Saddleback Mountain
Saddleback Mountain rises to 1,026 m in Virginia. Fork Mountain stands 1,172 m to the north-northeast, 9.2 miles off. The nearest named place is South River Falls, a waterfall 1.0 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 1.5 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49070765, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1026 m
How to reach it
- 1.5 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 17.6 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 30.0 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- South River Overlook · 2 mi
- Hensley Hollow Overlook · 2 mi
- Baldface Mountain Overlook · 2 mi
- Bald Face Mountain Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Bald Face Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Dean Mountain: 2.6 mi
- Powell Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Hightop: 3.3 mi
- Barnet Mountain: 3.6 mi
- Stonewall Memorial Park: 7.2 mi
- Greene County Park: 7.7 mi
- Hoover Ridge Football Complex: 13.0 mi
- Hoover Ridge Sand Volleyball Court: 13.0 mi
- Hoover Ridge Baseball Complex: 13.2 mi
- Upper Pocosin Mission: 2.7 mi
- 9/11 Memorial: 7.3 mi
- Shenandoah Displacement momunment: 7.3 mi
- Five Tents: 9.7 mi
- CCC Camp: 11.2 mi
- Duke Dog Statue: 20.6 mi
- James Madison: 20.6 mi
- Love: 20.7 mi
- World War Memorial: 20.7 mi
- James Madison statue: 20.7 mi
- Miller-Kite House Museum: 6.8 mi
- Town of Shenandoah Museum & Welcome Center: 10.5 mi
- Madison County Historical Society: 13.6 mi
- Grand Caverns Museum and Entrance: 19.4 mi
- Dukes of Hazard Museum: 19.5 mi
- South River Falls: 1.0 mi
- Dry Run Falls: 2.7 mi
- Cedar Falls: 3.0 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 6.9 mi
- Upper Big Creek Falls: 6.9 mi
- ISAT Patio: 20.1 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 20.1 mi
- Annie duPont Formal Garden: 20.8 mi
- The Tahija Arboretum & Lacross Botanical Gardens: 21.6 mi
- Courtnay's Garden: 21.6 mi
- Elkton Spring: 6.1 mi
- Bear Lithia Spring: 7.9 mi
- Lewis Spring: 11.1 mi
- Davids Spring: 12.0 mi
- Rockingham springs: 12.3 mi
- Fear Forest: 16.7 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 19.5 mi
- Luray Caverns: 20.6 mi
- Luray Caverns: 20.7 mi
- The Garden Maze: 20.8 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 1.4 mi
- Picnic Grounds: 5.3 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 7.8 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 11.9 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 14.7 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 2.6 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 12.8 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 18.8 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 23.0 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 23.5 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 7.8 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 9.2 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 12.7 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 14.3 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 19.3 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 14.4 mi
- Canada: 23.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Saddleback Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fork Mountain | NNE 31° | 1,172 m | 9.2 mi |
| Hazeltop | NNE 20° | 1,149 m | 8.3 mi |
| Hightop | SW 233° | 1,091 m | 3.3 mi |
| Lewis Mountain | NNE 19° | 1,087 m | 4.9 mi |
| Bearfence Mountain | NNE 20° | 1,083 m | 6.0 mi |
| Bush Mountain | NNE 20° | 1,076 m | 6.6 mi |
| Bluff Mountain | NE 42° | 1,066 m | 7.0 mi |
| Jones Mountain | NNE 33° | 1,061 m | 8.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:16 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 30 | 35 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 32 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Meadows, 11 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1473684 — Saddleback Mountain, Greene County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356565325
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 10 mi
- Charlottesville · 23 mi
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