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Fork Mountain

Fork Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates38.70165, -78.27645

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 57
  • 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
Historic sites: 29
  • 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
Museums: 22
  • 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
Waterfalls: 21
Springs: 13
Attractions: 8
Cliffs: 7
Picnic sites: 7
  • Pinnacles picnic ground: 6.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 11.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 11.5 mi
  • Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 12.2 mi
  • Pavilian: 13.1 mi
Artworks: 6
  • Love: 11.4 mi
  • "Stonewall" Jackson: 15.6 mi
  • Statue of Liberty: 21.1 mi
  • Cootie Bug: 21.1 mi
  • LOVE: 22.1 mi
Nature reserves: 5
Gardens: 2

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony ManSW 216°1,220 m8.8 mi
Little Stony ManSW 216°1,110 m8.5 mi
Marys RockSSW 212°1,071 m4.2 mi
The PinnacleSSW 210°1,071 m5.8 mi
Hogback MountainN 2°1,056 m4.2 mi
Pinnacle PeakSSW 204°1,035 m8.5 mi
North MarshallNE 38°1,024 m6.5 mi
SugarloafN 349°985 m3.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5019:25
June solstice05:4920:0220:42
September equinox07:0118:3719:12
December solstice07:2816:1416:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536270747367564637
Precip in3.62.84.04.04.75.23.74.15.43.73.74.0

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.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356561730

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