Pignut Mountain
Pignut Mountain rises to 771 m in Virginia. Marys Rock stands 1,071 m to the south-southwest, 5.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Fork Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 2.7 miles off.
The story
Pignut Mountain is a mountain in Rappahannock County, Virginia. It is part of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Its summit lies within Shenandoah National Park.
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Wikidata Q7193431, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 771 m
How to reach it
- 2.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 21.9 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Rattlesnake Point Overlook · 3 mi
- Little Devils Stairs Overlook · 3 mi
- Mount Marshall Overlook · 3 mi
- Little Hogback Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fork Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Keyser Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Wolf Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Sugarloaf: 2.8 mi
- Little Hogback Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Sperryville Historic District: 4.6 mi
- Rappahannock County Park: 6.1 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Park: 8.3 mi
- Hazard Mill Recreation Area: 9.0 mi
- Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 11.1 mi
- Indian Grave: 8.9 mi
- Snead Farm: 10.2 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 10.6 mi
- Page County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 11.2 mi
- O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site: 11.4 mi
- Old School House Museum: 11.2 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 11.2 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 12.3 mi
- Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 12.4 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 12.4 mi
- Greasy Falls: 3.9 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 4.7 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 4.8 mi
- Miller Falls: 5.3 mi
- Cave Falls: 5.9 mi
- Furnace Spring: 10.4 mi
- Chalybeate Spring: 10.5 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 12.9 mi
- Rock Spring: 13.7 mi
- Edinburg Gap Spring: 14.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 2.7 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 13.4 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 15.1 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 18.7 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 20.0 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 11.2 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 11.2 mi
- The Garden Maze: 12.4 mi
- Luray Caverns: 12.4 mi
- Skyline Caverns: 12.8 mi
- Love: 12.3 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 14.3 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 21.7 mi
- Cootie Bug: 21.8 mi
- Lions Glasses: 22.6 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 7.7 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 10.9 mi
- Pavilian: 13.7 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 16.0 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 10.3 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 13.8 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 17.0 mi
- Whitney State Forest: 24.7 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 17.6 mi
- Old grape garden: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.6 miles of Pignut Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marys Rock | SSW 212° | 1,071 m | 5.5 mi |
| The Pinnacle | SSW 210° | 1,071 m | 7.2 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | N 350° | 1,056 m | 3.1 mi |
| North Marshall | NE 40° | 1,024 m | 5.2 mi |
| Sugarloaf | NNW 331° | 985 m | 2.8 mi |
| South Marshall | NNE 32° | 979 m | 4.4 mi |
| Little Hogback Mountain | N 4° | 940 m | 2.9 mi |
| Pass Mountain | SW 228° | 915 m | 3.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 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, 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356564510
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 18 mi
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