Oventop Mountain
Oventop Mountain rises to 752 m in Virginia. Stony Man stands 1,220 m to the southwest, 7.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Fork Mountain, a peak 2.0 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 2.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49059101, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 752 m
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 20.2 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Tunnel Overlook · 2 mi
- Tunnel Parking Overlook · 2 mi
- Buck Hollow Overlook · 3 mi
- Hazel Mountain Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fork Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Pass Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Marys Rock: 2.7 mi
- Redmans Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Pignut Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Sperryville Historic District: 2.8 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Park: 6.2 mi
- Rappahannock County Park: 7.2 mi
- Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 9.6 mi
- Ruffner Plaza: 10.1 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 9.3 mi
- Page County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 10.0 mi
- O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site: 10.1 mi
- Indian Grave: 10.8 mi
- Bethany Veney Remembrance Garden: 10.9 mi
- Cave Falls: 2.7 mi
- Greasy Falls: 7.0 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 7.6 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 7.7 mi
- Miller Falls: 8.3 mi
- Old School House Museum: 9.9 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 10.0 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 11.2 mi
- Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 11.2 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 11.2 mi
- Furnace Spring: 7.6 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 10.0 mi
- Rock Spring: 10.9 mi
- Chalybeate Spring: 12.7 mi
- Davids Spring: 13.0 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 4.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 11.1 mi
- Picnic Area: 11.3 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 13.2 mi
- Pavilian: 13.6 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 10.0 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 10.0 mi
- The Garden Maze: 11.2 mi
- Luray Caverns: 11.2 mi
- Luray Caverns: 11.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 5.5 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 10.3 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 12.2 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 15.8 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 18.6 mi
- Love: 11.1 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 17.5 mi
- LOVE: 20.6 mi
- Lions Glasses: 20.6 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 21.3 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 13.4 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 13.8 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 17.0 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 18.7 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 22.2 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 19.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.9 miles of Oventop Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Man | SW 225° | 1,220 m | 7.3 mi |
| Bushytop | SW 227° | 1,142 m | 8.2 mi |
| Little Stony Man | SW 226° | 1,110 m | 7.0 mi |
| Pollock Knob | SW 224° | 1,086 m | 8.6 mi |
| Marys Rock | SW 236° | 1,071 m | 2.7 mi |
| The Pinnacle | SW 224° | 1,071 m | 4.2 mi |
| Millers Head | SW 229° | 1,062 m | 8.4 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | N 1° | 1,056 m | 6.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 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 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sperryville, 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356586869
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 15 mi
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