Furnace Mountain
Furnace Mountain rises to 807 m in Virginia. Big Flat Mountain stands 1,033 m to the east, 5.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Austin Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 2.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49030819, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 807 m
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 15.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 21.6 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Dundo Overlook · 2 mi
- Trayfoot Mountain Overlook · 3 mi
- Doyles River Lookout · 4 mi
- Horsehead Mountain Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Austin Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Hall Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Trayfoot Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Lewis Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Blackrock: 2.2 mi
- Grand Caverns Regional Park: 3.9 mi
- Port Republic Historic District: 4.3 mi
- Town Park: 4.6 mi
- Crimora Park: 8.0 mi
- Weyers Cave Community Center: 8.3 mi
- Duke Dog Statue: 14.3 mi
- James Madison: 14.4 mi
- James Madison statue: 14.5 mi
- World War Memorial: 14.8 mi
- Guns into Plowshares: 16.6 mi
- Port Republic Battle Monument: 3.8 mi
- Rip Rap Shelter: 5.6 mi
- Cross Keys Battle Monument: 7.8 mi
- Sawmill Run Shelter: 9.3 mi
- Turner Ashby Monument: 13.4 mi
- Grand Caverns Museum and Entrance: 4.1 mi
- Augusta Military Academy Museum: 11.7 mi
- Miller-Kite House Museum: 13.7 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 14.2 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 14.2 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 13.8 mi
- ISAT Patio: 14.0 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 15.4 mi
- Heishman Garden: 16.8 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 18.0 mi
- Blackrock Springs: 2.8 mi
- Rockingham springs: 11.1 mi
- Seawright Springs: 12.6 mi
- Elkton Spring: 13.9 mi
- Bear Lithia Spring: 15.2 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 3.3 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 3.9 mi
- Upper Doyles River Falls: 4.0 mi
- Cedar Falls: 15.7 mi
- Dry Run Falls: 16.5 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 6.0 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 11.4 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 17.4 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 17.7 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 18.0 mi
- Endless View Farms: 7.7 mi
- Apple Cannon: 7.7 mi
- Fear Forest: 8.1 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 18.3 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 21.6 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 2.5 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 18.7 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 22.5 mi
- North River Picnic Area: 24.8 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 10.4 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 10.4 mi
- Charlottesville Safety Rest Area West: 16.4 mi
- Trinity Point: 21.9 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 23.5 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 23.7 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 18.5 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 24.4 mi
- Canada: 20.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.9 miles of Furnace Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Flat Mountain | E 90° | 1,033 m | 5.0 mi |
| Trayfoot Mountain | SSE 160° | 1,025 m | 1.7 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | SE 125° | 1,010 m | 3.6 mi |
| Flattop Mountain | ENE 69° | 1,006 m | 9.1 mi |
| Loft Mountain | ENE 78° | 1,002 m | 6.3 mi |
| Bucks Elbow Mountain | S 174° | 964 m | 9.9 mi |
| Little Flat Mountain | E 99° | 954 m | 5.2 mi |
| Blackrock | SSE 148° | 944 m | 2.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:17 | 16:59 |
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 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waynesboro WTP, 13 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- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1466931 — Furnace Mountain, Rockingham County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356561812
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 22 mi
- Shenandoah National Park · 24 mi
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