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Poortown Mountain

Poortown Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates38.63595, -78.22028

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Waterfalls: 23
Historic sites: 23
  • 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
Museums: 22
  • 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
Picnic sites: 9
  • Pinnacles picnic ground: 6.7 mi
  • Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 13.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 14.2 mi
  • Picnic Area: 14.4 mi
  • Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 16.1 mi
Springs: 9
Attractions: 9
Cliffs: 6
Artworks: 6
  • Love: 14.2 mi
  • LOVE: 16.7 mi
  • Lions Glasses: 16.7 mi
  • "Stonewall" Jackson: 19.5 mi
  • Statue of Liberty: 24.7 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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony ManWSW 252°1,220 m8.6 mi
Little Stony ManWSW 253°1,110 m8.4 mi
Marys RockW 281°1,071 m5.3 mi
The PinnacleW 265°1,071 m6.0 mi
Hogback MountainNNW 342°1,056 m9.2 mi
Pinnacle PeakWSW 244°1,035 m7.2 mi
Robertson MountainSW 235°1,005 m8.0 mi
Old Rag MountainSW 221°998 m7.7 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5019:25
June solstice05:4920:0220:42
September equinox07:0118:3719:12
December solstice07:2816:1416:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536270747367564637
Precip in3.62.84.04.04.75.23.74.15.43.73.74.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sperryville, 1 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356564722

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