Short Horse Mountain
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
- 11.3 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Blackrock Overlook · 11 mi
- Tanners Ridge Overlook · 11 mi
- Fishers Gap Overlook · 12 mi
- Spitler Knoll Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Big Mountain: 1.0 mi
- Bird Knob: 1.0 mi
- Waterfall Mountain: 4.2 mi
- Manors Hill: 4.7 mi
- Roark Hill: 4.9 mi
- 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
- Catherine Furnace: 2.9 mi
- 54th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment: 5.0 mi
- Abraham Lincoln's Father: 8.5 mi
- Luray Caverns Discovery Marker: 8.9 mi
- Fallen Solider Tribute: 9.1 mi
- Museum of American Calvary: 4.5 mi
- New Market Battlefield Military Museum & Wharton Advance Trail: 4.7 mi
- New Market Battlefield Military Museum: 4.7 mi
- Dukes of Hazard Museum: 5.3 mi
- Town of Shenandoah Museum & Welcome Center: 7.9 mi
- Lewis Spring Falls: 10.9 mi
- Naked Creek Falls: 11.5 mi
- Dark Hollow Falls: 12.2 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 12.4 mi
- Upper Big Creek Falls: 12.5 mi
- Pitt Spring: 3.0 mi
- Hiden Spring: 8.3 mi
- Lewis Spring: 11.2 mi
- Bear Lithia Spring: 11.3 mi
- Davids Spring: 11.5 mi
- 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
- Cooter's Luray: 5.2 mi
- Shenandoah Caverns: 8.4 mi
- Luray Caverns: 8.8 mi
- Luray Caverns: 8.8 mi
- The Garden Maze: 8.9 mi
- 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
- Yellow Cliffs: 2.2 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 11.7 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 11.8 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 14.7 mi
- Markley Rocks: 20.2 mi
- Heishman Garden: 16.4 mi
- ISAT Patio: 17.2 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 17.5 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 20.4 mi
- Old grape garden: 21.0 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 17.0 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 19.8 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 20.4 mi
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.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nakedtop | ESE 103° | 1,138 m | 12.1 mi |
| Blackrock | ESE 117° | 1,116 m | 11.0 mi |
| Millers Head | E 92° | 1,062 m | 12.5 mi |
| Lairds Knob | SSW 209° | 1,000 m | 11.8 mi |
| Grubbs Knob | SSW 210° | 975 m | 10.2 mi |
| Morgan Knob | SSW 206° | 936 m | 7.0 mi |
| Third Mountain | SSW 206° | 932 m | 7.0 mi |
| Kaylor Knob | SSW 207° | 889 m | 12.1 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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, 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
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 12 mi
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