Marys Rock
Marys Rock rises to 1,071 m in Virginia. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the south-southwest, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is The Pinnacle, a peak 1.7 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 0.3 miles off.
The story
Mary's Rock, also known as Marys Rock, is a 3,514-foot (1,071 m) tall mountain in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia, United States. The peak is just south of the Thornton Gap Entrance of the park, and north of the taller Pinnacle. Mary's Rock is the eighth highest peak in Shenandoah National Park.
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Wikidata Q6778691, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,071 m
How to reach it
- 0.3 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 21.0 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tunnel Parking Overlook · 1 mi
- Tunnel Overlook · 1 mi
- Buck Hollow Overlook · 1 mi
- Hazel Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- The Pinnacle: 1.7 mi
- Pass Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Hazel Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Oventop Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Catlett Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Park: 3.6 mi
- Sperryville Historic District: 4.9 mi
- Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 7.2 mi
- Ruffner Plaza: 7.9 mi
- Eugene Park: 8.1 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 7.1 mi
- Page County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 7.7 mi
- O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site: 7.9 mi
- Bethany Veney Remembrance Garden: 8.7 mi
- Luray Caverns Discovery Marker: 9.0 mi
- Old School House Museum: 7.7 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 7.8 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 9.0 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 9.0 mi
- Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 9.0 mi
- Cave Falls: 2.0 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 6.5 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 6.7 mi
- Cedar Run Falls: 7.9 mi
- Greasy Falls: 9.0 mi
- Furnace Spring: 4.9 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 7.4 mi
- Rock Spring: 8.2 mi
- Davids Spring: 10.3 mi
- Lewis Spring: 11.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 7.1 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 8.0 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 9.6 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 13.2 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 16.2 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 7.7 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 7.8 mi
- Luray Caverns: 9.0 mi
- The Garden Maze: 9.0 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 12.4 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 2.2 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 10.6 mi
- Pavilian: 12.1 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 16.3 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 21.5 mi
- Love: 8.9 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 19.3 mi
- Cootie Bug: 19.4 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 19.7 mi
- Lions Glasses: 21.3 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 15.8 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 18.5 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 19.1 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 19.8 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 19.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.7 miles of Marys Rock. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawksbill | SSW 213° | 1,232 m | 7.8 mi |
| Stony Man | SW 219° | 1,220 m | 4.6 mi |
| Bushytop | SW 223° | 1,142 m | 5.5 mi |
| Nakedtop | SW 217° | 1,138 m | 8.0 mi |
| Spitler Hill | SSW 208° | 1,138 m | 8.5 mi |
| Betty's Rock | SSW 211° | 1,131 m | 6.7 mi |
| Little Stony Man | SW 219° | 1,110 m | 4.3 mi |
| Pollock Knob | SW 218° | 1,086 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:14 | 16:56 |
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 | 37 | 43 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Luray 5 E, 3 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 1470147 — Marys Rock, Page County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356563210
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 13 mi
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