Polecat Hill
Polecat Hill rises to 153 m in Virginia. Blue Mountain stands 674 m to the west, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Ball Hill, a peak 0.5 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 6.4 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49063069, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 153 m
How to reach it
- 6.4 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 16.1 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
- 15.6 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 19.5 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
Overlooks nearby
- Red Rock Overlook · 15 mi
- River Vista · 22 mi
- Point of Rocks Overlook · 22 mi
- Split Rock · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Ball Hill: 0.5 mi
- Steptoe Hill: 4.4 mi
- Vesper Hill: 4.9 mi
- Griffin Mountain: 7.2 mi
- White Rock: 8.0 mi
- 1st Massachusetts Cavalry: 4.1 mi
- Old Ashby's Gap Turnpike Bridge: 4.9 mi
- Loudoun Branch, Manassas Gap Railroad: 9.2 mi
- Swart Farmhouse: 9.4 mi
- 9/11 Steel Beam Memorial: 9.6 mi
- Historic Aldie Mill: 5.5 mi
- Triple Threat Slide: 8.1 mi
- Tire Mountain: 8.1 mi
- Pigs: 8.1 mi
- T-Rex Pumpkin Crusher: 8.1 mi
- Mickie Gordon Memorial Park: 2.2 mi
- Mercer Park: 2.5 mi
- Aldie Mill Historic Park: 5.5 mi
- Upperville Park: 7.1 mi
- Gilbert's Corner Regional Park: 7.3 mi
- Banshee Reeks Nature Preserve: 8.0 mi
- Blue Ridge Regional Park: 8.8 mi
- Suzanne R. Kane Nature Preserve: 10.1 mi
- Appalachian Trail Corridor: 11.2 mi
- Broadlands protected nature reserve: 11.7 mi
- National Sporting Library & Museum: 2.0 mi
- Oatlands Museum: 7.2 mi
- Oatlands Mansion: 7.2 mi
- Plaster Museum of Bluemont's Heritage: 9.3 mi
- Loudoun Museum: 12.4 mi
- Culinary Gardens: 1.5 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 8.2 mi
- Koch Family Garden: 10.0 mi
- Senior Garden: 10.0 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 10.2 mi
- Carol: 9.2 mi
- Sundial: 12.1 mi
- Welcome, the Iconic Hand: 12.3 mi
- Sun Flower: 12.3 mi
- Kintsugi heart: 12.3 mi
- White Rock Spring: 7.7 mi
- Cool Spring: 12.7 mi
- Lambert's Spring: 13.2 mi
- Harmony Spring: 13.3 mi
- Hunsucker Spring: 13.3 mi
- Little Picnic Island: 12.9 mi
- Hyland Hills Park: 14.7 mi
- Smiths Switch Station: 15.2 mi
- Brownsville Picnic Area: 16.7 mi
- Picnic Area at Ellanor C. Lawerence Park: 19.3 mi
- Pua Falls: 10.1 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 11.4 mi
- River Access: 12.0 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 15.3 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 18.5 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 18.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 16.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 18.2 miles of Polecat Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain | W 260° | 674 m | 15.5 mi |
| Paris | W 267° | 590 m | 14.1 mi |
| Paris Mountain | WNW 284° | 587 m | 10.4 mi |
| Big Cobbler Mountain | SW 226° | 476 m | 15.8 mi |
| Neersville | N 354° | 467 m | 16.8 mi |
| Naked Mountain | WSW 248° | 448 m | 14.2 mi |
| Raven Rocks | NNW 333° | 443 m | 11.2 mi |
| Little Cobbler Mountain | SW 231° | 441 m | 14.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:10 | 16:53 |
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 | 31 | 33 | 40 | 51 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.7 | 3.4 | 4.9 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — MT WX, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583763
Day trips start here
- Middleburg · 2 mi
- Loudoun County · 8 mi
- Leesburg · 13 mi
- Ashburn · 14 mi
- Sterling · 17 mi
- Chantilly · 18 mi
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