Millers Head
Millers Head rises to 1,062 m in Virginia. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the south, 2.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Bushytop, a peak 0.4 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 0.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49050315, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,062 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 21.8 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Stony Man Lookout · 1 mi
- Timber Hollow Overlook · 1 mi
- Little Stony Man Overlook · 2 mi
- Hemlock Springs Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bushytop: 0.4 mi
- Pollock Knob: 0.9 mi
- Stony Man: 1.2 mi
- Little Stony Man: 1.5 mi
- Breedlove Knob: 1.7 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Park: 3.4 mi
- Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 5.1 mi
- Ruffner Plaza: 6.2 mi
- Eugene Park: 6.6 mi
- Carillon Park: 6.7 mi
- CCC Camp: 5.7 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 5.8 mi
- O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site: 6.1 mi
- Page County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 6.1 mi
- Bethany Veney Remembrance Garden: 6.6 mi
- Old School House Museum: 6.0 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 6.0 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 6.9 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 6.9 mi
- Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 6.9 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 2.6 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 3.3 mi
- Cedar Run Falls: 3.8 mi
- Rose River Falls: 4.3 mi
- Dark Hollow Falls: 5.4 mi
- Furnace Spring: 0.8 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 2.5 mi
- Rock Spring: 2.8 mi
- Davids Spring: 4.9 mi
- Lewis Spring: 5.8 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 6.0 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 6.2 mi
- Luray Caverns: 6.8 mi
- The Garden Maze: 6.9 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 9.0 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 3.5 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 5.0 mi
- Pavilian: 11.5 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 21.6 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 4.0 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 4.1 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 7.8 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 12.2 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 12.3 mi
- Love: 6.8 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 16.9 mi
- Cootie Bug: 17.0 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 21.9 mi
- Lions Glasses: 22.9 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 14.8 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 20.2 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 21.4 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 24.3 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 20.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.5 miles of Millers Head. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawksbill | S 182° | 1,232 m | 2.6 mi |
| Stony Man | ENE 75° | 1,220 m | 1.2 mi |
| Fork Mountain | S 189° | 1,172 m | 8.0 mi |
| Hazeltop | SSW 202° | 1,149 m | 8.5 mi |
| Bushytop | ESE 111° | 1,142 m | 0.4 mi |
| Nakedtop | SSW 196° | 1,138 m | 2.5 mi |
| Spitler Hill | S 177° | 1,138 m | 3.6 mi |
| Betty's Rock | SSE 161° | 1,131 m | 1.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:15 | 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, 5 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 1493293 — Millers Head, Page County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356581988
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 7 mi
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