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Davids Spring

Davids Spring, seen from above at true elevation

Davids Spring is a spring in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 1,040 m. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the northeast, 2.7 miles off. The nearest named place is Big Meadows Picnic Grounds, a picnic site 0.4 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 0.3 miles off.

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Coordinates38.52955, -78.43149

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 54
  • Lake Arrowhead Park: 8.2 mi
  • Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 8.6 mi
  • Ruffner Plaza: 9.5 mi
  • Carillon Park: 9.6 mi
  • Eugene Park: 10.0 mi
Historic sites: 30
Waterfalls: 25
Museums: 23
  • Old School House Museum: 9.4 mi
  • Luray Train Station Musuem: 9.4 mi
  • Toy Town Junction: 9.7 mi
  • Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 9.8 mi
  • Luray Valley Museum: 9.8 mi
Artworks: 15
  • Love: 9.7 mi
  • Statue of Liberty: 18.0 mi
  • Cootie Bug: 18.0 mi
  • Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 20.7 mi
  • LOVE: 23.5 mi
Springs: 11
Picnic sites: 8
  • Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 0.4 mi
  • Picnic Grounds: 6.8 mi
  • Pinnacles picnic ground: 8.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 9.7 mi
  • Picnic Area: 9.8 mi
Attractions: 8
Cliffs: 6
Gardens: 4
Nature reserves: 3
  • PATC Entry Run Tract: 10.0 mi
  • Water Street Nature Reserve: 24.0 mi
  • Patricia Ann Byrom Forest Preserve Park: 24.4 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 8.4 miles of Davids Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
HawksbillNE 48°1,232 m2.7 mi
Stony ManNE 34°1,220 m5.7 mi
Fork MountainSSE 166°1,172 m3.6 mi
HazeltopSSW 197°1,149 m3.7 mi
BushytopNNE 30°1,142 m4.9 mi
Spitler HillENE 71°1,138 m2.3 mi
NakedtopNE 34°1,138 m2.4 mi
Betty's RockNE 45°1,131 m3.7 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5119:26
June solstice05:5120:0220:42
September equinox07:0218:3819:13
December solstice07:2816:1516:57

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Sep.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F273035475562676561504032

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — BIG Meadows, under a mile away.

Streamflow

Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jul.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean cfs1,5461,9182,1542,0871,7511,2597537901,1149831,1441,420

USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge S F Shenandoah River Near Luray, VA, 10 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.

In the park

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).

Wildlife nearby
  • White-tailed Deer424 obs
  • fly poison309 obs
  • common milkweed250 obs
  • Monarch212 obs
  • Canadian lousewort190 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail153 obs
  • Eastern Red-backed Salamander144 obs
  • hay-scented fern140 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/5315648555

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