Hawksbill
Hawksbill rises to 1,232 m in Virginia. Stony Man stands 1,220 m to the north-northeast, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Hawksbill Spring, a spring 0.4 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 0.5 miles off.
The story
Hawksbill Mountain is a mountain with an elevation of 4,050 feet (1,234 m). Marking the border between Madison County and Page County in Virginia, the summit of Hawksbill Mountain is the highest point in Shenandoah National Park as well as the highest point in both Madison and Page Counties. The north face of Hawksbill Peak is a 2,500-foot (760 m) drop into Timber Hollow, which is the largest elevation change in the park. The summit is one of the few places in Shenandoah National Park where one can find balsam fir, a tree more typical of northern New England and southeast Canada. The National Park Service has constructed a stone observation platform at the summit. Byrd's Nest No. 2, one of a series of shelters built in the park by Senator Harry Byrd, is nearby. Hawksbill peak is also the site of a peregrine falcon restoration project. The summit of Hawksbill Mountain can be reached by a short hike from a trailhead located at the Upper Hawksbill parking area, just off of Skyline Drive in Shenandoah National Park. A number of other hiking trails lead to the summit of Hawksbill, while the Appalachian Trail goes around and about 500 ft (150 m) in elevation below the summit.
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Wikidata Q5685253, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1232 m
How to reach it
- 0.5 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 20.2 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Old Rag View Overlook · 1 mi
- Crescent Rock Overlook · 1 mi
- Spitler Knoll Overlook · 1 mi
- Timber Hollow Overlook · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nakedtop: 0.7 mi
- Crescent Rock: 0.7 mi
- Spitler Hill: 1.0 mi
- Betty's Rock: 1.1 mi
- Tanbark Flat: 1.2 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Park: 6.0 mi
- Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 7.4 mi
- Ruffner Plaza: 8.4 mi
- Carillon Park: 8.8 mi
- Eugene Park: 8.8 mi
- Cedar Run Falls: 1.8 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 1.8 mi
- Rose River Falls: 1.8 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 2.0 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 2.0 mi
- CCC Camp: 3.3 mi
- Five Tents: 4.7 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 8.1 mi
- O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site: 8.3 mi
- Page County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 8.3 mi
- Old School House Museum: 8.3 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 8.3 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 8.9 mi
- Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 9.0 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 9.0 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 0.4 mi
- Rock Spring: 0.7 mi
- Davids Spring: 2.7 mi
- Furnace Spring: 3.0 mi
- Lewis Spring: 3.6 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 2.9 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 5.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 8.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 9.0 mi
- Picnic Grounds: 9.2 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 8.3 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 8.5 mi
- Luray Caverns: 8.9 mi
- Luray Caverns: 8.9 mi
- The Garden Maze: 9.0 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 1.9 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 2.0 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 5.5 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 12.8 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 13.0 mi
- Love: 8.8 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 18.3 mi
- Cootie Bug: 18.4 mi
- LOVE: 22.0 mi
- Lions Glasses: 22.0 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 12.2 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 22.7 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 23.6 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 23.9 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 23.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Hawksbill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Man | NNE 23° | 1,220 m | 3.2 mi |
| Fork Mountain | SSW 192° | 1,172 m | 5.4 mi |
| Hazeltop | SSW 210° | 1,149 m | 6.1 mi |
| Bushytop | N 10° | 1,142 m | 2.5 mi |
| Nakedtop | WNW 285° | 1,138 m | 0.7 mi |
| Spitler Hill | SSE 167° | 1,138 m | 1.0 mi |
| Betty's Rock | NE 40° | 1,131 m | 1.1 mi |
| Blackrock | SW 234° | 1,116 m | 3.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:15 | 16:57 |
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, 3 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.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1467849 — Hawksbill, Madison County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356562239
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 5 mi
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