The Peak
The Peak rises to 889 m in Virginia. Marys Rock stands 1,071 m to the southwest, 11 miles off. The nearest named place is North Marshall, a peak 2.0 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 2.1 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Rappahannock County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49082787, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 889 m
How to reach it
- 2.1 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 20.5 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Browntown Valley Overlook · 2 mi
- Hogwallow Flats Overlook · 2 mi
- Range View Overlook · 3 mi
- Jenkins Gap Overlook · 3 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Rappahannock County Park: 3.6 mi
- Sperryville Historic District: 7.7 mi
- Happy Creek Park: 10.1 mi
- Eastham Park: 10.5 mi
- Hazard Mill Recreation Area: 10.6 mi
- North Marshall: 2.0 mi
- Fodder Stack Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Massies Mountain: 2.6 mi
- South Marshall: 2.7 mi
- Big Mulky Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Snead Farm: 6.8 mi
- Millenium Sundial: 10.9 mi
- Norfolk & Southern Railway Co. Caboose: 11.0 mi
- Indian Grave: 12.3 mi
- Spilman Silo: 14.7 mi
- Virginia Beer Museum: 11.0 mi
- Warren Rifles Confederate Museum: 11.1 mi
- Old School House Museum: 16.9 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 16.9 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 18.0 mi
- Miller Falls: 2.4 mi
- Lands Run Falls: 4.8 mi
- Greasy Falls: 5.3 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 6.7 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 6.8 mi
- Chalybeate Spring: 12.8 mi
- Furnace Spring: 15.9 mi
- Rock Spring: 17.1 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 18.2 mi
- Yellow Rose Spring: 18.3 mi
- Skyline Caverns: 9.9 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 16.9 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 16.9 mi
- The Garden Maze: 18.0 mi
- Luray Caverns: 18.1 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 20.3 mi
- Paris Vegetable Garden: 20.7 mi
- Senior Garden: 22.3 mi
- Koch Family Garden: 22.3 mi
- Founders Garden: 24.7 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 6.0 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 10.8 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 19.8 mi
- Whitney State Forest: 20.4 mi
- Appalachian Trail Corridor: 22.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 6.4 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 18.4 mi
- Lovers Leap: 19.5 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 20.4 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 24.1 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 7.7 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 13.2 mi
- Pavilian: 18.8 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 21.5 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 11.0 mi
- Love: 18.0 mi
- Warrior Statue: 21.8 mi
- Lions Glasses: 22.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 11.1 miles of The Peak. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marys Rock | SW 226° | 1,071 m | 10.9 mi |
| Hogback Mountain | W 271° | 1,056 m | 5.5 mi |
| North Marshall | WNW 303° | 1,024 m | 2.0 mi |
| Sugarloaf | W 266° | 985 m | 6.4 mi |
| South Marshall | WNW 288° | 979 m | 2.7 mi |
| Little Hogback Mountain | W 269° | 940 m | 4.8 mi |
| Pass Mountain | SW 235° | 915 m | 9.4 mi |
| Compton Peak | N 357° | 887 m | 4.1 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 | 18:36 | 19:11 |
| 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/356566497
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 23 mi
- Middleburg · 27 mi
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