Pinnacle Peak
Pinnacle Peak rises to 1,035 m in Virginia. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the southwest, 3.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Corbin Mountain, a peak 0.8 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 1.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49062164, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,035 m
How to reach it
- 1.1 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 19.5 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Thorofare Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
- Thorofare Mtn Overlook · 1 mi
- Hemlock Springs Overlook · 1 mi
- Little Stony Man Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Corbin Mountain: 0.8 mi
- Robertson Mountain: 1.4 mi
- Little Stony Man: 1.8 mi
- Short Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Stony Man: 1.8 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Park: 4.3 mi
- Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 7.4 mi
- Sperryville Historic District: 7.7 mi
- Ruffner Plaza: 8.4 mi
- Eugene Park: 8.8 mi
- CCC Camp: 7.1 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 7.9 mi
- Five Tents: 8.2 mi
- Page County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 8.3 mi
- O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site: 8.3 mi
- Old School House Museum: 8.3 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 8.3 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 9.3 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 9.4 mi
- Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 9.4 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 2.2 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 2.4 mi
- Cedar Run Falls: 3.6 mi
- Cave Falls: 4.2 mi
- Rose River Falls: 5.5 mi
- Furnace Spring: 2.2 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 3.4 mi
- Rock Spring: 4.4 mi
- Davids Spring: 6.5 mi
- Lewis Spring: 7.4 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 8.3 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 8.4 mi
- Luray Caverns: 9.3 mi
- The Garden Maze: 9.4 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 11.8 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 2.4 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 6.8 mi
- Pavilian: 13.6 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 17.3 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 20.6 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 3.6 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 5.7 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 9.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 11.4 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 15.1 mi
- Love: 9.2 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 19.6 mi
- Cootie Bug: 19.7 mi
- Lions Glasses: 20.1 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 24.0 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 15.5 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 20.1 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 21.5 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 23.5 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 22.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.6 miles of Pinnacle Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawksbill | SW 232° | 1,232 m | 3.8 mi |
| Stony Man | WNW 288° | 1,220 m | 1.8 mi |
| Bushytop | W 273° | 1,142 m | 2.5 mi |
| Nakedtop | WSW 239° | 1,138 m | 4.2 mi |
| Spitler Hill | SW 219° | 1,138 m | 4.4 mi |
| Betty's Rock | WSW 236° | 1,131 m | 2.8 mi |
| Blackrock | SW 233° | 1,116 m | 7.0 mi |
| Little Stony Man | WNW 298° | 1,110 m | 1.8 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, 6 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/356590179
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 9 mi
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