Fox Mountain
Fox Mountain rises to 229 m in Virginia. Old Rag Mountain stands 998 m to the west-northwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is 3rd Wisconsin Monument, a historic site 2.6 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 2.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Culpeper County, Virginia, USA.
Wikidata Q49030364, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 229 m
How to reach it
- 2.9 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 17.4 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Thorofare Mtn Overlook · 18 mi
- Pinnacles Overlook · 18 mi
- Thorofare Mountain Overlook · 18 mi
- Old Rag View Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bruce Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Thorofare Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Davis Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Cedar Mountain: 5.2 mi
- Hume Mountain: 5.4 mi
- Mountain Run Lake Park: 2.8 mi
- Cedar Mountain Battlefield: 2.9 mi
- Madison Wayside: 3.5 mi
- Kestner Wayside Park: 4.2 mi
- Rockwater Park: 4.8 mi
- 3rd Wisconsin Monument: 2.6 mi
- Stonewall Brigade Monument: 2.7 mi
- Cedar Mountain Battlefield: 2.9 mi
- Madison County Confederate Memorial: 10.0 mi
- Madison County Veterans Memorial: 10.1 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 16.2 mi
- Cedar Run Falls: 16.4 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 16.5 mi
- Cave Falls: 16.9 mi
- Rose River Falls: 18.2 mi
- Museum of Culpeper History: 5.6 mi
- Madison County Historical Society: 9.8 mi
- Salubria: 11.1 mi
- James Madison Museum: 13.9 mi
- Orange County Historical Society: 13.9 mi
- Picnic Grove: 10.4 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 18.5 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 19.8 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 21.3 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 23.5 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 15.3 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 16.2 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 18.9 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 20.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 23.8 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 17.9 mi
- Rock Spring: 18.7 mi
- Furnace Spring: 18.9 mi
- Davids Spring: 19.4 mi
- Lewis Spring: 19.8 mi
- Lake Orange: 15.6 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 20.6 mi
- Whitney State Forest: 21.8 mi
- Oakley Forest Wildlife Management Area: 24.9 mi
- LOVE: 4.8 mi
- Lions Glasses: 4.8 mi
- Annie duPont Formal Garden: 16.2 mi
- Remington Community Garden: 16.6 mi
- Flying Circus Aerodrome: 21.6 mi
- Haunted Hollow: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.4 miles of Fox Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Rag Mountain | WNW 302° | 998 m | 14.2 mi |
| Hot Mountain | NW 313° | 770 m | 15.3 mi |
| Sag Top | W 271° | 665 m | 14.1 mi |
| Utz Hightop | W 265° | 643 m | 13.4 mi |
| Chapman Mountain | W 276° | 572 m | 14.8 mi |
| Berry Mountain | WSW 253° | 505 m | 14.3 mi |
| Buzzard Rocks | WNW 290° | 503 m | 15.2 mi |
| Graves Mountain | WNW 287° | 501 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:01 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 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 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 62 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston 4 SE, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1466833 — Fox Mountain, Culpeper County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356561753
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 20 mi
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