Carson Mountain
Carson Mountain rises to 780 m in Virginia. Hogback Mountain stands 1,056 m to the southwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Compton Peak, a peak 0.8 miles away. Skyline Drive runs past it.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 780 m
How to reach it
- On the Skyline Drive, National
- 21.6 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Indian Run Overlook · 1 mi
- Compton Peak West · 1 mi
- Compton Peak East · 1 mi
- Jenkins Gap Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Happy Creek Park: 5.4 mi
- Eastham Park: 5.9 mi
- Front Royal Park: 6.1 mi
- Bowman Park: 6.2 mi
- Ed Stump Playground: 6.5 mi
- Compton Peak: 0.8 mi
- Dickey Hill: 2.5 mi
- Buck Mountain: 3.8 mi
- North Marshall: 4.1 mi
- Ravensden Rock: 4.4 mi
- Snead Farm: 2.4 mi
- Millenium Sundial: 6.2 mi
- Norfolk & Southern Railway Co. Caboose: 6.2 mi
- Indian Grave: 12.2 mi
- 8th Vermont Monument: 14.4 mi
- Virginia Beer Museum: 6.2 mi
- Warren Rifles Confederate Museum: 6.3 mi
- Strasburg Museum: 14.8 mi
- Hupp's Hill Museum: 15.2 mi
- Newtown Hitory Center: 17.7 mi
- Chalybeate Spring: 11.8 mi
- Rock Spring: 13.2 mi
- Yellow Rose Spring: 14.3 mi
- Vaucluse Spring: 16.8 mi
- Edinburg Gap Spring: 18.7 mi
- Lands Run Falls: 1.0 mi
- Miller Falls: 3.9 mi
- Greasy Falls: 6.5 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 7.3 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 7.4 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 6.2 mi
- Warrior Statue: 17.0 mi
- Love: 20.3 mi
- The Peacemakers: 23.2 mi
- Bird In Flight: 23.4 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 1.2 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 6.2 mi
- Appalachian Trail Corridor: 18.2 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 18.5 mi
- Whitney State Forest: 22.3 mi
- Skyline Caverns: 5.4 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 19.3 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 19.3 mi
- The Garden Maze: 20.3 mi
- Luray Caverns: 20.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 8.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 15.0 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 22.5 mi
- Three High Heads: 23.5 mi
- Dog Cliff: 24.1 mi
- Paris Vegetable Garden: 17.0 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 18.9 mi
- Senior Garden: 21.4 mi
- Koch Family Garden: 21.4 mi
- Founders Garden: 24.6 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 3.2 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 17.0 mi
- Pavilian: 19.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.1 miles of Carson Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogback Mountain | SW 230° | 1,056 m | 7.3 mi |
| North Marshall | SSW 205° | 1,024 m | 4.1 mi |
| Sugarloaf | SW 231° | 985 m | 8.3 mi |
| South Marshall | SW 214° | 979 m | 4.8 mi |
| Little Hogback Mountain | SW 225° | 940 m | 6.9 mi |
| The Peak | S 181° | 889 m | 4.8 mi |
| Compton Peak | SSW 198° | 887 m | 0.8 mi |
| Knob Mountain | SW 234° | 873 m | 11.8 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 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:13 | 16:55 |
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 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Front Royal, 5 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Shenandoah National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Oct.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1492720 — Carson Mountain, Rappahannock County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356581786
Day trips start here
- Middleburg · 25 mi
- Shenandoah National Park · 27 mi
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