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Short Mtn

Short Mtn, seen from above at true elevation

Short Mtn rises to 660 m in Virginia. Mill Mountain stands 1,006 m to the southwest, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Roadside Spring, a spring 0.4 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 20 miles off.

About

The story

mountain in Frederick County, Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49073490, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

The record

What the record says

Elevation
660 m
Getting there

How to reach it

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Coordinates39.10058, -78.46759

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites: 24
Museums: 22
Artworks: 16
  • Warrior Statue: 14.9 mi
  • An Apple a Day Apple Statue: 15.9 mi
  • A Tasteful 1 Apple Statue: 16.2 mi
  • Bites of Local Life Apple Statue: 16.3 mi
  • Bird In Flight: 17.0 mi
Springs: 14
  • Roadside Spring: 0.4 mi
  • Arie Vankan Spring: 9.7 mi
  • Winfred Tharp Spring: 10.0 mi
  • Vaucluse Spring: 11.4 mi
  • Big Spring: 11.6 mi
Waterfalls: 6
Nature reserves: 6
Cliffs: 5
Gardens: 5
  • W.O. Riley Park Garden: 15.4 mi
  • Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 16.3 mi
  • Old grape garden: 17.0 mi
  • Herb Garden: 21.8 mi
  • Community Garden: 21.9 mi
Beaches: 5
  • Beach 3: 16.1 mi
  • Beach 1: 16.4 mi
  • Beach 2: 16.4 mi
  • Public River Access, Fishing: 23.3 mi
  • River Beach: 24.4 mi
Attractions: 3
Rest areas: 2
Picnic sites: 1
  • Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 21.4 mi
On the horizon

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 16.4 miles of Short Mtn. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mill MountainSW 226°1,006 m12.2 mi
Sugar KnobSW 222°976 m11.5 mi
Little Sluice MountainSW 217°951 m11.9 mi
Paddy MountainSW 218°910 m8.3 mi
Big SchlossSW 224°894 m15.3 mi
Short MountainW 269°874 m14.7 mi
Bald KnobW 269°874 m14.8 mi
PinnacleNNE 31°864 m3.4 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5119:26
June solstice05:4920:0420:44
September equinox07:0218:3719:13
December solstice07:3016:1316:55

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313441526069737265534335
Precip in2.72.33.63.64.04.43.23.33.93.22.92.9

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Star Tannery, 2 mi away.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/9481295734

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