Poortown Mountain
Poortown Mountain rises to 324 m in Virginia. Stony Man stands 1,220 m to the west-southwest, 8.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Fielding Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 4.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49063298, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 324 m
How to reach it
- 4.8 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 16.3 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Buck Hollow Overlook · 5 mi
- Hazel Mountain Overlook · 5 mi
- Tunnel Overlook · 5 mi
- Tunnel Parking Overlook · 5 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Fielding Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Redmans Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Little Mason Mountain: 1.8 mi
- Mason Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Slaughter Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Sperryville Historic District: 1.5 mi
- Rappahannock County Park: 6.3 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Park: 8.8 mi
- Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 12.5 mi
- Ruffner Plaza: 13.2 mi
- Old School House Museum: 13.1 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 13.1 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 14.3 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 14.4 mi
- Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 14.4 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 12.5 mi
- Page County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 13.1 mi
- O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site: 13.2 mi
- Bethany Veney Remembrance Garden: 14.0 mi
- CCC Camp: 14.1 mi
- Cave Falls: 3.6 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 9.1 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 9.1 mi
- Greasy Falls: 9.9 mi
- Miller Falls: 10.0 mi
- Furnace Spring: 9.0 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 10.5 mi
- Rock Spring: 11.6 mi
- Davids Spring: 13.6 mi
- Lewis Spring: 14.5 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 13.1 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 13.2 mi
- Luray Caverns: 14.3 mi
- The Garden Maze: 14.3 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 17.7 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 6.7 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 13.9 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 16.1 mi
- Pavilian: 17.3 mi
- Picnic Grove: 21.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 8.8 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 10.2 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 12.8 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 16.2 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 19.7 mi
- Love: 14.2 mi
- Lions Glasses: 16.7 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 19.5 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 24.7 mi
- Cootie Bug: 24.7 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 14.9 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 19.2 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 21.7 mi
- Whitney State Forest: 22.2 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 22.6 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 23.2 mi
- Remington Community Garden: 23.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Poortown Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stony Man | WSW 252° | 1,220 m | 8.6 mi |
| Little Stony Man | WSW 253° | 1,110 m | 8.4 mi |
| Marys Rock | W 281° | 1,071 m | 5.3 mi |
| The Pinnacle | W 265° | 1,071 m | 6.0 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | NNW 342° | 1,056 m | 9.2 mi |
| Pinnacle Peak | WSW 244° | 1,035 m | 7.2 mi |
| Robertson Mountain | SW 235° | 1,005 m | 8.0 mi |
| Old Rag Mountain | SW 221° | 998 m | 7.7 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 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 | 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, 1 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356564722
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 16 mi
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