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Short Horse Mountain

Short Horse Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Short Horse Mountain rises to 811 m in Virginia. Nakedtop stands 1,138 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Mountain, a peak 1.0 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 11 miles off.

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49073465, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
811 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.59868, -78.62476

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • New Market Community Park: 4.2 mi
  • New Market Pocket Park: 4.2 mi
  • Rebel Park: 4.3 mi
  • Carillon Park: 9.1 mi
  • Ruffner Plaza: 9.9 mi
Historic sites: 30
Museums: 23
Waterfalls: 23
Springs: 16
Artworks: 13
  • Statue of Liberty: 8.3 mi
  • Cootie Bug: 8.3 mi
  • Love: 8.9 mi
  • Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 9.5 mi
  • Flames: 16.4 mi
Attractions: 9
Picnic sites: 8
  • Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
  • Pavilian: 10.7 mi
  • Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 11.1 mi
  • Picnic Grounds: 13.6 mi
Cliffs: 7
Gardens: 5
Nature reserves: 3

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.5 miles of Short Horse Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
NakedtopESE 103°1,138 m12.1 mi
BlackrockESE 117°1,116 m11.0 mi
Millers HeadE 92°1,062 m12.5 mi
Lairds KnobSSW 209°1,000 m11.8 mi
Grubbs KnobSSW 210°975 m10.2 mi
Morgan KnobSSW 206°936 m7.0 mi
Third MountainSSW 206°932 m7.0 mi
Kaylor KnobSSW 207°889 m12.1 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5219:27
June solstice05:5120:0320:43
September equinox07:0318:3819:13
December solstice07:2916:1616:57

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, 12 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1500100 — Short Horse Mountain, Page County, Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356587006

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