Horseshoe Mountain
Horseshoe Mountain rises to 741 m in Virginia. The Priest stands 1,227 m to the west, 9.0 miles off. The nearest named place is White Mountain, a peak 1.4 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 6.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49037506, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 741 m
How to reach it
- 6.1 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 13.3 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 25.5 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Knob Overlook · 6 mi
- 3 Ridges Mountain Overlook · 6 mi
- Ravens Roost Overlook · 7 mi
- Raven's Roost Overlook · 7 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- White Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Roberts Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Bolton Mountain: 2.8 mi
- High Top Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Cat Rock Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 7.3 mi
- Cove Creek Park: 9.7 mi
- Schneider Community Park: 14.4 mi
- Rife Park: 15.1 mi
- Ridgeview Park: 15.5 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 3.0 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 4.6 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 11.4 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 15.7 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 15.8 mi
- Hickory Spring: 6.7 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 6.9 mi
- Dripping Rock: 7.1 mi
- Rock Spring: 13.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 13.9 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 15.2 mi
- Mirador: 15.3 mi
- Sawmill Run Shelter: 19.8 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 20.9 mi
- W181 Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis: 22.2 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 22.4 mi
- Mountain Man: 22.8 mi
- Bear Statue: 22.9 mi
- Flower Pots: 23.0 mi
- Watering Can: 23.0 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 2.5 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 3.6 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 17.1 mi
- James River at Wingina: 17.3 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 19.1 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 4.6 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 9.8 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 15.4 mi
- Apple Cannon: 22.7 mi
- Endless View Farms: 22.8 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 21.7 mi
- Anne Lee Bennett Memorial Garden: 23.0 mi
- Mevluda Tahirovic Memorial Garden: 23.2 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 23.6 mi
- Student Garden: 24.9 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 6.7 mi
- White Rock Falls: 9.4 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 12.8 mi
- Panther Falls: 23.2 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 4.6 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 7.4 mi
- Charlottesville Safety Rest Area West: 20.0 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 22.4 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 4.7 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 9.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.1 miles of Horseshoe Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Priest | W 260° | 1,227 m | 9.0 mi |
| Three Ridges | WNW 284° | 1,210 m | 4.7 mi |
| Potatopatch Mountain | NNW 330° | 1,172 m | 5.9 mi |
| Devils Knob | NNW 330° | 1,172 m | 6.0 mi |
| Little Priest | WSW 254° | 1,133 m | 9.8 mi |
| Humpback Mountain | N 1° | 1,099 m | 7.4 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | NNW 337° | 1,050 m | 5.0 mi |
| Kelley Mountain | NW 315° | 1,001 m | 9.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:28 |
| June solstice | 05:55 | 20:03 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:40 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:19 | 17:01 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 30 | 32 | 39 | 50 | 58 | 68 | 72 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 41 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Montebello Fish Cultural STN, 13 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356572482
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 26 mi
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