Short Mtn
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.
The story
Mountain in Frederick County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49073490, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 660 m
How to reach it
- 19.6 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 25.7 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 26.6 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Shenandoah Valley Overlook · 20 mi
- Signal Knob Overlook · 22 mi
- Gooney Run Overlook · 23 mi
- Gooney Manor Overlook · 23 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- North Mountain Neighborhood Park: 4.1 mi
- J. Allen Hawkins Community Park: 6.3 mi
- Warden Lake Wildlife Management Area: 7.4 mi
- Hupp's Hill Civil War Park: 9.4 mi
- Strasburg Historic District: 9.6 mi
- Eagle Rock: 1.1 mi
- Spring Mountain: 1.1 mi
- Johnnies Knob: 1.8 mi
- Pinnacle: 3.4 mi
- Bonnet Hill: 6.3 mi
- Stephens Fort: 7.8 mi
- Van Buren Furnace: 9.8 mi
- South Carolina Monument: 10.5 mi
- 128th New York Monument: 10.6 mi
- 8th Vermont Monument: 10.8 mi
- Hupp's Hill Museum: 9.4 mi
- Strasburg Museum: 9.9 mi
- Newtown Hitory Center: 13.4 mi
- Capon Bridge Museum: 13.7 mi
- Woodstock Museum Wickham House: 15.2 mi
- 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
- 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
- Mountain Falls: 4.3 mi
- Hooks Mill Falls: 9.5 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 22.1 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 23.9 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 24.0 mi
- Dog Cliff: 0.8 mi
- Three High Heads: 4.4 mi
- Hanging Rock: 13.7 mi
- Markley Rocks: 17.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 23.2 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 16.0 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 19.0 mi
- Red Bud Run: 20.8 mi
- Homewood Preserve: 22.4 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 23.3 mi
- 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
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 15.4 mi
- Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 16.3 mi
- Old grape garden: 17.0 mi
- Skyline Caverns: 19.4 mi
- Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad: 23.6 mi
- Farnham Colossi: 24.7 mi
- Gainsboro Tourist Park: 16.6 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook: 21.2 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 21.4 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.5 miles of Short Mtn. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Mountain | SW 226° | 1,006 m | 12.2 mi |
| Sugar Knob | SW 222° | 976 m | 11.5 mi |
| Little Sluice Mountain | SW 217° | 951 m | 11.9 mi |
| Paddy Mountain | SW 218° | 910 m | 8.3 mi |
| Big Schloss | SW 224° | 894 m | 15.3 mi |
| Short Mountain | W 269° | 874 m | 14.7 mi |
| Bald Knob | W 269° | 874 m | 14.8 mi |
| Pinnacle | NNE 31° | 864 m | 3.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:04 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:13 | 16:55 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 60 | 69 | 73 | 72 | 65 | 53 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.3 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 3.9 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.9 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Star Tannery, 2 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/9481295734
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