Dovel Mountain
Dovel Mountain rises to 746 m in Virginia. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the east-northeast, 8.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Smith Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 5.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49025705, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 746 m
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 26.2 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Naked Creek Overlook · 6 mi
- Hazeltop Ridge Overlook · 6 mi
- Tanners Ridge Overlook · 6 mi
- Blackrock Overlook · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Smith Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Cubbage Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Devils Tanyard: 1.8 mi
- Piney Mountain: 2.0 mi
- The Pinnacle: 2.4 mi
- Stonewall Memorial Park: 8.1 mi
- Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 10.8 mi
- Carillon Park: 10.9 mi
- New Market Community Park: 11.0 mi
- New Market Pocket Park: 11.0 mi
- CCC Camp: 6.5 mi
- Five Tents: 7.3 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 8.1 mi
- Shenandoah Displacement momunment: 8.2 mi
- Upper Pocosin Mission: 8.9 mi
- Town of Shenandoah Museum & Welcome Center: 4.6 mi
- Miller-Kite House Museum: 8.3 mi
- Dukes of Hazard Museum: 8.8 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 10.8 mi
- Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 10.8 mi
- Naked Creek Falls: 5.3 mi
- Lewis Spring Falls: 5.5 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 5.7 mi
- Upper Big Creek Falls: 5.8 mi
- Dark Hollow Falls: 7.0 mi
- Lewis Spring: 5.9 mi
- Pitt Spring: 6.6 mi
- Davids Spring: 6.6 mi
- Bear Lithia Spring: 6.7 mi
- Rock Spring: 8.2 mi
- Love: 10.8 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 14.9 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 14.9 mi
- Cootie Bug: 14.9 mi
- CON_Sequential Complex: 18.0 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 8.8 mi
- Luray Caverns: 10.7 mi
- The Garden Maze: 10.9 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 11.3 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 11.4 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 5.5 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 7.3 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 8.5 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 10.3 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 14.5 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 6.2 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 9.6 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 13.5 mi
- Pavilian: 14.8 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 18.3 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 10.2 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 21.1 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 22.1 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 24.6 mi
- ISAT Patio: 17.8 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 18.0 mi
- Heishman Garden: 18.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.0 miles of Dovel Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawksbill | ENE 73° | 1,232 m | 8.9 mi |
| Fork Mountain | ESE 110° | 1,172 m | 7.9 mi |
| Hazeltop | ESE 117° | 1,149 m | 6.1 mi |
| Nakedtop | ENE 71° | 1,138 m | 8.3 mi |
| Spitler Hill | E 80° | 1,138 m | 8.9 mi |
| Betty's Rock | ENE 69° | 1,131 m | 9.8 mi |
| Blackrock | E 83° | 1,116 m | 5.9 mi |
| Stony Mountain | E 92° | 1,097 m | 7.4 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 | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:16 | 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 1499353 — Dovel Mountain, Page County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356586673
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 6 mi
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