Short Mountain
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Short Mountain rises to 856 m in Virginia. Tibbet Knob stands 894 m to the northwest, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Mertins Rock, a peak 1.0 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 12 miles off.
The story
Short Mountain lies along the northwestern margin of Massanutten Mountain in Shenandoah County, Virginia. It is seven miles in length, from Mount Jackson on the south end to Edinburg on the north, so it was also once known as "Seven-mile Mountain". The Massanutten Trail traverses the mountain.
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Wikidata Q7501847, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 856 m
How to reach it
- 12.3 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Jeremys Run Overlook · 12 mi
- Thornton Hollow Overlook · 13 mi
- Beahms Gap Overlook · 13 mi
- Pass Mountain Overlook · 13 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mertins Rock: 1.0 mi
- Bowman Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Waonaze Peak: 2.2 mi
- Stage Hill: 3.0 mi
- Opechee Peak: 3.4 mi
- Camp Roosevelt Recreation Area: 3.6 mi
- Mountain Lion Reminiscing Park: 3.6 mi
- Mayors Park: 5.9 mi
- Mount Jackson Community Park: 6.0 mi
- Shenandoah County Fairgrounds: 6.5 mi
- Edinburg Gap Spring: 1.5 mi
- Hiden Spring: 5.1 mi
- Chalybeate Spring: 8.9 mi
- Yellow Spring: 10.6 mi
- Cold Spring: 11.7 mi
- The Edinburg Mill: 3.2 mi
- "Connections" The Shentel Museum: 3.3 mi
- Woodstock Museum Marshall House: 7.3 mi
- Woodstock Museum Wickham House: 7.3 mi
- American Celebration on Parade: 8.1 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 6.0 mi
- Indian Grave: 8.0 mi
- Luray Caverns Discovery Marker: 8.6 mi
- Bethany Veney Remembrance Garden: 8.7 mi
- Page County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 9.1 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 13.3 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 13.4 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 14.3 mi
- Greasy Falls: 14.7 mi
- Cave Falls: 17.0 mi
- Markley Rocks: 9.9 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 11.2 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 13.6 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 18.0 mi
- Three High Heads: 18.4 mi
- Shenandoah Caverns: 8.2 mi
- The Garden Maze: 8.5 mi
- Luray Caverns: 8.6 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 8.9 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 9.1 mi
- Pavilian: 3.7 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 15.2 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 18.1 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 19.2 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 21.5 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 8.2 mi
- Cootie Bug: 8.2 mi
- Love: 8.6 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 18.1 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 21.0 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 6.5 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 20.1 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 20.6 mi
- Lost River State Park: 21.4 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 7.1 mi
- Old grape garden: 10.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.0 miles of Short Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tibbet Knob | NW 316° | 894 m | 12.8 mi |
| Big Schloss | NNW 329° | 894 m | 13.0 mi |
| Knob Mountain | ESE 109° | 873 m | 10.9 mi |
| Middle Mountain | S 190° | 855 m | 6.8 mi |
| Waterfall Mountain | SSW 195° | 840 m | 7.0 mi |
| Duncan Knob | S 185° | 833 m | 5.3 mi |
| Neighbor Mountain | ESE 121° | 832 m | 11.3 mi |
| Waonaze Peak | NE 52° | 825 m | 2.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 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 | 32 | 35 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Edinburg, 3 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356582603
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 20 mi
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