Devils Tanyard
Devils Tanyard rises to 864 m in Virginia. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the east-northeast, 7.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Piney Mountain, a peak 0.2 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 4.0 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49024591, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 864 m
How to reach it
- 4.0 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 24.4 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Naked Creek Overlook · 4 mi
- Hazeltop Ridge Overlook · 4 mi
- Tanners Ridge Overlook · 4 mi
- Blackrock Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Piney Mountain: 0.2 mi
- Smith Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Dovel Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Chapman Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Cubbage Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Stonewall Memorial Park: 8.4 mi
- Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 10.7 mi
- Carillon Park: 11.1 mi
- Ruffner Plaza: 11.3 mi
- Eugene Park: 11.7 mi
- CCC Camp: 4.9 mi
- Five Tents: 5.5 mi
- Upper Pocosin Mission: 7.7 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 8.5 mi
- Shenandoah Displacement momunment: 8.5 mi
- Town of Shenandoah Museum & Welcome Center: 5.8 mi
- Miller-Kite House Museum: 8.5 mi
- Dukes of Hazard Museum: 9.6 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 11.0 mi
- Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 11.1 mi
- Naked Creek Falls: 3.5 mi
- Lewis Spring Falls: 4.0 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 4.0 mi
- Upper Big Creek Falls: 4.1 mi
- Big Rock Falls: 5.4 mi
- Lewis Spring: 4.3 mi
- Davids Spring: 5.1 mi
- Rock Spring: 7.0 mi
- Bear Lithia Spring: 7.2 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 8.0 mi
- Love: 11.0 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 16.3 mi
- Cootie Bug: 16.3 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 16.7 mi
- World War Memorial: 19.5 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 9.6 mi
- Luray Caverns: 11.0 mi
- The Garden Maze: 11.1 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 11.3 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 11.5 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 3.7 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 5.9 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 8.9 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 9.9 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 12.8 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 4.7 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 12.6 mi
- Pavilian: 15.4 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 17.0 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 8.9 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 20.9 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 23.6 mi
- ISAT Patio: 19.2 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 19.3 mi
- Heishman Garden: 19.6 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 24.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Devils Tanyard. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawksbill | ENE 64° | 1,232 m | 7.6 mi |
| Fork Mountain | ESE 109° | 1,172 m | 6.1 mi |
| Hazeltop | ESE 118° | 1,149 m | 4.3 mi |
| Bushytop | NE 52° | 1,142 m | 9.3 mi |
| Nakedtop | ENE 61° | 1,138 m | 7.1 mi |
| Spitler Hill | ENE 72° | 1,138 m | 7.5 mi |
| Betty's Rock | ENE 61° | 1,131 m | 8.6 mi |
| Blackrock | ENE 72° | 1,116 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| 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: 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, 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356571373
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 4 mi
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