Poes Mountain
Poes Mountain rises to 252 m in Virginia. North Marshall stands 1,024 m to the west-northwest, 10 miles off. The nearest named place is Jefferson Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 12 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49062790, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 252 m
How to reach it
- 12.3 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 9.8 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hogwallow Flats Overlook · 10 mi
- Jenkins Gap Overlook · 10 mi
- Indian Run Overlook · 10 mi
- Browntown Valley Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Jefferson Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Meetinghouse Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Little Battle Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Fogg Mountain: 3.9 mi
- Googe Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Spilman Park: 6.6 mi
- Rappahannock County Park: 6.9 mi
- WFA Athey Sports Complex: 10.9 mi
- Rady Park: 11.6 mi
- Sperryville Historic District: 11.7 mi
- Spilman Silo: 6.6 mi
- The Spilman Homestead: 6.7 mi
- Snead Farm: 13.4 mi
- Millenium Sundial: 16.4 mi
- Norfolk & Southern Railway Co. Caboose: 16.4 mi
- Haunted Hollow: 13.3 mi
- Skyline Caverns: 16.2 mi
- Flying Circus Aerodrome: 20.4 mi
- Fred And Anita Scott Amphitheater: 20.5 mi
- Silo Pavilion: 20.6 mi
- Miller Falls: 10.8 mi
- Lands Run Falls: 11.7 mi
- Greasy Falls: 13.7 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 15.1 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 15.2 mi
- Old Jail Museum: 12.3 mi
- Virginia Beer Museum: 16.5 mi
- Warren Rifles Confederate Museum: 16.6 mi
- Museum of Culpeper History: 17.1 mi
- The Cold War Museum: 18.8 mi
- Lambert's Spring: 17.5 mi
- Hunsucker Spring: 17.6 mi
- Peace Spring: 17.6 mi
- Harmony Spring: 17.6 mi
- Rock Spring: 17.8 mi
- Senior Garden: 16.4 mi
- Koch Family Garden: 16.4 mi
- Remington Community Garden: 17.0 mi
- Founders Garden: 17.6 mi
- Welcome Garden: 17.7 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 11.8 mi
- Whitney State Forest: 12.0 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 16.8 mi
- Arlington Outdoor Lab: 17.5 mi
- Elizabeth Nickens Park Site: 20.5 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 14.6 mi
- Lovers Leap: 21.2 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 22.1 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 24.8 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 14.2 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 18.4 mi
- Picnic Grove: 19.5 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 16.5 mi
- LOVE: 17.8 mi
- Lions Glasses: 17.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Poes Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Marshall | WNW 292° | 1,024 m | 10.4 mi |
| South Marshall | WNW 289° | 979 m | 11.2 mi |
| The Peak | WNW 290° | 889 m | 8.5 mi |
| Compton Peak | NW 310° | 887 m | 10.7 mi |
| Carson Mountain | NW 314° | 780 m | 11.0 mi |
| Pignut Mountain | W 270° | 771 m | 13.0 mi |
| High Knob | NNW 338° | 728 m | 12.5 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | N 354° | 644 m | 10.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:13 | 16:55 |
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, 12 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356564703
Day trips start here
- Middleburg · 23 mi
- Bristow · 26 mi
- Shenandoah National Park · 28 mi
- Northern Virginia · 29 mi
- Prince William County · 29 mi
- Manassas · 30 mi
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