South Marshall
South Marshall rises to 979 m in Virginia. Marys Rock stands 1,071 m to the south-southwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Miller Falls, a waterfall 0.9 miles away. Skyline Drive runs past it.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49075880, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 979 m
How to reach it
- On the Skyline Drive, National
- 23.2 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Range View Overlook · 1 mi
- Browntown Valley Overlook · 1 mi
- Gimlet Ridge Overlook · 1 mi
- Mount Marshall Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rappahannock County Park: 5.6 mi
- Sperryville Historic District: 7.9 mi
- Hazard Mill Recreation Area: 8.0 mi
- Happy Creek Park: 9.4 mi
- Eastham Park: 9.5 mi
- North Marshall: 1.0 mi
- Little Hogback Mountain: 2.4 mi
- The Peak: 2.7 mi
- Keyser Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Hogback Mountain: 3.0 mi
- Snead Farm: 5.9 mi
- Indian Grave: 9.5 mi
- Millenium Sundial: 10.2 mi
- Norfolk & Southern Railway Co. Caboose: 10.2 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 14.4 mi
- Virginia Beer Museum: 10.2 mi
- Warren Rifles Confederate Museum: 10.3 mi
- Old School House Museum: 14.9 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 15.0 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 15.9 mi
- Miller Falls: 0.9 mi
- Greasy Falls: 2.6 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 4.0 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 4.1 mi
- Lands Run Falls: 4.2 mi
- Chalybeate Spring: 10.1 mi
- Furnace Spring: 14.8 mi
- Edinburg Gap Spring: 15.8 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 17.4 mi
- Rock Spring: 17.9 mi
- Skyline Caverns: 8.8 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 14.9 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 15.0 mi
- The Garden Maze: 16.0 mi
- Luray Caverns: 16.1 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 4.1 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 17.8 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 19.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 19.8 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 23.2 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 10.2 mi
- Love: 16.0 mi
- Warrior Statue: 21.0 mi
- Lions Glasses: 24.4 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 24.4 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 5.9 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 9.8 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 17.1 mi
- Appalachian Trail Corridor: 22.9 mi
- Whitney State Forest: 23.2 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 6.7 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 12.2 mi
- Pavilian: 16.3 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 20.5 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 17.6 mi
- Paris Vegetable Garden: 21.7 mi
- Senior Garden: 24.6 mi
- Koch Family Garden: 24.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of South Marshall. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marys Rock | SSW 212° | 1,071 m | 9.9 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | WSW 257° | 1,056 m | 3.0 mi |
| North Marshall | ENE 74° | 1,024 m | 1.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf | WSW 251° | 985 m | 3.9 mi |
| Little Hogback Mountain | WSW 248° | 940 m | 2.4 mi |
| Pass Mountain | SW 220° | 915 m | 8.0 mi |
| The Peak | ESE 108° | 889 m | 2.7 mi |
| Compton Peak | NE 37° | 887 m | 4.0 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:17 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:01 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 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 | 34 | 36 | 43 | 53 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 67 | 56 | 46 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.8 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.7 | 5.2 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 5.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Sperryville, 8 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/356566169
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 22 mi
- Middleburg · 29 mi
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