Fork Mountain
Fork Mountain rises to 622 m in Virginia. Stony Man stands 1,220 m to the southwest, 8.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Pignut Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 2.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rappahannock County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49030011, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 622 m
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 21.6 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Thornton Hollow Overlook · 2 mi
- Beahms Gap Overlook · 2 mi
- Jeremys Run Overlook · 3 mi
- Rattlesnake Point Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pignut Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Oventop Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Pass Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Keyser Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Wolf Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Sperryville Historic District: 4.1 mi
- Rappahannock County Park: 6.7 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Park: 7.1 mi
- Hazard Mill Recreation Area: 9.7 mi
- Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 10.0 mi
- Indian Grave: 9.2 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 9.6 mi
- Page County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 10.2 mi
- O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site: 10.4 mi
- Bethany Veney Remembrance Garden: 11.1 mi
- Old School House Museum: 10.2 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 10.3 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 11.4 mi
- Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 11.5 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 11.5 mi
- Cave Falls: 4.6 mi
- Greasy Falls: 5.0 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 5.6 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 5.7 mi
- Miller Falls: 6.6 mi
- Furnace Spring: 9.1 mi
- Chalybeate Spring: 11.0 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 11.6 mi
- Rock Spring: 12.4 mi
- Edinburg Gap Spring: 13.9 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 3.5 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 12.1 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 13.8 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 17.4 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 19.0 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 10.2 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 10.3 mi
- The Garden Maze: 11.4 mi
- Luray Caverns: 11.5 mi
- Skyline Caverns: 14.0 mi
- Love: 11.4 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 15.6 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 21.1 mi
- Cootie Bug: 21.1 mi
- Lions Glasses: 22.1 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 6.4 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 12.2 mi
- Pavilian: 13.1 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 14.7 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 11.6 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 15.1 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 17.2 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 24.0 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 17.8 mi
- Old grape garden: 24.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Fork Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Man | SW 216° | 1,220 m | 8.8 mi |
| Little Stony Man | SW 216° | 1,110 m | 8.5 mi |
| Marys Rock | SSW 212° | 1,071 m | 4.2 mi |
| The Pinnacle | SSW 210° | 1,071 m | 5.8 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | N 2° | 1,056 m | 4.2 mi |
| Pinnacle Peak | SSW 204° | 1,035 m | 8.5 mi |
| North Marshall | NE 38° | 1,024 m | 6.5 mi |
| Sugarloaf | N 349° | 985 m | 3.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 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 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sperryville, 4 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/356561730
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 17 mi
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