Hogback Mountain
Hogback Mountain rises to 187 m in Virginia. Paris stands 590 m to the west-southwest, 23 miles off. The nearest named place is Greenway Park, a park 1.1 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 0.9 miles off.
The story
Hogback Mountain is part of Catoctin Mountain, located southwest of Leesburg in Loudoun County, Virginia. The mountain ridge rises immediately to the west of U.S. Route 15, just south of Sycolin Creek and extends 2.5 miles (4.0 km) south to the banks of Goose Creek. It is so named for its appearance when approaching it from the north of resembling a pig on its back. The ridge is mislabeled on older USGS topographic maps as being located to the north, between Sycolin Creek and Leesburg.
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Wikidata Q5877149, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 187 m
How to reach it
- 0.9 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 6.2 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 6.0 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 15.5 mi off the Old Georgetown Pike
Overlooks nearby
- Red Rock Overlook · 6 mi
- Point of Rocks Overlook · 13 mi
- Overlook rock, lower · 15 mi
- Overlook rock, high · 15 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Vesper Hill: 5.0 mi
- Steptoe Hill: 5.5 mi
- Waterford Peak: 6.5 mi
- Negro Mountain: 6.6 mi
- Bald Mountain: 8.7 mi
- Rust Nature Sanctuary: 2.0 mi
- Morven Park: 3.6 mi
- Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve: 4.7 mi
- Suzanne R. Kane Nature Preserve: 6.7 mi
- Broadlands protected nature reserve: 8.2 mi
- Mighty Midget Kitchen: 2.7 mi
- Dodona Manor: 2.8 mi
- George C. Marshall's Dodona Manor: 2.8 mi
- Westmoreland Davis Memorial Foundation: 3.6 mi
- Edwards Landing Lights: 4.7 mi
- Leesburg 9/11 Memorial: 2.1 mi
- Fort Johnston: 2.6 mi
- Leesburg Quarry (Historical): 2.6 mi
- Civil War Statue: 2.7 mi
- World War II and Korea Memorial: 2.7 mi
- Leesburg Welcome Mural: 2.5 mi
- Sun Flower: 2.5 mi
- Welcome, the Iconic Hand: 2.5 mi
- Kintsugi heart: 2.5 mi
- Low-Poly Open Heart: 2.5 mi
- Greenway Park: 1.1 mi
- Founder's Park: 1.4 mi
- Foxridge Park: 1.9 mi
- Washington & Old Dominion Trail Regional Park: 1.9 mi
- Freedom Park: 2.1 mi
- Loudoun Museum: 2.5 mi
- Gov. Westmoreland Davis Home: 3.6 mi
- Winmill Carriage Museum: 3.7 mi
- Oatlands Museum: 3.8 mi
- Oatlands Mansion: 3.8 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 6.5 mi
- butterfly Garden: 6.9 mi
- Poolesville Community Garden: 10.8 mi
- Culinary Gardens: 11.1 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 11.7 mi
- Smiths Switch Station: 9.2 mi
- Little Picnic Island: 9.8 mi
- Nolands Ferry: 12.5 mi
- Hyland Hills Park: 15.0 mi
- Pony Barn: 17.6 mi
- Harris Springs: 11.8 mi
- Potts Springs: 11.8 mi
- Cooper Springs: 12.6 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 12.8 mi
- Cool Spring: 14.9 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 9.0 mi
- Pua Falls: 16.0 mi
- Great Falls: 20.2 mi
- Scott's Run Falls: 23.4 mi
- Stubblefield Falls: 23.8 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 13.6 mi
- River Access: 14.4 mi
- Sycamore Beach: 21.2 mi
- Purplehorse Beach: 21.3 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 20.7 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 20.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 24.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 23.6 miles of Hogback Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paris | WSW 250° | 590 m | 22.5 mi |
| Paris Mountain | WSW 256° | 587 m | 17.7 mi |
| Neersville | NW 318° | 467 m | 13.2 mi |
| Naked Mountain | WSW 239° | 448 m | 23.6 mi |
| Maryland Heights | NNW 341° | 444 m | 17.9 mi |
| Raven Rocks | WNW 284° | 443 m | 12.6 mi |
| Short Hill Mountain | NNW 336° | 441 m | 13.1 mi |
| Signal Mountain | SSW 199° | 413 m | 15.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:47 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:00 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:09 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:10 | 16:52 |
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 | 35 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Purcellville, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583636
Day trips start here
- Loudoun County · 2 mi
- Leesburg · 3 mi
- Ashburn · 7 mi
- Middleburg · 11 mi
- Sterling · 11 mi
- Brunswick · 15 mi
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