Short Mountain
Short Mountain rises to 715 m in Virginia. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the southwest, 5.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Catlett Mountain, a peak 0.7 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 1.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Madison County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49073492, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 715 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 18.9 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Pinnacles Overlook · 2 mi
- Jewell Hollow Overlook · 2 mi
- Thorofare Mountain Overlook · 3 mi
- Thorofare Mtn Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Catlett Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Hot Mountain: 0.7 mi
- Lindsay Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Pinnacle Peak: 1.8 mi
- Corbin Mountain: 2.0 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Park: 4.8 mi
- Sperryville Historic District: 6.0 mi
- Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 8.4 mi
- Ruffner Plaza: 9.4 mi
- Eugene Park: 9.7 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 8.7 mi
- CCC Camp: 8.8 mi
- Page County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 9.2 mi
- O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site: 9.3 mi
- Five Tents: 9.8 mi
- Old School House Museum: 9.2 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 9.2 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 10.4 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 10.4 mi
- Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 10.4 mi
- Cave Falls: 2.7 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 3.8 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 3.9 mi
- Cedar Run Falls: 5.1 mi
- Rose River Falls: 7.2 mi
- Furnace Spring: 3.8 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 5.2 mi
- Rock Spring: 6.2 mi
- Davids Spring: 8.2 mi
- Lewis Spring: 9.2 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 2.4 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 8.5 mi
- Pavilian: 14.3 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 18.9 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 19.4 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 9.2 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 9.4 mi
- Luray Caverns: 10.3 mi
- The Garden Maze: 10.4 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 13.2 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 5.1 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 7.4 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 10.4 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 10.9 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 16.0 mi
- Love: 10.3 mi
- Lions Glasses: 19.0 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 20.8 mi
- Cootie Bug: 20.9 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 22.8 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 17.0 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 18.7 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 21.6 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 22.3 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 22.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.3 miles of Short Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawksbill | SW 236° | 1,232 m | 5.6 mi |
| Stony Man | W 267° | 1,220 m | 3.4 mi |
| Bushytop | W 261° | 1,142 m | 4.2 mi |
| Nakedtop | WSW 241° | 1,138 m | 6.0 mi |
| Spitler Hill | SW 227° | 1,138 m | 6.0 mi |
| Betty's Rock | WSW 240° | 1,131 m | 4.5 mi |
| Little Stony Man | W 271° | 1,110 m | 3.2 mi |
| Stony Mountain | SW 224° | 1,097 m | 8.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:14 | 16:56 |
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 | 37 | 43 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Luray 5 E, 6 mi away.
Inside the official boundary of Shenandoah National Park. Quietest months by visitation: Jan and Feb; busiest: Oct.
NPS visitation statistics, monthly averages 2021–2025 (2020 excluded).
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356566015
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 10 mi
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