Peak · Virginia

Fourth Mountain

Fourth Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Fourth Mountain rises to 846 m in Virginia. Hightop stands 1,091 m to the southeast, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Grubbs Knob, a peak 0.6 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 12 miles off.

The record

What the record says

Elevation: 846 m

Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.47852, -78.71416

12.0 mi off the Skyline Drive, National

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Parks

Stonewall Memorial Park: 6.7 mi
Rockingham Park at the Crossroads: 7.6 mi
Ralph Sampson Park: 7.8 mi
Kiwanis Club Park: 8.2 mi
The Courtyard: 8.6 mi

Peaks

Grubbs Knob: 0.6 mi
Second Mountain 2310 ft: 1.6 mi
Lairds Knob: 2.3 mi
Kaylor Knob: 2.6 mi
Morgan Knob: 2.7 mi

Historic sites24

Shenandoah Displacement momunment: 6.7 mi
9/11 Memorial: 6.7 mi
JMU 9/11 Memorial: 8.4 mi
Spirit Rock: 8.6 mi
Turner Ashby Monument: 9.0 mi

Museums22

Town of Shenandoah Museum & Welcome Center: 4.8 mi
Miller-Kite House Museum: 7.2 mi
Explore More Discovery Museum: 8.6 mi
Virginia Quilt Museum: 8.7 mi
Museum Of American Jewelry Design and Manufacturing: 8.8 mi

Springs17

Rockingham springs: 5.1 mi
Bear Lithia Spring: 6.0 mi
Pitt Spring: 6.6 mi
Elkton Spring: 7.9 mi
Lewis Spring: 14.9 mi

Waterfalls16

Cedar Falls: 11.0 mi
Dry Run Falls: 11.5 mi
Big Creek Falls: 13.0 mi
Upper Big Creek Falls: 13.1 mi
South River Falls: 13.4 mi

Artworks13

World War Memorial: 8.9 mi
Guns into Plowshares: 9.0 mi
CON_Sequential Complex: 9.0 mi
James Madison: 9.0 mi
Flames: 9.0 mi

Attractions10

Fear Forest: 9.8 mi
Cooter's Luray: 14.6 mi
Shenandoah Caverns: 16.6 mi
Luray Caverns: 17.8 mi
The Garden Maze: 17.9 mi

Picnic sites7

South River Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 15.3 mi
Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 16.8 mi
Pavilian: 20.3 mi
Greene County Park Pavillion: 21.3 mi

Cliffs5

Yellow Cliffs: 11.7 mi
Huckleberry Cliff: 14.0 mi
Franklin Cliffs: 16.4 mi
Halfmile Cliff: 19.4 mi
Mitchell Bluff: 20.6 mi

Gardens3

ISAT Patio: 8.6 mi
Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 8.8 mi
Heishman Garden: 9.1 mi

Nature reserves3

Mole Hill Acres: 13.0 mi
PATC Entry Run Tract: 15.0 mi
Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 17.9 mi

Rest areas2

Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 20.4 mi
Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 20.4 mi

On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.5 miles of Fourth Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

Summit	Bearing	Elevation	Distance
Hightop	SE 138°	1,091 m	13.2 mi
Lewis Mountain	ESE 104°	1,087 m	13.4 mi
Bald Face Mountain	ESE 118°	1,027 m	12.3 mi
Lairds Knob	SSW 203°	1,000 m	2.3 mi
Grubbs Knob	SSW 203°	975 m	0.6 mi
Morgan Knob	NE 42°	936 m	2.7 mi
Third Mountain	NE 42°	932 m	2.7 mi
Dean Mountain	ESE 116°	925 m	12.1 mi

Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

Date	Sunrise	Golden hour	Sunset
March equinox	07:19	18:52	19:27
June solstice	05:52	20:03	20:43
September equinox	07:03	18:39	19:14
December solstice	07:29	16:16	16:58

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	42	52	62	71	75	73	66	55	44	36
Precip in	2.7	2.2	3.2	3.3	4.0	3.9	4.1	3.8	3.7	2.5	2.6	2.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Dale Enterprise, 12 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMap Wikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/8426699427

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