High Peak
High Peak rises to 603 m in Virginia. Hogback Mountain stands 1,056 m to the south-southeast, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is Elizabeth Furnace Recreational Area, a park 0.7 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 6.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49036351, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 603 m
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 31.4 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Shenandoah Valley Overlook · 7 mi
- Signal Knob Overlook · 7 mi
- No Name Overlook · 7 mi
- Gooney Run Overlook · 8 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Elizabeth Furnace Recreational Area: 0.7 mi
- Strasburg Town Park: 4.3 mi
- Strasburg Park: 4.4 mi
- Strasburg Historic District: 5.3 mi
- Hupp's Hill Civil War Park: 5.8 mi
- Buzzard Rock: 1.9 mi
- Richardson Knob: 2.2 mi
- Meneka Peak: 2.3 mi
- Three Top Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Signal Knob: 3.0 mi
- 128th New York Monument: 6.3 mi
- South Carolina Monument: 6.4 mi
- 8th Vermont Monument: 6.4 mi
- Norfolk & Southern Railway Co. Caboose: 7.1 mi
- Millenium Sundial: 7.1 mi
- Strasburg Museum: 5.1 mi
- Hupp's Hill Museum: 5.9 mi
- Warren Rifles Confederate Museum: 7.0 mi
- Virginia Beer Museum: 7.0 mi
- Woodstock Museum Wickham House: 10.2 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 6.9 mi
- Warrior Statue: 12.9 mi
- A Tasteful 1 Apple Statue: 19.0 mi
- The Peacemakers: 19.1 mi
- Bird In Flight: 19.2 mi
- Chalybeate Spring: 7.0 mi
- Vaucluse Spring: 10.5 mi
- Edinburg Gap Spring: 13.9 mi
- Roadside Spring: 14.9 mi
- Rock Spring: 17.0 mi
- Lands Run Falls: 9.5 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 9.5 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 9.6 mi
- Greasy Falls: 10.4 mi
- Miller Falls: 11.3 mi
- Skyline Caverns: 5.8 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 19.0 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 19.1 mi
- The Garden Maze: 19.6 mi
- Luray Caverns: 19.7 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 6.0 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 9.2 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 9.6 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 10.7 mi
- Appalachian Trail Corridor: 21.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 11.7 mi
- Three High Heads: 13.3 mi
- Dog Cliff: 14.3 mi
- Lovers Leap: 16.5 mi
- Markley Rocks: 18.3 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 7.2 mi
- Pavilian: 16.8 mi
- Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 19.6 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 20.4 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 10.7 mi
- Herb Garden: 17.1 mi
- Community Garden: 17.2 mi
- Old grape garden: 18.0 mi
- Paris Vegetable Garden: 20.8 mi
- Gainsboro Tourist Park: 24.8 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook: 25.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.3 miles of High Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogback Mountain | SSE 167° | 1,056 m | 11.1 mi |
| North Marshall | SSE 147° | 1,024 m | 11.7 mi |
| Sugarloaf | S 171° | 985 m | 11.5 mi |
| South Marshall | SSE 152° | 979 m | 11.5 mi |
| Little Hogback Mountain | SSE 164° | 940 m | 11.5 mi |
| Paddy Mountain | WNW 295° | 910 m | 14.4 mi |
| The Peak | SE 144° | 889 m | 13.6 mi |
| Compton Peak | SE 131° | 887 m | 10.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.8 | 2.5 | 3.8 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 4.5 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.8 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Front Royal, 8 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1499554 — High Peak, Warren County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356586750
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 30 mi
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