Three Top Mountain
Three Top Mountain rises to 629 m in Virginia. Hogback Mountain stands 1,056 m to the south-southeast, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is Signal Knob, a peak less than a tenth of a mile away. Skyline Drive passes 7.9 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49083489, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 629 m
How to reach it
- 7.9 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 33.2 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Shenandoah Valley Overlook · 8 mi
- Signal Knob Overlook · 10 mi
- Gooney Run Overlook · 11 mi
- Gooney Manor Overlook · 11 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Signal Knob: 0.0 mi
- Meneka Peak: 0.8 mi
- Richardson Knob: 1.3 mi
- Buzzard Rock: 2.1 mi
- Hupp Hill: 2.8 mi
- Strasburg Town Park: 1.5 mi
- Strasburg Park: 1.6 mi
- Elizabeth Furnace Recreational Area: 2.3 mi
- Strasburg Historic District: 2.5 mi
- Hupp's Hill Civil War Park: 2.9 mi
- 128th New York Monument: 3.5 mi
- South Carolina Monument: 3.6 mi
- 8th Vermont Monument: 3.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 5.0 mi
- Stephens Fort: 8.1 mi
- Strasburg Museum: 2.3 mi
- Hupp's Hill Museum: 2.9 mi
- Warren Rifles Confederate Museum: 8.0 mi
- Virginia Beer Museum: 8.1 mi
- Newtown Hitory Center: 10.4 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 8.0 mi
- Warrior Statue: 10.9 mi
- A Tasteful 1 Apple Statue: 16.6 mi
- The Peacemakers: 16.8 mi
- Bird In Flight: 16.9 mi
- Vaucluse Spring: 8.0 mi
- Chalybeate Spring: 9.4 mi
- Roadside Spring: 12.2 mi
- Edinburg Gap Spring: 15.7 mi
- Arie Vankan Spring: 16.6 mi
- Lands Run Falls: 11.9 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 12.5 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 12.6 mi
- Mountain Falls: 13.1 mi
- Greasy Falls: 13.4 mi
- Skyline Caverns: 7.5 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 21.5 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 21.7 mi
- The Garden Maze: 22.0 mi
- Luray Caverns: 22.1 mi
- Three High Heads: 11.1 mi
- Dog Cliff: 11.6 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 14.7 mi
- Lovers Leap: 15.9 mi
- Markley Rocks: 18.4 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 7.3 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 11.3 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 11.4 mi
- Red Bud Run: 20.1 mi
- Appalachian Trail Corridor: 21.2 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 9.4 mi
- Pavilian: 18.9 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 23.3 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 11.3 mi
- Old grape garden: 17.9 mi
- Paris Vegetable Garden: 20.6 mi
- Beach 2: 23.9 mi
- Beach 3: 23.9 mi
- Beach 1: 24.1 mi
- Gainsboro Tourist Park: 22.0 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook: 22.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 16.3 miles of Three Top Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogback Mountain | SSE 167° | 1,056 m | 14.1 mi |
| North Marshall | SSE 152° | 1,024 m | 14.5 mi |
| Mill Mountain | W 274° | 1,006 m | 16.2 mi |
| Sugarloaf | S 171° | 985 m | 14.5 mi |
| South Marshall | SSE 155° | 979 m | 14.4 mi |
| Sugar Knob | W 274° | 976 m | 15.1 mi |
| Little Sluice Mountain | W 271° | 951 m | 14.6 mi |
| Little Hogback Mountain | SSE 165° | 940 m | 14.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:50 | 19:25 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:29 | 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 | 32 | 34 | 42 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 73 | 66 | 55 | 44 | 36 |
| Precip in | 2.9 | 2.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.9 | 3.4 | 4.4 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.8 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodstock 2 NE, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356587048
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