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Prickly Pear Mountain

Prickly Pear Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Prickly Pear Mountain rises to 319 m in Virginia. The Peak stands 889 m to the west, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Waters Mountain, a peak 1.7 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 4.3 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49064095, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
319 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates38.76484, -77.85527

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Rady Park: 3.4 mi
  • WFA Athey Sports Complex: 3.8 mi
  • Eva Walker Park: 4.8 mi
  • Great Meadows: 5.0 mi
  • Warrenton Fairgrounds: 5.1 mi
Attractions: 55
Historic sites: 34
  • Spilman Silo: 8.8 mi
  • Spilman Silo: 8.8 mi
  • The Spilman Homestead: 8.9 mi
  • Battle of Buckland Mills: 9.4 mi
  • Snowden Ruins: 16.6 mi
Nature reserves: 21
Picnic sites: 16
  • Picnic Area: 8.2 mi
  • Brownsville Picnic Area: 16.5 mi
  • Shelter #11: 19.6 mi
  • Shelter #1: 19.7 mi
  • Shelter #2: 19.8 mi
Museums: 14
Gardens: 13
Springs: 8
  • UnNamed Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Lambert's Spring: 7.9 mi
  • Hunsucker Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Peace Spring: 8.0 mi
  • Harmony Spring: 8.0 mi
Waterfalls: 8
  • Lands Run Falls: 18.5 mi
  • Miller Falls: 19.0 mi
  • Pua Falls: 21.2 mi
  • Greasy Falls: 22.2 mi
  • Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 23.1 mi
Artworks: 6
Rest areas: 2
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 19.7 mi
  • Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 19.7 mi
Cliffs: 2
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Prickly Pear Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
The PeakW 269°889 m17.0 mi
High KnobWNW 301°728 m16.2 mi
Blue MountainNW 326°674 m16.1 mi
Rattlesnake MountainNW 304°644 m12.2 mi
Ravensden RockWNW 298°604 m15.6 mi
ParisNNW 333°590 m17.1 mi
Big Cobbler MountainNW 314°476 m7.3 mi
Naked MountainNNW 327°448 m12.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1618:4819:24
June solstice05:4720:0120:40
September equinox07:0018:3519:10
December solstice07:2716:1216:54

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343644556371757468564637

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Warrenton 3 SE, 8 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356583773

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