Graves Mountain
Graves Mountain rises to 501 m in Virginia. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the northwest, 4.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Buzzard Rocks, a peak 1.1 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 3.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49033186, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 501 m
How to reach it
- 3.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 16.1 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Old Rag View Overlook · 4 mi
- Hawksbill Viewing Platform · 4 mi
- Crescent Rock Overlook · 5 mi
- Franklin Cliffs Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buzzard Rocks: 1.1 mi
- Big Tom: 1.3 mi
- Chapman Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Doubletop Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Carpenter Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Park: 9.7 mi
- Lawrence Beasley Park: 9.8 mi
- Hoover Ridge Football Complex: 10.7 mi
- Hoover Ridge Sand Volleyball Court: 10.7 mi
- Hoover Ridge Baseball Complex: 10.9 mi
- Five Tents: 4.2 mi
- CCC Camp: 4.7 mi
- Madison County Confederate Memorial: 9.8 mi
- Madison County Veterans Memorial: 9.8 mi
- Upper Pocosin Mission: 10.1 mi
- Cedar Run Falls: 2.9 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 3.7 mi
- Rose River Falls: 3.9 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 4.0 mi
- Big Rock Falls: 4.2 mi
- Madison County Historical Society: 9.7 mi
- Old School House Museum: 12.7 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 12.7 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 13.4 mi
- Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 13.4 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 4.4 mi
- Rock Spring: 4.8 mi
- Davids Spring: 4.9 mi
- Lewis Spring: 5.4 mi
- Furnace Spring: 6.7 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 2.7 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 4.6 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 6.0 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 9.1 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 17.0 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 5.3 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 8.4 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 12.5 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 16.3 mi
- Pavilian: 18.2 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 12.7 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 12.9 mi
- Luray Caverns: 13.3 mi
- The Garden Maze: 13.4 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 14.6 mi
- Love: 13.3 mi
- Lions Glasses: 18.7 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 22.6 mi
- Cootie Bug: 22.6 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 10.2 mi
- Annie duPont Formal Garden: 22.0 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 24.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Graves Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawksbill | NW 324° | 1,232 m | 4.5 mi |
| Stony Man | NNW 349° | 1,220 m | 6.7 mi |
| Fork Mountain | WSW 246° | 1,172 m | 4.1 mi |
| Hazeltop | WSW 253° | 1,149 m | 5.9 mi |
| Bushytop | NNW 341° | 1,142 m | 6.5 mi |
| Spitler Hill | NW 318° | 1,138 m | 3.5 mi |
| Nakedtop | NW 320° | 1,138 m | 5.0 mi |
| Betty's Rock | NNW 337° | 1,131 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
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, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1497136 — Graves Mountain, Madison County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356584464
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 6 mi
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