Peak · Virginia

First Mountain

First Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

First Mountain rises to 607 m in Virginia. Hazeltop stands 1,149 m to the east, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Morgan Knob, a peak 1.2 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 11 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 607 m

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.50957, -78.65974

10.9 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
30.3 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks

Morgan Knob: 1.2 mi
Third Mountain: 1.2 mi
Fourth Mountain: 3.6 mi
Phillips Hill: 4.1 mi
Grubbs Knob: 4.2 mi

Parks

Stonewall Memorial Park: 7.0 mi
New Market Community Park: 9.2 mi
New Market Pocket Park: 9.5 mi
Rebel Park: 9.9 mi
Rockingham Park at the Crossroads: 11.2 mi

Historic sites30

Catherine Furnace: 3.6 mi
Abraham Lincoln's Father: 6.1 mi
9/11 Memorial: 6.9 mi
Shenandoah Displacement momunment: 6.9 mi
Fallen Solider Tribute: 9.9 mi

Museums23

Town of Shenandoah Museum & Welcome Center: 2.6 mi
Miller-Kite House Museum: 7.3 mi
Museum of American Calvary: 9.7 mi
New Market Battlefield Military Museum & Wharton Advance Trail: 10.0 mi
New Market Battlefield Military Museum: 10.0 mi

Waterfalls21

Cedar Falls: 10.2 mi
Dry Run Falls: 10.5 mi
Big Creek Falls: 10.5 mi
Upper Big Creek Falls: 10.6 mi
Naked Creek Falls: 10.9 mi

Springs15

Pitt Spring: 3.8 mi
Bear Lithia Spring: 5.6 mi
Elkton Spring: 7.9 mi
Rockingham springs: 8.0 mi
Lewis Spring: 11.7 mi

Artworks13

Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 10.4 mi
CON_Sequential Complex: 12.2 mi
Guns into Plowshares: 12.2 mi
Flames: 12.2 mi
Reader's Guide to an Open Window: 12.2 mi

Picnic sites10

Picnic Grounds: 11.0 mi
South River Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 12.0 mi
Picnic Area: 14.3 mi
Picnic Area: 14.4 mi

Attractions9

Cooter's Luray: 11.1 mi
Fear Forest: 13.3 mi
Shenandoah Caverns: 14.2 mi
Luray Caverns: 14.3 mi
Luray Caverns: 14.3 mi

Cliffs5

Gardens3

ISAT Patio: 12.2 mi
Heishman Garden: 12.3 mi
Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 12.4 mi

Nature reserves3

PATC Entry Run Tract: 13.6 mi
Mole Hill Acres: 16.3 mi
Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 19.7 mi

Rest areas2

Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 23.9 mi
Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 24.0 mi

On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.7 miles of First Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Hazeltop	E 101°	1,149 m	11.5 mi
Blackrock	E 84°	1,116 m	11.8 mi
Lewis Mountain	ESE 118°	1,087 m	11.4 mi
Bearfence Mountain	ESE 112°	1,083 m	11.4 mi
Bush Mountain	ESE 109°	1,076 m	11.4 mi
Bald Face Mountain	SE 135°	1,027 m	11.2 mi
Lairds Knob	SW 222°	1,000 m	5.7 mi
Cat Knob	ESE 103°	985 m	12.6 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:19	18:52	19:27
June solstice	05:51	20:03	20:43
September equinox	07:03	18:38	19:13
December solstice	07:29	16:16	16:58

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, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356586695

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