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Waterfall Mountain

Waterfall Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Waterfall Mountain rises to 840 m in Virginia. Stony Man stands 1,220 m to the east-southeast, 12 miles off. The nearest named place is Middle Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 12 miles off.

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49087789, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
840 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.68198, -78.57361

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 52
  • Mountain Lion Reminiscing Park: 3.9 mi
  • Camp Roosevelt Recreation Area: 4.6 mi
  • Carillon Park: 5.3 mi
  • Rebel Park: 5.4 mi
  • New Market Pocket Park: 5.8 mi
Historic sites: 26
Museums: 23
  • Dukes of Hazard Museum: 2.9 mi
  • Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 5.0 mi
  • Toy Town Junction: 5.0 mi
  • Luray Valley Museum: 5.0 mi
  • American Celebration on Parade: 5.5 mi
Springs: 21
Artworks: 13
  • Love: 5.1 mi
  • Statue of Liberty: 5.5 mi
  • Cootie Bug: 5.5 mi
  • Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 13.1 mi
  • Flames: 22.1 mi
Attractions: 9
Picnic sites: 9
  • Pavilian: 4.5 mi
  • Picnic Area: 4.9 mi
  • Picnic Area: 5.1 mi
  • Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 12.7 mi
  • Pinnacles picnic ground: 13.1 mi
Cliffs: 7
Nature reserves: 5
Gardens: 5

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 12.4 miles of Waterfall Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stony ManESE 118°1,220 m12.3 mi
BushytopESE 122°1,142 m11.9 mi
NakedtopSE 134°1,138 m12.4 mi
Little Stony ManESE 117°1,110 m12.4 mi
Pollock KnobSE 124°1,086 m12.2 mi
Millers HeadESE 122°1,062 m11.5 mi
Tanbark FlatSE 134°881 m11.9 mi
Devils TanyardSSE 167°864 m12.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5119:26
June solstice05:5120:0320:43
September equinox07:0318:3819:13
December solstice07:2916:1516:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323541526170747265544335
Precip in2.41.82.93.14.04.34.13.43.72.62.32.7

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Edinburg, 8 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata
  • USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1496377 — Waterfall Mountain, Page County, Virginia.

OpenStreetMap element node/356583935

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