Kirtley Mountain
Kirtley Mountain rises to 788 m in Virginia. Fork Mountain stands 1,172 m to the north, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Buzzard Rocks, a peak 1.3 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 4.4 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49041903, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 788 m
How to reach it
- 4.4 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 15.4 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- The Oaks Overlook · 5 mi
- The Point Overlook · 5 mi
- Baldface Mountain Overlook · 5 mi
- Bald Face Mountain Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Buzzard Rocks: 1.3 mi
- Allen Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Bluff Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Barnet Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Bear Church Rock: 3.6 mi
- Hoover Ridge Football Complex: 8.3 mi
- Lawrence Beasley Park: 8.3 mi
- Hoover Ridge Sand Volleyball Court: 8.3 mi
- Hoover Ridge Baseball Complex: 8.5 mi
- Greene County Park: 8.6 mi
- Upper Pocosin Mission: 4.0 mi
- Five Tents: 6.4 mi
- CCC Camp: 8.2 mi
- Madison County Veterans Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Madison County Confederate Memorial: 8.3 mi
- South River Falls: 5.2 mi
- Upper Big Creek Falls: 5.5 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 5.6 mi
- Dry Run Falls: 6.4 mi
- Big Rock Falls: 6.7 mi
- Madison County Historical Society: 8.5 mi
- Miller-Kite House Museum: 11.2 mi
- Town of Shenandoah Museum & Welcome Center: 13.1 mi
- Montpelier: 18.0 mi
- Old School House Museum: 18.5 mi
- Lewis Spring: 8.5 mi
- Davids Spring: 9.1 mi
- Elkton Spring: 10.5 mi
- Rock Spring: 10.7 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 11.0 mi
- Annie duPont Formal Garden: 18.1 mi
- Botanical Garden of the Piedmont: 24.5 mi
- CATS Grove: 24.5 mi
- The Tahija Arboretum & Lacross Botanical Gardens: 24.6 mi
- The Grove: 24.6 mi
- Picnic Grounds: 4.6 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 6.1 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 8.7 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 9.2 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 15.9 mi
- Love: 18.7 mi
- LOVE: 22.2 mi
- Lions Glasses: 22.2 mi
- Speech Stump: 24.1 mi
- Down The Nile: 24.5 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 18.5 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 18.5 mi
- Luray Caverns: 18.7 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 18.7 mi
- Luray Caverns: 18.7 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 3.3 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 6.9 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 9.5 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 10.0 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 19.5 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 3.1 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 18.1 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 21.7 mi
- Lake Orange: 24.3 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 16.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Kirtley Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fork Mountain | N 356° | 1,172 m | 5.5 mi |
| Hazeltop | NNW 337° | 1,149 m | 5.9 mi |
| Blackrock | NNW 348° | 1,116 m | 9.1 mi |
| Stony Mountain | N 357° | 1,097 m | 8.0 mi |
| Hightop | WSW 241° | 1,091 m | 8.9 mi |
| Lewis Mountain | WNW 302° | 1,087 m | 4.1 mi |
| Bearfence Mountain | NW 317° | 1,083 m | 4.5 mi |
| Bush Mountain | NW 323° | 1,076 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:15 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 30 | 35 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 32 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Meadows, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1469042 — Kirtley Mountain, Madison County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356562765
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 7 mi
- Charlottesville · 26 mi
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