Grindstone Mountain
Grindstone Mountain rises to 280 m in Virginia. Stony Man stands 1,220 m to the west-northwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Butler Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 11 miles off.
The story
mountain in Rappahannock County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49033952, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 280 m
How to reach it
- 10.6 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 9.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacles Overlook · 10 mi
- Hazel Mountain Overlook · 10 mi
- Buck Hollow Overlook · 10 mi
- Tunnel Parking Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Butler Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Walden Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Chancellor Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Bald Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Hitt Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Mountain Run Lake Park: 7.3 mi
- Madison Wayside: 7.8 mi
- Sperryville Historic District: 8.2 mi
- Kestner Wayside Park: 10.4 mi
- Yowell Meadow Park: 10.4 mi
- Cave Falls: 8.7 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 9.9 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 10.0 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 10.0 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 10.2 mi
- 3rd Wisconsin Monument: 11.0 mi
- Stonewall Brigade Monument: 11.1 mi
- Cedar Mountain Battlefield: 11.3 mi
- Madison County Confederate Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Madison County Veterans Memorial: 12.5 mi
- Museum of Culpeper History: 10.9 mi
- Madison County Historical Society: 12.2 mi
- Salubria: 17.1 mi
- Old School House Museum: 17.6 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 17.6 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 10.7 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 14.6 mi
- Picnic Grove: 16.0 mi
- Picnic Grounds: 18.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 18.6 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 17.6 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 17.7 mi
- Luray Caverns: 18.7 mi
- Luray Caverns: 18.7 mi
- The Garden Maze: 18.8 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 11.8 mi
- Furnace Spring: 11.8 mi
- Rock Spring: 12.8 mi
- Davids Spring: 14.2 mi
- Lewis Spring: 14.9 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 10.5 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 13.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 15.4 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 15.9 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 15.9 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 19.4 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 20.7 mi
- Whitney State Forest: 21.2 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 21.2 mi
- Lake Orange: 23.7 mi
- LOVE: 10.7 mi
- Lions Glasses: 10.7 mi
- Love: 18.6 mi
- Remington Community Garden: 19.5 mi
- Annie duPont Formal Garden: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.4 miles of Grindstone Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Man | WNW 288° | 1,220 m | 11.4 mi |
| Little Stony Man | WNW 289° | 1,110 m | 11.3 mi |
| The Pinnacle | WNW 303° | 1,071 m | 10.3 mi |
| Marys Rock | NW 312° | 1,071 m | 10.6 mi |
| Pinnacle Peak | WNW 288° | 1,035 m | 9.6 mi |
| Robertson Mountain | W 280° | 1,005 m | 9.4 mi |
| Old Rag Mountain | W 272° | 998 m | 7.8 mi |
| Catlett Mountain | WNW 301° | 904 m | 8.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| 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, 4 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1467552 — Grindstone Mountain, Rappahannock County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356562109
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- Shenandoah National Park · 15 mi
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