Opechee Peak
Opechee Peak rises to 799 m in Virginia. Hogback Mountain stands 1,056 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Waonaze Peak, a peak 1.2 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 11 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49058753, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 799 m
How to reach it
- 10.8 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Jeremys Run Overlook · 11 mi
- Rattlesnake Point Overlook · 12 mi
- Thornton Hollow Overlook · 12 mi
- Hogback Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Waonaze Peak: 1.2 mi
- Stage Hill: 3.2 mi
- Mertins Rock: 3.2 mi
- Short Mountain: 3.4 mi
- Bowman Mountain: 4.5 mi
- Riverview Park: 4.2 mi
- Shenandoah County Fairgrounds: 4.4 mi
- Little Fort Recreation Area: 4.6 mi
- Woodstock Recreational Area: 4.7 mi
- W.O. Riley Park: 4.8 mi
- "Connections" The Shentel Museum: 3.5 mi
- The Edinburg Mill: 4.1 mi
- Woodstock Museum Wickham House: 4.9 mi
- Woodstock Museum Marshall House: 4.9 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 10.2 mi
- Indian Grave: 5.4 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 9.3 mi
- Luray Caverns Discovery Marker: 10.3 mi
- Bethany Veney Remembrance Garden: 10.3 mi
- Page County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 10.4 mi
- Edinburg Gap Spring: 2.3 mi
- Chalybeate Spring: 5.7 mi
- Hiden Spring: 8.3 mi
- Yellow Spring: 10.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 12.7 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 10.9 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 11.0 mi
- Greasy Falls: 12.4 mi
- Miller Falls: 15.5 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 15.7 mi
- Markley Rocks: 10.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 11.7 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 14.3 mi
- Three High Heads: 16.1 mi
- Dog Cliff: 19.2 mi
- The Garden Maze: 10.2 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 10.2 mi
- Luray Caverns: 10.3 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 10.4 mi
- Shenandoah Caverns: 11.6 mi
- Love: 10.3 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 11.6 mi
- Cootie Bug: 11.6 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 17.7 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 21.5 mi
- Pavilian: 5.9 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 15.3 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 16.1 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 19.7 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 24.3 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 4.2 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 16.8 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 17.6 mi
- Lost River State Park: 22.9 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 4.9 mi
- Old grape garden: 10.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Opechee Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogback Mountain | ESE 106° | 1,056 m | 12.3 mi |
| Sugarloaf | ESE 110° | 985 m | 11.7 mi |
| Little Sluice Mountain | NNW 331° | 951 m | 12.0 mi |
| Knob Mountain | SE 127° | 873 m | 9.7 mi |
| Short Mountain | SW 229° | 856 m | 3.4 mi |
| Middle Mountain | SSW 203° | 855 m | 9.7 mi |
| Waterfall Mountain | SSW 206° | 840 m | 10.0 mi |
| Duncan Knob | SSW 202° | 833 m | 8.1 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 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 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 | 32 | 35 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Edinburg, 5 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356573862
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 22 mi
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