Fork Mountain
Fork Mountain rises to 1,172 m in Virginia. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the north-northeast, 5.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Five Tents, a historic site 0.9 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 2.0 miles off.
The story
mountain in Madison County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49030007, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1172 m
How to reach it
- 2.0 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 18.5 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Naked Creek Overlook · 2 mi
- Hazeltop Ridge Overlook · 2 mi
- The Point Overlook · 3 mi
- Tanners Ridge Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cat Knob: 1.1 mi
- Jones Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Doubletop Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Hazeltop: 1.9 mi
- Bear Church Rock: 2.2 mi
- Lawrence Beasley Park: 11.0 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Park: 11.3 mi
- Hoover Ridge Football Complex: 11.5 mi
- Hoover Ridge Sand Volleyball Court: 11.5 mi
- Hoover Ridge Baseball Complex: 11.7 mi
- Five Tents: 0.9 mi
- CCC Camp: 2.8 mi
- Upper Pocosin Mission: 6.5 mi
- Madison County Confederate Memorial: 11.0 mi
- Madison County Veterans Memorial: 11.0 mi
- Big Rock Falls: 1.2 mi
- Naked Creek Falls: 2.6 mi
- Dark Hollow Falls: 2.8 mi
- Upper Big Creek Falls: 3.3 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 3.4 mi
- Madison County Historical Society: 11.0 mi
- Town of Shenandoah Museum & Welcome Center: 11.3 mi
- Miller-Kite House Museum: 11.9 mi
- Old School House Museum: 13.0 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 13.0 mi
- Lewis Spring: 3.2 mi
- Davids Spring: 3.6 mi
- Rock Spring: 5.2 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 5.6 mi
- Furnace Spring: 8.4 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 3.8 mi
- Picnic Grounds: 4.4 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 8.7 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 10.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 13.3 mi
- Love: 13.2 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 21.1 mi
- Cootie Bug: 21.2 mi
- LOVE: 22.2 mi
- Lions Glasses: 22.2 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 13.0 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 13.2 mi
- Luray Caverns: 13.2 mi
- Luray Caverns: 13.3 mi
- The Garden Maze: 13.4 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 2.4 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 4.0 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 5.1 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 8.0 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 15.0 mi
- Annie duPont Formal Garden: 22.5 mi
- ISAT Patio: 24.4 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 24.5 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 6.9 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 21.9 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 21.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Fork Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawksbill | NNE 12° | 1,232 m | 5.4 mi |
| Hazeltop | W 268° | 1,149 m | 1.9 mi |
| Bushytop | NNE 12° | 1,142 m | 7.9 mi |
| Spitler Hill | NNE 18° | 1,138 m | 4.5 mi |
| Nakedtop | N 5° | 1,138 m | 5.5 mi |
| Betty's Rock | NNE 17° | 1,131 m | 6.4 mi |
| Blackrock | NNW 336° | 1,116 m | 3.7 mi |
| Stony Mountain | N 1° | 1,097 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:15 | 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, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1494933 — Fork Mountain, Madison County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356583343
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 2 mi
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