Piney Hill
Piney Hill rises to 491 m in Virginia. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the south, 5.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Lake Arrowhead Park, a park 1.0 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 2.8 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49061968, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 491 m
How to reach it
- 2.8 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 24.3 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Stony Man Overlook · 3 mi
- Little Stony Man Overlook · 3 mi
- Stony Man Lookout · 3 mi
- Jewell Hollow Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pine Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Pumpkin Hill: 2.6 mi
- Varner Hill: 2.8 mi
- Hoak Hill: 2.8 mi
- Little Stony Man: 3.1 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Park: 1.0 mi
- Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 2.9 mi
- Ruffner Plaza: 3.8 mi
- Eugene Park: 4.1 mi
- Carillon Park: 4.6 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 3.2 mi
- Page County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 3.7 mi
- O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site: 3.7 mi
- Bethany Veney Remembrance Garden: 4.5 mi
- Luray Caverns Discovery Marker: 4.8 mi
- Old School House Museum: 3.6 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 3.6 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 4.8 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 4.8 mi
- Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 4.8 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 5.5 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 5.8 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 5.9 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 6.1 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 6.2 mi
- Furnace Spring: 3.1 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 5.6 mi
- Rock Spring: 5.9 mi
- Davids Spring: 7.7 mi
- Lewis Spring: 8.5 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 3.6 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 3.8 mi
- Luray Caverns: 4.8 mi
- Luray Caverns: 4.8 mi
- The Garden Maze: 4.8 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 3.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 4.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 7.7 mi
- Pavilian: 8.9 mi
- Love: 4.7 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 15.2 mi
- Cootie Bug: 15.3 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 21.6 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 22.3 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 7.1 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 7.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 9.8 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 10.5 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 11.7 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 17.2 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 17.7 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 19.1 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 19.4 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 21.6 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 17.8 mi
- Old grape garden: 22.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Piney Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawksbill | S 177° | 1,232 m | 5.7 mi |
| Stony Man | SSE 150° | 1,220 m | 3.2 mi |
| Bushytop | SSE 167° | 1,142 m | 3.3 mi |
| Nakedtop | S 183° | 1,138 m | 5.6 mi |
| Spitler Hill | S 175° | 1,138 m | 6.8 mi |
| Betty's Rock | SSE 168° | 1,131 m | 5.0 mi |
| Blackrock | SSW 197° | 1,116 m | 8.0 mi |
| Little Stony Man | SE 145° | 1,110 m | 3.1 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 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356574065
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 10 mi
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