The Pinnacle
The Pinnacle rises to 579 m in Virginia. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the east, 7.8 miles off. The nearest named place is Cubbage Mountain, a peak 1.2 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 5.7 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Page County, Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49082833, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 579 m
How to reach it
- 5.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 26.7 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Blackrock Overlook · 5 mi
- Tanners Ridge Overlook · 6 mi
- Naked Creek Overlook · 6 mi
- Fishers Gap Overlook · 6 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Cubbage Mountain: 1.2 mi
- Roundhead Mountain: 1.7 mi
- Dovel Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Piney Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Devils Tanyard: 3.1 mi
- Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 8.5 mi
- Carillon Park: 8.5 mi
- Ruffner Plaza: 8.9 mi
- Eugene Park: 9.3 mi
- New Market Pocket Park: 9.8 mi
- CCC Camp: 6.3 mi
- Five Tents: 7.5 mi
- Luray Caverns Discovery Marker: 8.4 mi
- Bethany Veney Remembrance Garden: 8.5 mi
- O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site: 8.8 mi
- Dukes of Hazard Museum: 6.5 mi
- Town of Shenandoah Museum & Welcome Center: 6.5 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 8.4 mi
- Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 8.4 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 8.5 mi
- Lewis Spring Falls: 5.3 mi
- Naked Creek Falls: 5.8 mi
- Dark Hollow Falls: 6.6 mi
- Big Creek Falls: 7.0 mi
- Upper Big Creek Falls: 7.1 mi
- Lewis Spring: 5.6 mi
- Davids Spring: 6.0 mi
- Pitt Spring: 6.5 mi
- Rock Spring: 7.1 mi
- Hawksbill Spring: 8.2 mi
- Love: 8.4 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 13.2 mi
- Cootie Bug: 13.3 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 14.7 mi
- CON_Sequential Complex: 19.2 mi
- Cooter's Luray: 6.5 mi
- Luray Caverns: 8.3 mi
- The Garden Maze: 8.5 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 8.9 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 9.1 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 6.0 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 6.5 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 6.9 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 9.5 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 15.7 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 5.6 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 11.7 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 11.8 mi
- Pavilian: 12.4 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 20.2 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 12.0 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 22.2 mi
- Mole Hill Acres: 23.4 mi
- Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 23.4 mi
- Heishman Garden: 19.3 mi
- ISAT Patio: 19.3 mi
- Edith J. Carrier Arboretum: 19.5 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 22.9 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of The Pinnacle. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawksbill | E 88° | 1,232 m | 7.8 mi |
| Stony Man | ENE 70° | 1,220 m | 9.6 mi |
| Fork Mountain | SE 127° | 1,172 m | 8.3 mi |
| Hazeltop | SE 137° | 1,149 m | 6.9 mi |
| Bushytop | ENE 71° | 1,142 m | 8.7 mi |
| Nakedtop | E 86° | 1,138 m | 7.2 mi |
| Spitler Hill | E 95° | 1,138 m | 8.0 mi |
| Betty's Rock | E 82° | 1,131 m | 8.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:51 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1487842 — The Pinnacle, Page County, Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356575184
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 6 mi
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