Pass Mountain
Pass Mountain rises to 915 m in Virginia. Stony Man stands 1,220 m to the south-southwest, 6.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Oventop Mountain, a peak 2.2 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 0.6 miles off.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 915 m
How to reach it
- 0.6 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 22.2 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Beahms Gap Overlook · 1 mi
- Pass Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- Thornton Hollow Overlook · 2 mi
- Tunnel Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Oventop Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Marys Rock: 2.3 mi
- Fork Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Neighbor Mountain: 2.7 mi
- Pumpkin Hill: 3.4 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Park: 4.7 mi
- Sperryville Historic District: 5.0 mi
- Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 7.7 mi
- Ruffner Plaza: 8.1 mi
- Eugene Park: 8.1 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 7.3 mi
- Page County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 8.0 mi
- O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site: 8.1 mi
- Bethany Veney Remembrance Garden: 8.9 mi
- Indian Grave: 9.1 mi
- Old School House Museum: 8.0 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 8.0 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 9.2 mi
- Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 9.2 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 9.2 mi
- Cave Falls: 3.6 mi
- Greasy Falls: 6.8 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 6.9 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 7.0 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 8.7 mi
- Furnace Spring: 6.9 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 9.5 mi
- Rock Spring: 10.2 mi
- Chalybeate Spring: 11.1 mi
- Davids Spring: 12.3 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 4.8 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 10.2 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 11.6 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 15.2 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 16.7 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 8.0 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 8.0 mi
- The Garden Maze: 9.2 mi
- Luray Caverns: 9.2 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 12.9 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 4.3 mi
- Pavilian: 11.4 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 12.5 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 14.2 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 23.6 mi
- Love: 9.1 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 17.5 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 19.1 mi
- Cootie Bug: 19.2 mi
- Lions Glasses: 22.6 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 13.8 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 16.8 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 16.9 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 22.0 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 17.4 mi
- Old grape garden: 23.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Pass Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Man | SSW 208° | 1,220 m | 6.6 mi |
| Bushytop | SSW 212° | 1,142 m | 7.4 mi |
| Betty's Rock | SSW 205° | 1,131 m | 8.8 mi |
| Little Stony Man | SSW 208° | 1,110 m | 6.3 mi |
| Pollock Knob | SSW 209° | 1,086 m | 7.9 mi |
| Crescent Rock | SSW 204° | 1,086 m | 9.2 mi |
| Marys Rock | S 184° | 1,071 m | 2.3 mi |
| The Pinnacle | SSW 193° | 1,071 m | 3.9 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356564400
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 15 mi
Take the scenic way to Pass Mountain.
Byway plans around your taste, mapped places, real weather and opening hours — then opens every leg in Google Maps with one tap.