Short Hill Mountain

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Short Hill Mountain rises to 441 m in Virginia. Paris Mountain stands 587 m to the southwest, 20 miles off. The nearest named place is Nell Boone Park, a park 1.7 miles away. Washington Heritage Trail passes 3.6 miles off. 56 named summits stand within 25 miles.
The story
Short Hill Mountain is a mountain ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains in northwest Loudoun County, Virginia.
From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wikidata Q7501798, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 441 m
How to reach it
- 3.6 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 3.5 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 8.5 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 7.6 mi off the Antietam Campaign Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Split Rock · 4 mi
- Jefferson Rock · 4 mi
- River Vista · 4 mi
- Maryland Heights Overlook · 4 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Nell Boone Park: 1.7 mi
- Town Green Park: 3.5 mi
- Town Square Park: 3.6 mi
- Lovettsville Community Park: 3.8 mi
- New Town Meadows Park: 3.9 mi
- Gold Star Families Memorial: 3.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 3.6 mi
- Shenandoah River Bridge: 3.8 mi
- Virginius Island Cotton/Flour Mill Ruins: 3.9 mi
- B&O - Harpers Ferry Bollman Bridge: 3.9 mi
- Potoma Wayside: 3.5 mi
- Lock 32: 3.8 mi
- John Brown's Fort: 3.9 mi
- Harper House: The Mansion on the Hill: 4.0 mi
- Lock 31: 4.4 mi
- Purcell Knob: 2.4 mi
- White Rock: 2.5 mi
- Buzzard Rock: 3.0 mi
- Loudoun Heights: 3.2 mi
- Neersville: 4.1 mi
- Lovettsville Museum: 3.7 mi
- Arsenal Square: 3.9 mi
- Industry Museum: 3.9 mi
- Frankel's Clothing Store: 3.9 mi
- Restoration Museum: 3.9 mi
- Woodpecker Woods Wildlife Santuary: 4.8 mi
- Brunswick Pond Fish Management Area: 6.8 mi
- Brownsville Pond Fish Management Area: 8.1 mi
- Suzanne R. Kane Nature Preserve: 8.8 mi
- Morven Park: 11.5 mi
- Confederate Soldier Statue: 12.8 mi
- Leesburg Welcome Mural: 13.1 mi
- Velo Love: 13.4 mi
- Low-Poly Open Heart: 13.4 mi
- Unbroken Circle #4: 13.4 mi
- Native Pollinator Meadow: 8.7 mi
- Demonstration Garden: 13.6 mi
- Four Square Garden: 17.0 mi
- Poolesville Community Garden: 17.7 mi
- butterfly Garden: 19.2 mi
- Cooper Springs: 5.0 mi
- Potts Springs: 6.4 mi
- Harris Springs: 6.4 mi
- Kanawha Spring: 9.5 mi
- Cool Spring: 12.6 mi
- Dargan Bend: 6.8 mi
- Nolands Ferry: 12.1 mi
- Public Grills & Picnic Area: 18.4 mi
- Smiths Switch Station: 21.3 mi
- Little Picnic Island: 22.8 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 18.6 mi
- South Mountain Welcome Center: 18.7 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook: 22.0 mi
- I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 23.2 mi
- Shenandoah Lake Beach: 7.1 mi
- River Access: 12.6 mi
- River Access: 13.4 mi
- Old Dam Waterfall: 12.5 mi
- Pua Falls: 17.4 mi
- Brambleton Sign/Water Decoration: 22.1 mi
- Sevenfoot Rock: 17.1 mi
- Lovers Leap: 24.9 mi
- Harmony Grove: 20.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 25 miles of Short Hill Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paris Mountain | SW 216° | 587 m | 20.2 mi |
| Salamander Rock | NNE 29° | 562 m | 24.2 mi |
| Black Rock | NNE 16° | 549 m | 21.8 mi |
| Annapolis Rock | NNE 16° | 538 m | 20.8 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | NNE 19° | 536 m | 13.1 mi |
| Lambs Knoll | NNE 19° | 536 m | 13.1 mi |
| Pine Knob | NNE 17° | 518 m | 19.8 mi |
| Roundtop | WNW 297° | 512 m | 22.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:15 | 18:48 | 19:23 |
| June solstice | 05:45 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 06:59 | 18:34 | 19:10 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:09 | 16:52 |
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 | 35 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 71 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.3 | 4.2 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.8 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 3.4 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Purcellville, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1500099 — Short Hill Mountain, Loudoun County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356587005
Day trips start here
- Harpers Ferry · 4 mi
- Brunswick · 5 mi
- Shepherdstown · 12 mi
- Leesburg · 13 mi
- Loudoun County · 13 mi
- Sharpsburg · 13 mi
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