Sheads Mountain
Sheads Mountain rises to 161 m in Virginia. The Peak stands 889 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Black Hill, a peak 1.6 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway passes 8.5 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49072726, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 161 m
How to reach it
- 8.5 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 16.8 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hogwallow Flats Overlook · 17 mi
- Browntown Valley Overlook · 17 mi
- Range View Overlook · 17 mi
- Jenkins Gap Overlook · 17 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Black Hill: 1.6 mi
- Battle Mountain: 5.7 mi
- Little Battle Mountain: 6.1 mi
- Castleton Mountain: 6.8 mi
- Jefferson Mountain: 7.0 mi
- Spilman Park: 3.0 mi
- Brandy Station Battlefield Park: 8.3 mi
- Wine Street Memorial Park: 9.8 mi
- Culpeper Sports Complex: 10.0 mi
- E. B. Wood Community Park: 10.1 mi
- The Spilman Homestead: 3.0 mi
- Spilman Silo: 3.0 mi
- 3rd Wisconsin Monument: 15.3 mi
- Stonewall Brigade Monument: 15.5 mi
- Cedar Mountain Battlefield: 15.7 mi
- Haunted Hollow: 11.4 mi
- Flying Circus Aerodrome: 14.4 mi
- Silo Pavilion: 21.6 mi
- Fred And Anita Scott Amphitheater: 21.6 mi
- Archery Range: 21.7 mi
- Miller Falls: 17.2 mi
- Cave Falls: 17.3 mi
- Lands Run Falls: 18.8 mi
- Greasy Falls: 19.5 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 20.9 mi
- Whitney State Forest: 9.2 mi
- Arlington Outdoor Lab: 18.6 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 19.2 mi
- Elizabeth Nickens Park Site: 21.4 mi
- Merrimac Farm Wildlife Management Area: 23.0 mi
- Museum of Culpeper History: 10.2 mi
- Old Jail Museum: 11.3 mi
- Salubria: 13.1 mi
- The Cold War Museum: 17.9 mi
- Haymarket Museum: 22.3 mi
- Lambert's Spring: 18.7 mi
- Hunsucker Spring: 18.7 mi
- Peace Spring: 18.7 mi
- Harmony Spring: 18.7 mi
- Furnace Spring: 22.3 mi
- Remington Community Garden: 10.1 mi
- Founders Garden: 18.7 mi
- Welcome Garden: 18.8 mi
- Senior Garden: 19.3 mi
- Koch Family Garden: 19.4 mi
- Picnic Grove: 11.9 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 20.3 mi
- Covered Picnic Tables: 20.6 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 21.5 mi
- LOVE: 11.0 mi
- Lions Glasses: 11.0 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 24.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 19.7 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 22.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Sheads Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Peak | NW 312° | 889 m | 14.8 mi |
| Jenkins Mountain | WNW 299° | 585 m | 15.2 mi |
| Red Oak Mountain | W 276° | 428 m | 10.0 mi |
| Wildcat Mountain | NNE 30° | 417 m | 13.9 mi |
| Hickerson Mountain | NW 319° | 416 m | 11.1 mi |
| Rappahannock Mountain | NNE 29° | 404 m | 13.5 mi |
| Fodder Stack Mountain | NW 311° | 399 m | 12.7 mi |
| Big Mulky Mountain | NW 315° | 388 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:16 | 18:49 | 19:24 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:01 | 20:40 |
| September equinox | 07:00 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:13 | 16:55 |
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 | 33 | 36 | 43 | 54 | 62 | 71 | 75 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Boston 4 SE, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1493573 — Sheads Mountain, Culpeper County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356582094
Day trips start here
- Bristow · 24 mi
- Middleburg · 27 mi
- Prince William County · 27 mi
- Shenandoah National Park · 27 mi
- Manassas · 28 mi
- Northern Virginia · 28 mi
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