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Slaughter Mountain

Slaughter Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Slaughter Mountain rises to 326 m in Virginia. Stony Man stands 1,220 m to the west, 9.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Fielding Mountain, a peak 1.1 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 6.5 miles off.

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49074522, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
326 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.61596, -78.19222

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 54
  • Sperryville Historic District: 3.4 mi
  • Rappahannock County Park: 6.9 mi
  • Lake Arrowhead Park: 10.4 mi
  • Mountain Run Lake Park: 11.5 mi
  • Madison Wayside: 12.6 mi
Waterfalls: 23
Historic sites: 21
  • Spilman Silo: 14.1 mi
  • The Spilman Homestead: 14.2 mi
  • Spilman Silo: 14.2 mi
  • Confederate Soldiers Monument: 14.2 mi
  • CCC Camp: 14.6 mi
Museums: 14
  • Museum of Culpeper History: 14.6 mi
  • Old School House Museum: 14.8 mi
  • Luray Train Station Musuem: 14.8 mi
  • Luray Valley Museum: 16.0 mi
  • Toy Town Junction: 16.1 mi
Picnic sites: 9
  • Pinnacles picnic ground: 8.1 mi
  • Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 14.6 mi
  • Picnic Area: 16.0 mi
  • Picnic Area: 16.1 mi
  • Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 17.5 mi
Springs: 8
Attractions: 8
Cliffs: 6
Artworks: 4
Gardens: 1

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of Slaughter Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony ManW 263°1,220 m9.8 mi
Little Stony ManW 264°1,110 m9.6 mi
Marys RockWNW 289°1,071 m7.2 mi
The PinnacleW 276°1,071 m7.5 mi
Pinnacle PeakWSW 257°1,035 m8.2 mi
Robertson MountainWSW 249°1,005 m8.7 mi
Old Rag MountainSW 236°998 m7.9 mi
Pass MountainNW 305°915 m8.0 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1718:5019:25
June solstice05:4920:0220:41
September equinox07:0118:3719:12
December solstice07:2816:1416:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F343643536270747367564637
Precip in3.62.84.04.04.75.23.74.15.43.73.74.0

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sperryville, 3 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356566089

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