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Sugar Hill

Sugar Hill, seen from above at true elevation

Sugar Hill rises to 548 m in Virginia. Mill Mountain stands 1,006 m to the west, 4.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Van Buren Furnace, a historic site 1.2 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 19 miles off.

The story

mountain in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States of America; geonames ID = 4788178

Wikidata Q49079049, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
548 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.99150, -78.54584

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • J. Allen Hawkins Community Park: 6.2 mi
  • Shenandoah County Park: 6.3 mi
  • W.O. Riley Park: 7.9 mi
  • Shenandoah County Fairgrounds: 8.2 mi
  • Shenandoah County Fairgrounds: 8.3 mi
Museums: 28
Historic sites: 26
  • Van Buren Furnace: 1.2 mi
  • Collie Grave: 8.5 mi
  • South Carolina Monument: 12.7 mi
  • 128th New York Monument: 12.7 mi
  • 8th Vermont Monument: 13.1 mi
Artworks: 17
  • "Stonewall" Jackson: 19.6 mi
  • Warrior Statue: 19.9 mi
  • Cootie Bug: 20.2 mi
  • Statue of Liberty: 20.2 mi
  • Love: 22.9 mi
Springs: 16
Attractions: 10
Waterfalls: 8
Cliffs: 6
Nature reserves: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Pavilian: 18.2 mi
  • Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 20.3 mi
  • Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
  • Picnic Area: 22.9 mi
Gardens: 3
Beaches: 2
  • Beach 3: 24.7 mi
  • Beach 1: 25.0 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Sugar Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mill MountainW 259°1,006 m4.7 mi
Devils BenchmarkWSW 247°995 m10.9 mi
Sugar KnobWSW 253°976 m3.6 mi
Little Sluice MountainWSW 238°951 m3.6 mi
Long MountainWSW 253°951 m9.2 mi
Snyder KnobWSW 250°936 m12.9 mi
Paddy MountainNW 319°910 m1.4 mi
Big SchlossWSW 242°894 m7.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5119:26
June solstice05:5020:0420:44
September equinox07:0318:3819:13
December solstice07:3016:1416:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442526170747366554436
Precip in2.92.33.22.84.44.23.93.44.42.62.52.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodstock 2 NE, 7 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1500189 — Sugar Hill, Shenandoah County, Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356587038

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