Bowers Mountain
Bowers Mountain rises to 564 m in Virginia. Mill Mountain stands 1,006 m to the north-northeast, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Wolf Gap Recreation Area, a park 1.2 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 23 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49015137, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 564 m
How to reach it
- 22.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Jeremys Run Overlook · 23 mi
- Rattlesnake Point Overlook · 24 mi
- Hogback Overlook · 24 mi
- Thornton Hollow Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sugar Hill: 1.5 mi
- Tibbet Knob: 1.5 mi
- Sine Mountain: 1.6 mi
- High Head: 1.7 mi
- Threemile Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Wolf Gap Recreation Area: 1.2 mi
- Trout Pond Recreation Area: 4.3 mi
- Shenandoah County Fairgrounds: 8.7 mi
- Shenandoah County Fairgrounds: 8.8 mi
- W.O. Riley Park: 8.9 mi
- The Edinburg Mill: 8.5 mi
- "Connections" The Shentel Museum: 8.7 mi
- Woodstock Museum Marshall House: 9.3 mi
- Woodstock Museum Wickham House: 9.4 mi
- Main Street of Yesteryear: 13.4 mi
- Collie Grave: 1.3 mi
- Van Buren Furnace: 8.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 11.4 mi
- 54th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment: 16.9 mi
- Indian Grave: 17.1 mi
- Yellow Spring: 1.8 mi
- Cold Spring: 2.1 mi
- Sandstone Spring: 4.5 mi
- Stranderman Spring: 6.9 mi
- Trout Run Fault Spring: 7.2 mi
- Bryce Resort: 7.9 mi
- Shenandoah Caverns: 13.4 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 18.9 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 19.6 mi
- The Garden Maze: 19.8 mi
- Markley Rocks: 1.6 mi
- Hanging Rock: 9.5 mi
- Three High Heads: 13.1 mi
- Helmick Rock: 13.6 mi
- Dog Cliff: 16.7 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 5.3 mi
- Mountain Falls: 21.7 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 22.4 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 22.5 mi
- Greasy Falls: 24.0 mi
- Cootie Bug: 13.5 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 13.5 mi
- Love: 20.0 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 21.5 mi
- Pavilian: 15.1 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 17.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 19.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 20.0 mi
- Old grape garden: 1.3 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 9.0 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 9.4 mi
- Lost River State Park: 11.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of Bowers Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Mountain | NNE 27° | 1,006 m | 5.4 mi |
| Devils Benchmark | WNW 296° | 995 m | 3.2 mi |
| Sugar Knob | NE 38° | 976 m | 5.8 mi |
| Long Mountain | NNW 329° | 951 m | 3.4 mi |
| Little Sluice Mountain | NE 47° | 951 m | 5.5 mi |
| Snyder Knob | WNW 285° | 936 m | 5.3 mi |
| Paddy Mountain | NE 42° | 910 m | 9.1 mi |
| Cove Mountain | W 259° | 898 m | 8.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:04 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:15 | 16:57 |
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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lost RVR, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1481949 — Bowers Mountain, Shenandoah County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356570630
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