Butler Mountain
Butler Mountain rises to 333 m in Virginia. Stony Man stands 1,220 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Grindstone Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rappahannock County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49017227, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 333 m
How to reach it
- 11.7 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 8.6 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacles Overlook · 9 mi
- Hazel Mountain Overlook · 9 mi
- Buck Hollow Overlook · 9 mi
- Tunnel Parking Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Grindstone Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Walden Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Chancellor Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Schoolhouse Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Rosser Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Sperryville Historic District: 6.8 mi
- Mountain Run Lake Park: 8.5 mi
- Madison Wayside: 9.2 mi
- Rappahannock County Park: 10.0 mi
- Yowell Meadow Park: 11.5 mi
- 3rd Wisconsin Monument: 12.4 mi
- Stonewall Brigade Monument: 12.5 mi
- Cedar Mountain Battlefield: 12.7 mi
- Madison County Confederate Memorial: 13.6 mi
- Madison County Veterans Memorial: 13.6 mi
- Cave Falls: 7.5 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 9.4 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 9.7 mi
- Cedar Run Falls: 10.3 mi
- Rose River Falls: 12.6 mi
- Museum of Culpeper History: 12.0 mi
- Madison County Historical Society: 13.3 mi
- Old School House Museum: 16.6 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 16.6 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 17.7 mi
- Furnace Spring: 11.0 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 11.3 mi
- Rock Spring: 12.4 mi
- Davids Spring: 13.9 mi
- Lewis Spring: 14.7 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 9.7 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 14.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 17.0 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 20.9 mi
- Pavilian: 21.4 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 16.6 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 16.7 mi
- Luray Caverns: 17.7 mi
- The Garden Maze: 17.8 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 20.6 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 10.1 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 13.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 14.0 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 15.9 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 16.6 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 19.4 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 19.8 mi
- Whitney State Forest: 21.1 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 24.0 mi
- LOVE: 11.9 mi
- Lions Glasses: 11.9 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 24.2 mi
- Remington Community Garden: 20.1 mi
- Annie duPont Formal Garden: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.7 miles of Butler Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Man | WNW 282° | 1,220 m | 10.6 mi |
| Little Stony Man | WNW 283° | 1,110 m | 10.5 mi |
| The Pinnacle | WNW 297° | 1,071 m | 9.2 mi |
| Marys Rock | NW 308° | 1,071 m | 9.4 mi |
| Pinnacle Peak | W 280° | 1,035 m | 8.8 mi |
| Robertson Mountain | W 271° | 1,005 m | 8.8 mi |
| Old Rag Mountain | W 262° | 998 m | 7.4 mi |
| Catlett Mountain | WNW 294° | 904 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:14 | 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 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 62 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston 4 SE, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1464176 — Butler Mountain, Rappahannock County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356560548
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 15 mi
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