Cedar Mountain
Cedar Mountain rises to 248 m in Virginia. Old Rag Mountain stands 998 m to the northwest, 18 miles off. The nearest named place is Cedar Mountain Battlefield, a historic site 2.5 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 1.4 miles off.
The story
Cedar Mountain, also known as Slaughter Mountain, is a piedmont monadnock in Culpeper County, Virginia. The 800 feet (240 m) ridge is 7 miles (11 km) south of the town of Culpeper and just to the northwest of the northern tip of the Southwest Mountains at Clark Mountain. The mountain was used as a signal mountain by confederate troops during the Civil War. Remnants of that fortification are still visible today.
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Wikidata Q5056810, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 248 m
How to reach it
- 1.4 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 21.0 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Old Rag View Overlook · 21 mi
- Crescent Rock Overlook · 21 mi
- Thorofare Mtn Overlook · 22 mi
- Thorofare Mountain Overlook · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buzzard Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Fox Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Clark Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Thorofare Mountain: 5.5 mi
- Hume Mountain: 5.6 mi
- Cedar Mountain Battlefield: 2.5 mi
- Rapidian Historic District: 3.9 mi
- Madison Wayside: 6.4 mi
- Kestner Wayside Park: 6.9 mi
- Rockwater Park: 7.2 mi
- Cedar Mountain Battlefield: 2.5 mi
- Stonewall Brigade Monument: 2.7 mi
- 3rd Wisconsin Monument: 2.8 mi
- Bloomsbury: 8.7 mi
- Madison County Confederate Memorial: 10.1 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 20.0 mi
- Cedar Run Falls: 20.0 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 20.3 mi
- Big Rock Falls: 21.0 mi
- Rose River Falls: 21.4 mi
- Museum of Culpeper History: 8.3 mi
- James Madison Museum: 9.0 mi
- Orange County Historical Society: 9.0 mi
- Madison County Historical Society: 9.9 mi
- Salubria: 11.1 mi
- Picnic Grove: 11.0 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 19.9 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 22.8 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 22.9 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 23.1 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 21.5 mi
- Rock Spring: 22.2 mi
- Davids Spring: 22.4 mi
- Lewis Spring: 22.7 mi
- Furnace Spring: 22.9 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 15.6 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 19.7 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 22.1 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 22.5 mi
- Lake Orange: 10.4 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 21.3 mi
- Oakley Forest Wildlife Management Area: 21.3 mi
- Annie duPont Formal Garden: 11.8 mi
- Remington Community Garden: 18.3 mi
- Louisa Downtown Garden: 24.1 mi
- Lions Glasses: 7.3 mi
- LOVE: 7.3 mi
- Flying Circus Aerodrome: 22.9 mi
- Chancellorsville House Site: 24.0 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 24.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.4 miles of Cedar Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Rag Mountain | NW 314° | 998 m | 18.2 mi |
| Sag Top | WNW 289° | 665 m | 16.1 mi |
| Utz Hightop | WNW 286° | 643 m | 15.0 mi |
| Chapman Mountain | WNW 293° | 572 m | 17.1 mi |
| Berry Mountain | W 274° | 505 m | 14.8 mi |
| Graves Mountain | WNW 302° | 501 m | 17.5 mi |
| Baldtop | W 281° | 499 m | 14.1 mi |
| Browns Mountain | NW 325° | 490 m | 17.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:00 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 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 | 35 | 38 | 45 | 56 | 64 | 73 | 77 | 75 | 69 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.4 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Piedmont Rsch STN, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1499230 — Cedar Mountain, Culpeper County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356586628
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 22 mi
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