Chapman Mountain
Chapman Mountain rises to 572 m in Virginia. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the north-northwest, 6.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Sag Top, a peak 1.4 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 5.1 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 572 m
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 15.5 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hazeltop Ridge Overlook · 5 mi
- Naked Creek Overlook · 5 mi
- The Point Overlook · 5 mi
- Tanners Ridge Overlook · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Sag Top: 1.4 mi
- Bear Church Rock: 2.1 mi
- Graves Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Big Tom: 2.8 mi
- Doubletop Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Lawrence Beasley Park: 8.2 mi
- Hoover Ridge Football Complex: 8.9 mi
- Hoover Ridge Sand Volleyball Court: 8.9 mi
- Hoover Ridge Baseball Complex: 9.1 mi
- Hoover Ridge Soccer Complex: 9.2 mi
- Big Rock Falls: 3.9 mi
- Dark Hollow Falls: 4.9 mi
- Rose River Falls: 5.2 mi
- Cedar Run Falls: 5.3 mi
- Naked Creek Falls: 5.6 mi
- Five Tents: 3.7 mi
- CCC Camp: 5.2 mi
- Upper Pocosin Mission: 7.8 mi
- Madison County Confederate Memorial: 8.2 mi
- Madison County Veterans Memorial: 8.2 mi
- Madison County Historical Society: 8.2 mi
- Miller-Kite House Museum: 14.2 mi
- Town of Shenandoah Museum & Welcome Center: 14.2 mi
- Old School House Museum: 14.7 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 14.7 mi
- Lewis Spring: 5.8 mi
- Davids Spring: 5.8 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 6.5 mi
- Rock Spring: 6.6 mi
- Furnace Spring: 9.2 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 5.2 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 5.4 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 5.9 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 6.4 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 17.8 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 6.1 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 10.2 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 11.0 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 13.5 mi
- Pavilian: 20.1 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 14.7 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 14.9 mi
- Luray Caverns: 15.2 mi
- The Garden Maze: 15.3 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 15.9 mi
- Love: 15.2 mi
- Lions Glasses: 19.3 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 23.8 mi
- Cootie Bug: 23.8 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 7.7 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 23.0 mi
- Lake Orange: 24.9 mi
- Annie duPont Formal Garden: 20.1 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Chapman Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawksbill | NNW 344° | 1,232 m | 6.5 mi |
| Fork Mountain | WNW 289° | 1,172 m | 3.0 mi |
| Hazeltop | W 281° | 1,149 m | 4.9 mi |
| Bushytop | N 352° | 1,142 m | 8.8 mi |
| Spitler Hill | NNW 344° | 1,138 m | 5.4 mi |
| Nakedtop | NNW 340° | 1,138 m | 6.8 mi |
| Betty's Rock | N 352° | 1,131 m | 7.1 mi |
| Blackrock | NW 315° | 1,116 m | 6.1 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 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:15 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 30 | 35 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 32 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Meadows, 6 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 1495376 — Chapman Mountain, Madison County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583520
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 5 mi
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