Rappahannock Mountain
Rappahannock Mountain rises to 404 m in Virginia. High Knob stands 728 m to the west-northwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Wildcat Mountain, a peak 0.4 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 5.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49066610, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 404 m
How to reach it
- 5.1 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 17.2 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Indian Run Overlook · 17 mi
- Compton Peak East · 18 mi
- Compton Peak West · 18 mi
- Jenkins Gap Overlook · 18 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Wildcat Mountain: 0.4 mi
- England Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Prickly Pear Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Halls Point: 1.8 mi
- Waters Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Great Meadows: 3.4 mi
- Rady Park: 4.4 mi
- WFA Athey Sports Complex: 5.1 mi
- Northern Fauquier Community Park: 5.7 mi
- Eva Walker Park: 5.8 mi
- Haunted Hollow: 7.5 mi
- Fred And Anita Scott Amphitheater: 9.8 mi
- Silo Pavilion: 10.0 mi
- Archery Range: 10.0 mi
- BB Rifle Range: 10.0 mi
- Battle of Buckland Mills: 8.9 mi
- Spilman Silo: 10.5 mi
- The Spilman Homestead: 10.6 mi
- Snowden Ruins: 15.3 mi
- Second Manassas Monument: 15.9 mi
- Arlington Outdoor Lab: 6.9 mi
- Whitney State Forest: 8.4 mi
- Elizabeth Nickens Park Site: 9.9 mi
- Conway Robinson Memorial State Forest: 13.8 mi
- Bristoe Station Battlefield Heritage Park: 16.9 mi
- Old Jail Museum: 5.8 mi
- The Cold War Museum: 9.6 mi
- Haymarket Museum: 11.3 mi
- National Sporting Library & Museum: 13.6 mi
- Antique Railroad Cars: 20.2 mi
- Senior Garden: 5.9 mi
- Koch Family Garden: 5.9 mi
- Founders Garden: 7.1 mi
- Welcome Garden: 7.2 mi
- Rain Garden: 13.2 mi
- Lambert's Spring: 6.9 mi
- Hunsucker Spring: 7.1 mi
- Peace Spring: 7.1 mi
- Harmony Spring: 7.1 mi
- White Rock Spring: 10.5 mi
- Carol: 14.3 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 20.7 mi
- Wildcat: 23.5 mi
- Sundial: 23.8 mi
- LOVE: 24.2 mi
- Lands Run Falls: 18.7 mi
- Miller Falls: 19.5 mi
- Pua Falls: 19.6 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 21.6 mi
- Greasy Falls: 22.8 mi
- Brownsville Picnic Area: 15.8 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 20.0 mi
- Hyland Hills Park: 20.1 mi
- Picnic Area at Ellanor C. Lawerence Park: 22.8 mi
- Little Picnic Island: 22.9 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area East: 19.0 mi
- Manassas Safety/Rest Area West: 19.0 mi
- Lovers Leap: 19.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 24.1 mi
- River Access: 23.7 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.1 miles of Rappahannock Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Knob | WNW 295° | 728 m | 15.9 mi |
| Blue Mountain | NW 320° | 674 m | 15.1 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | WNW 296° | 644 m | 11.9 mi |
| Ravensden Rock | WNW 292° | 604 m | 15.3 mi |
| Paris | NNW 328° | 590 m | 15.9 mi |
| Big Cobbler Mountain | WNW 301° | 476 m | 6.7 mi |
| Naked Mountain | NW 321° | 448 m | 11.7 mi |
| Little Cobbler Mountain | NW 316° | 441 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:48 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:47 | 20:01 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:12 | 16:54 |
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 | 44 | 55 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Warrenton 3 SE, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1472986 — Rappahannock Mountain, Fauquier County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356564910
Day trips start here
- Middleburg · 14 mi
- Bristow · 17 mi
- Northern Virginia · 19 mi
- Manassas · 20 mi
- Prince William County · 21 mi
- Centreville · 22 mi
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