Bowman Mountain
Bowman Mountain rises to 713 m in Virginia. Pass Mountain stands 915 m to the east-southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Mertins Rock, a peak 1.3 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49015164, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 713 m
How to reach it
- 11.5 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Jeremys Run Overlook · 12 mi
- Thornton Hollow Overlook · 12 mi
- Pass Mountain Overlook · 12 mi
- Beahms Gap Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mertins Rock: 1.3 mi
- Short Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Stage Hill: 2.7 mi
- Kennedy Peak: 2.8 mi
- Fodder House Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Mountain Lion Reminiscing Park: 2.0 mi
- Camp Roosevelt Recreation Area: 2.0 mi
- Mayors Park: 5.7 mi
- Mount Jackson Community Park: 5.9 mi
- Eugene Park: 7.0 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 5.8 mi
- Luray Caverns Discovery Marker: 7.0 mi
- Bethany Veney Remembrance Garden: 7.2 mi
- Page County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 7.6 mi
- O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site: 7.6 mi
- Edinburg Gap Spring: 2.2 mi
- Hiden Spring: 3.8 mi
- Chalybeate Spring: 9.5 mi
- Yellow Spring: 12.1 mi
- Cold Spring: 13.0 mi
- The Edinburg Mill: 4.8 mi
- "Connections" The Shentel Museum: 4.9 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 6.9 mi
- Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 6.9 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 6.9 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 13.2 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 13.3 mi
- Greasy Falls: 14.5 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 15.4 mi
- Cave Falls: 15.9 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 9.8 mi
- Markley Rocks: 11.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 13.3 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 16.4 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 17.6 mi
- The Garden Maze: 6.9 mi
- Luray Caverns: 7.0 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 7.4 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 7.6 mi
- Shenandoah Caverns: 7.7 mi
- Pavilian: 2.1 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 13.9 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 16.5 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 19.6 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 21.7 mi
- Love: 7.0 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 7.6 mi
- Cootie Bug: 7.6 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 17.3 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 21.6 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 8.1 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 20.7 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 20.8 mi
- Lost River State Park: 22.4 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 8.7 mi
- Old grape garden: 11.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.1 miles of Bowman Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pass Mountain | ESE 113° | 915 m | 13.0 mi |
| Knob Mountain | E 100° | 873 m | 10.3 mi |
| Big Mountain | SSW 206° | 859 m | 12.7 mi |
| Short Mountain | N 352° | 856 m | 1.7 mi |
| Middle Mountain | SSW 196° | 855 m | 5.2 mi |
| Waterfall Mountain | SSW 201° | 840 m | 5.5 mi |
| Duncan Knob | S 190° | 833 m | 3.7 mi |
| Neighbor Mountain | ESE 114° | 832 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
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 | 35 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Edinburg, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356570638
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 18 mi
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