Davis Mountain
Davis Mountain rises to 215 m in Virginia. Old Rag Mountain stands 998 m to the west-northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Mountain Run Lake Park, a park 2.3 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 3.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49023734, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 215 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 16.6 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacles Overlook · 17 mi
- Buck Hollow Overlook · 17 mi
- Hazel Mountain Overlook · 17 mi
- Tunnel Parking Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Scott Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Bruce Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Fox Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Mount Pony: 6.7 mi
- Hitt Mountain: 6.9 mi
- Mountain Run Lake Park: 2.3 mi
- Yowell Meadow Park: 3.6 mi
- E. B. Wood Community Park: 3.9 mi
- Kestner Wayside Park: 4.1 mi
- Wine Street Memorial Park: 4.1 mi
- 3rd Wisconsin Monument: 7.0 mi
- Stonewall Brigade Monument: 7.1 mi
- Cedar Mountain Battlefield: 7.4 mi
- The Spilman Homestead: 11.6 mi
- Spilman Silo: 11.7 mi
- Cave Falls: 15.4 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 16.7 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 17.0 mi
- Cedar Run Falls: 17.3 mi
- Rose River Falls: 19.4 mi
- Museum of Culpeper History: 4.1 mi
- Salubria: 10.2 mi
- Madison County Historical Society: 14.1 mi
- James Madison Museum: 18.8 mi
- Orange County Historical Society: 18.8 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 17.1 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 19.3 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 20.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 21.1 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 22.0 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 18.5 mi
- Furnace Spring: 18.8 mi
- Rock Spring: 19.6 mi
- Davids Spring: 20.7 mi
- Lewis Spring: 21.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 9.0 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 17.6 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 21.1 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 21.8 mi
- Whitney State Forest: 17.0 mi
- Lake Orange: 19.8 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 24.0 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 24.1 mi
- Flying Circus Aerodrome: 18.3 mi
- Haunted Hollow: 19.3 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 24.6 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 24.7 mi
- LOVE: 4.2 mi
- Lions Glasses: 4.2 mi
- Remington Community Garden: 13.1 mi
- Annie duPont Formal Garden: 21.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 14.8 miles of Davis Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Rag Mountain | WNW 281° | 998 m | 14.6 mi |
| Hazel Mountain | WNW 301° | 881 m | 14.8 mi |
| Hot Mountain | WNW 293° | 770 m | 14.6 mi |
| Browns Mountain | WNW 292° | 490 m | 12.1 mi |
| Pine Hill | WNW 293° | 477 m | 13.0 mi |
| Mitchells Mountain | W 265° | 454 m | 10.5 mi |
| Red Oak Mountain | NNW 327° | 428 m | 10.0 mi |
| Dulaney Mountain | W 269° | 424 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:01 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:14 | 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 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 62 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston 4 SE, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1497843 — Davis Mountain, Culpeper County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356585312
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 22 mi
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