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Little Mountain

Little Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Little Mountain rises to 529 m in Virginia. Mill Mountain stands 1,006 m to the north, 4.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Oak Ridge, a peak 0.3 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 20 miles off.

The story

Mountain in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States of America; geonames ID = 4770009.

Wikidata Q49045273, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
529 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.90956, -78.62168

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 48
Museums: 21
Historic sites: 18
Springs: 16
Attractions: 9
Cliffs: 8
Waterfalls: 8
Artworks: 5
  • Cootie Bug: 13.7 mi
  • Statue of Liberty: 13.7 mi
  • Love: 18.6 mi
  • Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 22.6 mi
  • "Stonewall" Jackson: 23.0 mi
Nature reserves: 4
Picnic sites: 4
  • Pavilian: 13.6 mi
  • Blue Hole Day Use Area: 20.1 mi
  • Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 22.7 mi
  • Pinnacles picnic ground: 24.8 mi
Gardens: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Little Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mill MountainN1,006 m4.8 mi
Devils BenchmarkWNW995 m6.1 mi
Sugar KnobN976 m4.7 mi
Little Sluice MountainNNE951 m3.9 mi
Long MountainWNW951 m5.6 mi
Snyder KnobW936 m8.2 mi
Paddy MountainNNE910 m7.4 mi
Cove MountainW898 m11.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5119:27
June solstice05:5020:0420:44
September equinox07:0318:3819:13
December solstice07:3016:1416:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323541526170747265544335
Precip in2.41.82.93.14.04.34.13.43.72.62.32.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Edinburg, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1499674 — Little Mountain, Shenandoah County, Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356586809

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