Horsehead Mountain
Horsehead Mountain rises to 625 m in Virginia. Big Flat Mountain stands 1,033 m to the east-northeast, 6.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Chimney Rock, a peak 0.9 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 1.3 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 625 m
How to reach it
- 1.3 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 12.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 20.2 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Chimney Rock · 1 mi
- Horsehead Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- Horsehead Overlook · 1 mi
- Trayfoot Mountain Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Chimney Rock: 0.9 mi
- Calvary Rocks: 1.0 mi
- Rocks Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Hall Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Trayfoot Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Crimora Park: 5.0 mi
- Grand Caverns Regional Park: 5.0 mi
- Town Park: 6.5 mi
- Port Republic Historic District: 6.9 mi
- Weyers Cave Community Center: 9.1 mi
- Chodo IX: 16.1 mi
- Watering Can: 16.1 mi
- Flower Pots: 16.2 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 16.3 mi
- Staunton: 16.4 mi
- Rip Rap Shelter: 2.2 mi
- Sawmill Run Shelter: 5.9 mi
- Port Republic Battle Monument: 7.1 mi
- Cross Keys Battle Monument: 10.6 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 10.7 mi
- Grand Caverns Museum and Entrance: 5.2 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 10.8 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 11.0 mi
- Augusta Military Academy Museum: 11.1 mi
- American Frontier Culture Museum: 15.2 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 13.3 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 16.2 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 16.3 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 16.6 mi
- ISAT Patio: 16.9 mi
- Blackrock Springs: 1.6 mi
- Seawright Springs: 12.8 mi
- Coiner Spring: 13.0 mi
- Tinkling Spring: 13.5 mi
- Rockingham springs: 14.6 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 4.5 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 5.5 mi
- Upper Doyles River Falls: 5.6 mi
- Cedar Falls: 18.7 mi
- Dry Run Falls: 19.4 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 6.9 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 8.4 mi
- Betsy Bell and Mary Gray Wilderness Parks: 15.7 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 17.1 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 17.1 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 4.1 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 19.1 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 20.2 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 24.6 mi
- Endless View Farms: 5.1 mi
- Apple Cannon: 5.1 mi
- Fear Forest: 11.2 mi
- Gypsy Hill Express Train: 16.6 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 20.1 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area North: 10.2 mi
- Mount Sidney Safety Rest Area South: 10.2 mi
- Charlottesville Safety Rest Area West: 14.0 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 18.6 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 20.9 mi
- Canada: 18.8 mi
- Trinity Point: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Horsehead Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Flat Mountain | ENE 60° | 1,033 m | 6.8 mi |
| Trayfoot Mountain | NE 41° | 1,025 m | 2.3 mi |
| Cedar Mountain | ENE 72° | 1,010 m | 4.0 mi |
| Flattop Mountain | NE 55° | 1,006 m | 11.5 mi |
| Loft Mountain | ENE 57° | 1,002 m | 8.5 mi |
| Bucks Elbow Mountain | SSE 164° | 964 m | 6.8 mi |
| Little Flat Mountain | ENE 68° | 954 m | 6.5 mi |
| Blackrock | NE 55° | 944 m | 2.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:53 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:18 | 16:59 |
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 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.1 | 3.9 | 3.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 5.5 | 3.4 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Waynesboro WTP, 10 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1468276 — Horsehead Mountain, Augusta County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356562445
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 20 mi
- Shenandoah National Park · 27 mi
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