Hickerson Mountain
Hickerson Mountain rises to 416 m in Virginia. Hogback Mountain stands 1,056 m to the west, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Mulky Mountain, a peak 0.9 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 5.7 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49036137, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 416 m
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 16.5 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hogwallow Flats Overlook · 6 mi
- Browntown Valley Overlook · 6 mi
- Jenkins Gap Overlook · 6 mi
- Indian Run Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Mulky Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Big Mulky Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Fogg Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Meetinghouse Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Googe Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Rappahannock County Park: 3.4 mi
- Sperryville Historic District: 8.8 mi
- Spilman Park: 10.8 mi
- Happy Creek Park: 12.4 mi
- Apple Mountain Park: 12.6 mi
- Snead Farm: 9.7 mi
- Spilman Silo: 10.7 mi
- Spilman Silo: 10.8 mi
- The Spilman Homestead: 10.9 mi
- Millenium Sundial: 13.2 mi
- Skyline Caverns: 12.7 mi
- Haunted Hollow: 17.7 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 20.1 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 20.1 mi
- The Garden Maze: 21.2 mi
- Miller Falls: 6.4 mi
- Lands Run Falls: 7.7 mi
- Greasy Falls: 9.3 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 10.7 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 10.8 mi
- Virginia Beer Museum: 13.3 mi
- Warren Rifles Confederate Museum: 13.4 mi
- Old Jail Museum: 16.5 mi
- Museum of Culpeper History: 19.4 mi
- Old School House Museum: 20.0 mi
- Chalybeate Spring: 16.9 mi
- Rock Spring: 17.0 mi
- Furnace Spring: 17.9 mi
- Yellow Rose Spring: 18.1 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 19.9 mi
- Senior Garden: 19.3 mi
- Koch Family Garden: 19.3 mi
- Paris Vegetable Garden: 20.1 mi
- Remington Community Garden: 21.0 mi
- Founders Garden: 21.2 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 8.3 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 8.8 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 13.3 mi
- Whitney State Forest: 16.4 mi
- Arlington Outdoor Lab: 21.1 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 10.5 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 15.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 21.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 21.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 13.3 mi
- LOVE: 19.9 mi
- Lions Glasses: 19.9 mi
- Love: 21.2 mi
- Warrior Statue: 23.7 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 10.2 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 19.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 19.9 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.6 miles of Hickerson Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogback Mountain | W 280° | 1,056 m | 9.5 mi |
| North Marshall | WNW 295° | 1,024 m | 6.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf | W 276° | 985 m | 10.2 mi |
| South Marshall | WNW 289° | 979 m | 6.8 mi |
| Little Hogback Mountain | W 279° | 940 m | 8.7 mi |
| The Peak | WNW 291° | 889 m | 4.1 mi |
| Compton Peak | NW 324° | 887 m | 6.8 mi |
| Carson Mountain | NNW 329° | 780 m | 7.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:49 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:13 | 16:55 |
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 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sperryville, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1467975 — Hickerson Mountain, Rappahannock County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356562297
Day trips start here
- Middleburg · 25 mi
- Shenandoah National Park · 25 mi
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