Piney Mountain
Piney Mountain rises to 600 m in Virginia. Fork Mountain stands 1,172 m to the east-northeast, 7.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Abrams Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 2.3 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States of America; geonames ID = 4779219.
Wikidata Q49061997, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 600 m
How to reach it
- 2.3 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 21.4 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Bald Face Mountain Overlook · 2 mi
- Baldface Mountain Overlook · 2 mi
- The Oaks Overlook · 3 mi
- South River Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Stonewall Memorial Park: 4.8 mi
- Greene County Park: 12.0 mi
- Rockingham Park at the Crossroads: 15.0 mi
- Hoover Ridge Football Complex: 15.3 mi
- Lawrence Beasley Park: 15.3 mi
- Abrams Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Pine Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Feldy Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Green Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Huckleberry Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Upper Pocosin Mission: 3.3 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 4.8 mi
- Shenandoah Displacement momunment: 4.8 mi
- Five Tents: 7.6 mi
- CCC Camp: 8.5 mi
- Miller-Kite House Museum: 4.5 mi
- Town of Shenandoah Museum & Welcome Center: 6.4 mi
- Dukes of Hazard Museum: 15.2 mi
- Madison County Historical Society: 15.5 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 16.8 mi
- Dry Run Falls: 1.8 mi
- Cedar Falls: 2.1 mi
- South River Falls: 3.6 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 4.2 mi
- Upper Big Creek Falls: 4.2 mi
- Love: 16.8 mi
- James Madison: 18.3 mi
- Duke Dog Statue: 18.3 mi
- World War Memorial: 18.3 mi
- James Madison statue: 18.4 mi
- Elkton Spring: 4.0 mi
- Bear Lithia Spring: 4.6 mi
- Lewis Spring: 8.2 mi
- Davids Spring: 9.2 mi
- Rockingham springs: 10.3 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 15.2 mi
- Fear Forest: 15.6 mi
- Luray Caverns: 16.7 mi
- The Garden Maze: 16.9 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 17.0 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 3.1 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 8.9 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 12.1 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 16.5 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 17.3 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 6.3 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 9.9 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 10.2 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 12.2 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 14.8 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 4.6 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 15.3 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 22.7 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 23.0 mi
- ISAT Patio: 17.8 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 17.9 mi
- Heishman Garden: 19.1 mi
- Annie duPont Formal Garden: 24.4 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 18.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.8 miles of Piney Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fork Mountain | ENE 59° | 1,172 m | 7.4 mi |
| Hazeltop | NE 50° | 1,149 m | 5.8 mi |
| Blackrock | NE 35° | 1,116 m | 8.7 mi |
| Stony Mountain | NE 46° | 1,097 m | 9.0 mi |
| Hightop | S 188° | 1,091 m | 6.1 mi |
| Lewis Mountain | E 82° | 1,087 m | 3.3 mi |
| Bearfence Mountain | ENE 67° | 1,083 m | 4.1 mi |
| Bush Mountain | ENE 62° | 1,076 m | 4.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 16:16 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 30 | 35 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 32 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Meadows, 9 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/356564593
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 7 mi
- Charlottesville · 27 mi
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