Cave Hill
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Cave Hill rises to 323 m in Virginia. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the south-southeast, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Luray Caverns, a attraction 0.1 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 7.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Page County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49018782, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 323 m
How to reach it
- 7.5 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 28.7 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Stony Man Overlook · 8 mi
- Stony Man Lookout · 8 mi
- Little Stony Man Overlook · 8 mi
- Hemlock Springs Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Duncan Knob: 4.4 mi
- Middle Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Catback Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Varner Hill: 4.6 mi
- Strickler Knob: 4.8 mi
- Carillon Park: 0.4 mi
- Ruffner Plaza: 1.3 mi
- Eugene Park: 1.3 mi
- Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 2.0 mi
- Camp Roosevelt Recreation Area: 5.0 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 0.2 mi
- Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 0.2 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 0.3 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 1.4 mi
- Old School House Museum: 1.4 mi
- Luray Caverns Discovery Marker: 0.2 mi
- Bethany Veney Remembrance Garden: 0.5 mi
- O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site: 1.3 mi
- Page County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 1.4 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 2.0 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 9.5 mi
- Rose River Falls: 10.0 mi
- Lewis Spring Falls: 10.0 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 10.2 mi
- Cedar Run Falls: 10.5 mi
- Hiden Spring: 6.3 mi
- Furnace Spring: 7.3 mi
- Edinburg Gap Spring: 8.4 mi
- Rock Spring: 8.6 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 9.0 mi
- Luray Caverns: 0.1 mi
- The Garden Maze: 0.2 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 1.4 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 1.4 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 3.5 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 7.4 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 9.4 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 10.7 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 11.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 12.2 mi
- Love: 0.2 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 10.4 mi
- Cootie Bug: 10.4 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 17.3 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 23.6 mi
- Pavilian: 4.9 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 8.2 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 9.5 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 19.5 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 20.8 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 14.5 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 19.1 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 21.4 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 22.9 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 15.1 mi
- Old grape garden: 18.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.5 miles of Cave Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawksbill | SSE 147° | 1,232 m | 8.9 mi |
| Stony Man | SE 126° | 1,220 m | 7.6 mi |
| Bushytop | SE 133° | 1,142 m | 7.3 mi |
| Nakedtop | SSE 149° | 1,138 m | 8.4 mi |
| Spitler Hill | SSE 149° | 1,138 m | 9.9 mi |
| Betty's Rock | SE 140° | 1,131 m | 8.7 mi |
| Blackrock | SSE 166° | 1,116 m | 9.6 mi |
| Little Stony Man | ESE 124° | 1,110 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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 | 33 | 37 | 43 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Luray 5 E, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1495359 — Cave Hill, Page County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583514
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 11 mi
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