Peak · Virginia
Fodder House Mountain
Fodder House Mountain rises to 576 m in Virginia. Stony Man stands 1,220 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Kennedy Peak, a peak 0.4 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 8.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 576 m
How to reach it
Coordinates38.73623, -78.48834
- 8.6 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 32.0 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Jeremys Run Overlook · 9 mi
- Pass Mountain Overlook · 9 mi
- Thornton Hollow Overlook · 9 mi
- Beahms Gap Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
Peaks
- Kennedy Peak: 0.4 mi
- Stage Hill: 2.1 mi
- Kibler Hill: 2.8 mi
- Bowman Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Mertins Rock: 3.2 mi
Parks: 45
- Camp Roosevelt Recreation Area: 1.6 mi
- Mountain Lion Reminiscing Park: 2.5 mi
- Eugene Park: 4.7 mi
- Carillon Park: 5.0 mi
- Ruffner Plaza: 5.1 mi
Museums: 22
- Luray Valley Museum: 4.9 mi
- Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 4.9 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 5.0 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 5.2 mi
- Old School House Museum: 5.2 mi
Historic sites: 22
- Luray Caverns Discovery Marker: 5.0 mi
- Bethany Veney Remembrance Garden: 5.1 mi
- Page County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 5.2 mi
- O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site: 5.3 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 5.4 mi
Springs: 21
- Edinburg Gap Spring: 3.5 mi
- Hiden Spring: 5.3 mi
- Chalybeate Spring: 8.5 mi
- Furnace Spring: 11.3 mi
- Rock Spring: 13.3 mi
Waterfalls: 20
- Overall Run Falls: 10.9 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 11.0 mi
- Greasy Falls: 12.2 mi
- Cave Falls: 12.9 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 13.7 mi
Cliffs: 9
- Yellow Cliffs: 10.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 10.7 mi
- Markley Rocks: 14.1 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 14.2 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 15.1 mi
Attractions: 8
- The Garden Maze: 4.9 mi
- Luray Caverns: 5.0 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 5.0 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 5.2 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 7.1 mi
Picnic sites: 6
- Pavilian: 1.6 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 11.0 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 14.5 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 17.9 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 24.3 mi
Artworks: 5
- Love: 5.0 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 9.7 mi
- Cootie Bug: 9.8 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 18.8 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 20.2 mi
Nature reserves: 4
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 9.4 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 18.9 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 19.4 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 24.2 mi
Gardens: 2
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 10.1 mi
- Old grape garden: 14.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.6 miles of Fodder House Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Man | SSE 147° | 1,220 m | 11.4 mi |
| Bushytop | SSE 151° | 1,142 m | 11.4 mi |
| Little Stony Man | SE 145° | 1,110 m | 11.3 mi |
| Pollock Knob | SSE 152° | 1,086 m | 12.0 mi |
| Marys Rock | ESE 123° | 1,071 m | 11.0 mi |
| The Pinnacle | SE 131° | 1,071 m | 11.3 mi |
| Millers Head | SSE 153° | 1,062 m | 11.1 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | E 81° | 1,056 m | 11.7 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 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:14 | 16:56 |
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 | 32 | 35 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Edinburg, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1495549 — Fodder House Mountain, Page County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583574
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 16 mi
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