Stony Man
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Stony Man rises to 1,220 m in Virginia. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the south-southwest, 3.2 miles off. The nearest named place is Little Stony Man, a peak 0.3 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 0.4 miles off.
The story
Stony Man Mountain, also known as Stony Man, is a mountain in Shenandoah National Park, Virginia and is the most northerly 4,000 foot peak in the Blue Ridge Mountains. Its maximum elevation is 4,011 feet or 1,223 meters above sea level with a clean prominence of 651 feet. The mountain is co-located in Madison and Page counties and is easily accessed from Skyline Drive by hiking trails. Along with Hawksbill Mountain (4,051 feet), it is only one of two peaks in the park higher than 4,000 feet. The shortest route to the summit is from the Skyland Resort and gains less than 400 vertical feet in about 1 kilometer. A longer, more challenging, route is from the Skyline Drive trail head at about milepost 39 of the Skyline Drive and gains almost 800 feet. The peak sits just southeast of the Appalachian Trail (AT) but the summit is accessible from the AT by previously mentioned spur trails. On the upper slopes of Stony Man one can see a few red spruce and balsam fir trees which typically grow in more northerly latitudes. The mountain is composed of ancient basalt which was metamorphosed into Greenstone through heat and pressure.
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Wikidata Q22073424, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1220 m
How to reach it
- 0.4 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 21.2 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Stony Man Lookout · 1 mi
- Little Stony Man Overlook · 1 mi
- Hemlock Springs Overlook · 1 mi
- Thorofare Mountain Overlook · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Little Stony Man: 0.3 mi
- Bushytop: 0.9 mi
- Millers Head: 1.2 mi
- Pollock Knob: 1.3 mi
- Pinnacle Peak: 1.8 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Park: 3.1 mi
- Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 5.7 mi
- Ruffner Plaza: 6.7 mi
- Eugene Park: 7.1 mi
- Carillon Park: 7.4 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 6.2 mi
- CCC Camp: 6.5 mi
- Page County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 6.6 mi
- O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site: 6.6 mi
- Bethany Veney Remembrance Garden: 7.3 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 2.4 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 2.7 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 2.7 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 3.0 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 3.0 mi
- Old School House Museum: 6.6 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 6.6 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 7.6 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 7.6 mi
- Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 7.6 mi
- Furnace Spring: 0.4 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 2.9 mi
- Rock Spring: 3.6 mi
- Davids Spring: 5.7 mi
- Lewis Spring: 6.7 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 2.4 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 5.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 7.5 mi
- Picnic Area: 7.7 mi
- Pavilian: 12.0 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 6.6 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 6.8 mi
- Luray Caverns: 7.5 mi
- Luray Caverns: 7.6 mi
- The Garden Maze: 7.6 mi
- Love: 7.5 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 17.8 mi
- Cootie Bug: 17.9 mi
- LOVE: 21.9 mi
- Lions Glasses: 21.9 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 4.0 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 5.0 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 8.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 11.4 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 13.4 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 15.4 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 20.3 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 20.4 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 20.8 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 23.5 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 21.0 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.3 miles of Stony Man. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawksbill | SSW 203° | 1,232 m | 3.2 mi |
| Fork Mountain | SSW 196° | 1,172 m | 8.5 mi |
| Bushytop | WSW 240° | 1,142 m | 0.9 mi |
| Nakedtop | SW 215° | 1,138 m | 3.4 mi |
| Spitler Hill | SSW 195° | 1,138 m | 4.1 mi |
| Betty's Rock | SSW 195° | 1,131 m | 2.2 mi |
| Blackrock | SW 219° | 1,116 m | 6.2 mi |
| Little Stony Man | NNE 33° | 1,110 m | 0.3 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 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 | 33 | 37 | 43 | 54 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 66 | 55 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.5 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 4.2 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 5.4 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Luray 5 E, 5 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/356566327
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 8 mi
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