Stony Mountain
Stony Mountain rises to 1,097 m in Virginia. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the north-northeast, 3.0 miles off. The nearest named place is Dark Hollow Falls, a waterfall 0.5 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 0.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Madison County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49078557, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,097 m
How to reach it
- 0.8 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 19.6 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Fishers Gap Overlook · 1 mi
- Tanners Ridge Overlook · 2 mi
- Franklin Cliffs Overlook · 2 mi
- Blackrock Overlook · 2 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Doubletop Mountain: 1.6 mi
- Blackrock: 1.8 mi
- Spitler Hill: 2.2 mi
- Fork Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Big Tom: 2.5 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Park: 8.9 mi
- Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 9.7 mi
- Ruffner Plaza: 10.7 mi
- Carillon Park: 10.9 mi
- Eugene Park: 11.1 mi
- CCC Camp: 0.9 mi
- Five Tents: 1.7 mi
- Upper Pocosin Mission: 8.6 mi
- O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site: 10.5 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 10.6 mi
- Dark Hollow Falls: 0.5 mi
- Rose River Falls: 1.2 mi
- Big Rock Falls: 1.4 mi
- Lewis Spring Falls: 1.9 mi
- Naked Creek Falls: 2.8 mi
- Old School House Museum: 10.6 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 10.6 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 11.0 mi
- Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 11.0 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 11.1 mi
- Davids Spring: 1.4 mi
- Lewis Spring: 1.6 mi
- Rock Spring: 2.7 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 3.3 mi
- Furnace Spring: 6.0 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 10.6 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 10.8 mi
- Luray Caverns: 10.9 mi
- The Garden Maze: 11.0 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 11.5 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 1.6 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 2.7 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 3.3 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 10.3 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 13.5 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 1.7 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 8.5 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 10.8 mi
- Pavilian: 15.9 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 16.6 mi
- Love: 10.9 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 19.3 mi
- Cootie Bug: 19.4 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 21.8 mi
- Lions Glasses: 22.5 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 9.2 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 23.9 mi
- Annie duPont Formal Garden: 24.5 mi
- ISAT Patio: 24.9 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 24.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Stony Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawksbill | NNE 21° | 1,232 m | 3.0 mi |
| Stony Man | NNE 22° | 1,220 m | 6.2 mi |
| Fork Mountain | S 181° | 1,172 m | 2.5 mi |
| Hazeltop | SW 218° | 1,149 m | 3.2 mi |
| Bushytop | NNE 16° | 1,142 m | 5.5 mi |
| Spitler Hill | NE 36° | 1,138 m | 2.2 mi |
| Nakedtop | N 9° | 1,138 m | 3.0 mi |
| Betty's Rock | NNE 26° | 1,131 m | 4.1 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 | 16:15 | 16:57 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 27 | 30 | 35 | 47 | 55 | 62 | 67 | 65 | 61 | 50 | 40 | 32 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Meadows, 1 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.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1493660 — Stony Mountain, Madison County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356582129
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 2 mi
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