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Butler Mountain

Butler Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates38.56707, -78.17917

Named places within 25 miles

Parks: 55
  • 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
Waterfalls: 23
Historic sites: 22
Museums: 16
  • 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
Picnic sites: 10
  • Pinnacles picnic ground: 9.7 mi
  • Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 14.3 mi
  • Picnic Grove: 17.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 17.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 17.8 mi
Springs: 8
Attractions: 8
Cliffs: 6
Artworks: 4
Gardens: 2

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony ManWNW 282°1,220 m10.6 mi
Little Stony ManWNW 283°1,110 m10.5 mi
The PinnacleWNW 297°1,071 m9.2 mi
Marys RockNW 308°1,071 m9.4 mi
Pinnacle PeakW 280°1,035 m8.8 mi
Robertson MountainW 271°1,005 m8.8 mi
Old Rag MountainW 262°998 m7.4 mi
Catlett MountainWNW 294°904 m7.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5019:25
June solstice05:4920:0120:41
September equinox07:0118:3719:12
December solstice07:2816:1416:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F333643546271757366554537

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

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