The Horseshoe
The Horseshoe rises to 171 m in Virginia. Potatopatch Mountain stands 1,172 m to the west-northwest, 9.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Nelson County Wayside, a picnic site 0.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 9.8 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49082484, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 171 m
How to reach it
- 9.8 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 13.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 21.0 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Knob Overlook · 10 mi
- Catoctin Overlook · 10 mi
- Greenstone Overlook · 10 mi
- Raven's Roost Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cove Creek Park: 4.7 mi
- Simpson Park: 11.3 mi
- Tye River Memorial Park: 11.7 mi
- Walnut Creek Park: 13.1 mi
- Scottsville Recreation Center: 15.1 mi
- Diggs Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Rock Spring Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Hills Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Willoughby Mountain: 3.2 mi
- Roberts Mountain: 3.4 mi
- 3 Owl Statue: 18.6 mi
- Mountain Man: 19.0 mi
- Bear Statue: 19.1 mi
- The Sagacious Heads: 20.1 mi
- George Welsh: 20.7 mi
- Mirador: 13.7 mi
- VDOT Workers' Memorial: 14.3 mi
- Beaver Creek Watershed Project: 18.2 mi
- W181 Birthplace of Meriwether Lewis: 18.9 mi
- Sawmill Run Shelter: 19.1 mi
- Virginia Distillery Museum: 5.0 mi
- Rockfish Valley Foundation Natural History Center: 6.1 mi
- Waltons Mountain Museum: 6.4 mi
- Waynesboro Heritage Museum: 16.6 mi
- Plumb House Museum: 16.8 mi
- Sugarloaf Mountain / Rockfish / Shields Gap: 5.0 mi
- Fortune's Cove Preserve: 5.9 mi
- James River at Wingina: 14.7 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 17.1 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 17.5 mi
- Murray Elementary Vegetable Garden: 18.4 mi
- Jane Heyward Garden: 19.6 mi
- Student Garden: 20.8 mi
- Keunen Garden: 21.6 mi
- Courtnay's Garden: 21.6 mi
- Laurel Springs Gap: 9.9 mi
- Dripping Rock: 10.2 mi
- Hickory Spring: 10.6 mi
- Coiner Spring: 16.4 mi
- Rock Spring: 18.5 mi
- Virginia Distillery Co. Distillery Tour & Tasting: 5.0 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 15.1 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 20.6 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 21.3 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 22.2 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 9.7 mi
- White Rock Falls: 14.4 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 17.7 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 0.8 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 10.1 mi
- Lake Monocan Beach: 5.9 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 14.3 mi
- Canada: 21.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.9 miles of The Horseshoe. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Potatopatch Mountain | WNW 303° | 1,172 m | 9.9 mi |
| Humpback Mountain | NW 326° | 1,099 m | 9.2 mi |
| Black Rock Mountain | NW 304° | 1,050 m | 8.7 mi |
| Crawford Knob | NW 320° | 918 m | 7.9 mi |
| Bryant Mountain | WNW 295° | 775 m | 9.0 mi |
| Horseshoe Mountain | W 273° | 741 m | 5.3 mi |
| Heard Mountain | NNE 29° | 726 m | 7.3 mi |
| Castle Rock | NNE 28° | 722 m | 8.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:20 | 18:53 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:54 | 20:02 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:04 | 18:39 | 19:14 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:19 | 17:00 |
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 | 37 | 40 | 47 | 57 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 75 | 69 | 58 | 48 | 40 |
| Precip in | 3.4 | 2.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — TYE RVR 1 SE, 16 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356583900
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 22 mi
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