Raven Rocks
Raven Rocks rises to 443 m in West Virginia. Blue Mountain stands 674 m to the southwest, 16 miles off. The nearest named place is Shenandoah River Campus at Cool Spring Battlefield, a park 1.8 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
Raven Rocks is a spur of Blue Ridge Mountain in Jefferson County, West Virginia. The peak is located just north of Jefferson County's border with Clarke County, Virginia and west of its border with Loudoun County, Virginia. Raven Rocks is formed by the drainage gorges of Rocky Branch Creek to the north and Raven Rocks Creek to the south (both direct tributaries of the Shenandoah River) on the mountains western watershed. Raven Rocks is the northernmost spur in a series spurs and hollows that occur along the western slope of Blue Ridge Mountain south to Ashby Gap. The formation is often referred to as the rollercoaster by Appalachian Trail hikers as the trail undulates between these spurs and hollows along the western face of the mountain along this stretch of the ridge. The peak is notable for the Crescent Rock cliffs. The Appalachian Trail crosses the saddle of the ridge.
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Wikidata Q7296419, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 443 m
How to reach it
- 12.9 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 8.5 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 13.0 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 16.9 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- River Vista · 12 mi
- Jefferson Rock · 14 mi
- Split Rock · 14 mi
- Maryland Heights Overlook · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Shenandoah River Campus at Cool Spring Battlefield: 1.8 mi
- Bears Den Park: 2.2 mi
- Round Hill Center Park: 3.3 mi
- Round Hill Town Park: 3.6 mi
- Woodgrove Park: 3.7 mi
- Round Top: 2.7 mi
- Buzzard Hill: 5.4 mi
- Taylors Hill: 5.7 mi
- Toy Hill: 6.2 mi
- Lewin Hill: 6.7 mi
- Shannondale Lodge: 5.0 mi
- 9/11 Steel Beam Memorial: 6.4 mi
- Loudoun Branch, Manassas Gap Railroad: 8.2 mi
- Huntfield Community Obelisk: 8.8 mi
- John Brown Fort Foundation: 12.2 mi
- Cow Train: 3.2 mi
- Pig Races: 3.2 mi
- Pig Pen: 3.2 mi
- Cider Stage: 3.2 mi
- Peacocks: 3.2 mi
- Plaster Museum of Bluemont's Heritage: 2.0 mi
- Josephine School Community Museum: 7.8 mi
- Jefferson County Museum: 10.4 mi
- National Sporting Library & Museum: 13.0 mi
- Oatlands Museum: 13.4 mi
- Leesburg Welcome Mural: 14.5 mi
- Unbroken Circle #4: 14.7 mi
- Low-Poly Open Heart: 14.7 mi
- Sun Flower: 14.7 mi
- Kintsugi heart: 14.7 mi
- Blue Ridge Regional Park: 4.3 mi
- Suzanne R. Kane Nature Preserve: 6.3 mi
- Cool Spring Preserve: 8.8 mi
- Appalachian Trail Corridor: 9.9 mi
- Rust Nature Sanctuary: 13.4 mi
- Cool Spring: 2.3 mi
- Harris Springs: 4.8 mi
- Potts Springs: 4.9 mi
- Cooper Springs: 6.4 mi
- Yellow Rose Spring: 13.7 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 3.2 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 6.5 mi
- Paris Vegetable Garden: 11.2 mi
- Culinary Gardens: 12.5 mi
- Community Garden: 13.3 mi
- Dargan Bend: 16.3 mi
- Nolands Ferry: 20.4 mi
- Little Picnic Island: 21.1 mi
- Smiths Switch Station: 21.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 24.1 mi
- River Access: 1.9 mi
- River Access: 2.6 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 4.9 mi
- Pua Falls: 6.1 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 19.8 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 22.1 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook: 16.6 mi
- Gainsboro Tourist Park: 24.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 13.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 22.6 miles of Raven Rocks. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Mountain | SW 219° | 674 m | 16.2 mi |
| Rattlesnake Mountain | SSW 210° | 644 m | 22.1 mi |
| Paris | SW 220° | 590 m | 14.0 mi |
| Paris Mountain | SSW 214° | 587 m | 8.9 mi |
| Big Cobbler Mountain | SSW 197° | 476 m | 21.8 mi |
| Neersville | NNE 27° | 467 m | 7.6 mi |
| Naked Mountain | SSW 208° | 448 m | 17.2 mi |
| Maryland Heights | NNE 25° | 444 m | 15.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:46 | 20:01 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:35 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356520569
Day trips start here
- Loudoun County · 11 mi
- Middleburg · 13 mi
- Harpers Ferry · 14 mi
- Leesburg · 15 mi
- Brunswick · 16 mi
- Ashburn · 20 mi
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