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Saddleback Mountain

Saddleback Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates38.36503, -78.50307

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • 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
Historic sites: 44
Artworks: 41
Museums: 28
  • 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
Waterfalls: 21
Gardens: 17
Springs: 11
Attractions: 10
Picnic sites: 8
  • 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
Nature reserves: 5
Cliffs: 5
Beaches: 1
  • Chris Greene Lake Beach: 14.4 mi
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Fork MountainNNE 31°1,172 m9.2 mi
HazeltopNNE 20°1,149 m8.3 mi
HightopSW 233°1,091 m3.3 mi
Lewis MountainNNE 19°1,087 m4.9 mi
Bearfence MountainNNE 20°1,083 m6.0 mi
Bush MountainNNE 20°1,076 m6.6 mi
Bluff MountainNE 42°1,066 m7.0 mi
Jones MountainNNE 33°1,061 m8.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5119:26
June solstice05:5120:0220:42
September equinox07:0218:3819:13
December solstice07:2816:1616:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273035475562676561504032

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

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