapon Resort State Park: 19.2 mi
- Appalachian Trail Corridor: 21.1 mi
- Blue Ridge Regional Park: 21.6 mi
- Beach 2: 7.6 mi
- Beach 1: 8.2 mi
- Beach 3: 8.3 mi
- River Access: 18.7 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 20.1 mi
- Hooks Mill Falls: 14.5 mi
- Mountain Falls: 15.0 mi
- Pua Falls: 20.4 mi
- Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 15.4 mi
- Paris Vegetable Garden: 22.1 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 22.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 18.5 mi
- Dog Cliff: 20.0 mi
- Three High Heads: 23.5 mi
- Gainsboro Tourist Park: 3.8 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook: 4.0 mi
- Dargan Bend: 24.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 21.3 miles of Babbs Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinnacle | WSW 237° | 864 m | 16.2 mi |
| Johnnies Knob | SW 232° | 803 m | 21.1 mi |
| Eagle Rock | SW 234° | 791 m | 18.3 mi |
| High Point | NW 323° | 789 m | 14.9 mi |
| Spring Mountain | SW 236° | 738 m | 19.0 mi |
| Spring Gap Mountain | NW 309° | 679 m | 20.6 mi |
| Cacapon 2 | NNW 339° | 673 m | 19.6 mi |
| Short Mtn | SW 233° | 660 m | 19.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:11 | 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 | 33 | 35 | 43 | 54 | 63 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.2 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.2 | 3.0 | 2.8 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Winchester, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1462636 — Babbs Mountain, Frederick County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356559925
Day trips start here
- Martinsburg · 17 mi
- Hedgesville · 22 mi
- Shepherdstown · 23 mi
- Harpers Ferry · 24 mi
- Sharpsburg · 26 mi
- Brunswick · 30 mi
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