Edinburg Gap Spring
Edinburg Gap Spring is a spring in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 460 m. Hogback Mountain stands 1,056 m to the east, 13 miles off. The nearest named place is Mertins Rock, a peak 0.9 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 11 miles off.
Piped spring with small pull-off area.
How to reach it
- 11.0 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Jeremys Run Overlook · 11 mi
- Thornton Hollow Overlook · 12 mi
- Beahms Gap Overlook · 12 mi
- Pass Mountain Overlook · 12 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mertins Rock: 0.9 mi
- Waonaze Peak: 1.2 mi
- Short Mountain: 1.5 mi
- Stage Hill: 1.8 mi
- Bowman Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Camp Roosevelt Recreation Area: 3.6 mi
- Mountain Lion Reminiscing Park: 4.0 mi
- Shenandoah County Fairgrounds: 6.2 mi
- Shenandoah County Fairgrounds: 6.3 mi
- Riverview Park: 6.4 mi
- Indian Grave: 6.5 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 7.4 mi
- Luray Caverns Discovery Marker: 8.4 mi
- Bethany Veney Remembrance Garden: 8.5 mi
- Page County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 8.7 mi
- "Connections" The Shentel Museum: 3.8 mi
- The Edinburg Mill: 4.0 mi
- Woodstock Museum Marshall House: 6.9 mi
- Woodstock Museum Wickham House: 6.9 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 8.3 mi
- Hiden Spring: 6.1 mi
- Chalybeate Spring: 7.4 mi
- Yellow Spring: 11.3 mi
- Cold Spring: 12.8 mi
- Sandstone Spring: 14.6 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 11.8 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 11.9 mi
- Greasy Falls: 13.2 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 15.5 mi
- Cave Falls: 15.9 mi
- The Garden Maze: 8.3 mi
- Luray Caverns: 8.4 mi
- Luray Caverns: 8.4 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 8.5 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 8.7 mi
- Markley Rocks: 10.8 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 12.0 mi
- Rattlesnake Point: 12.2 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 17.7 mi
- Three High Heads: 18.1 mi
- Pavilian: 3.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 8.3 mi
- Picnic Area: 8.4 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 14.3 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 17.7 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 6.1 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 18.7 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 19.1 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 19.1 mi
- Lost River State Park: 22.6 mi
- Love: 8.4 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 9.5 mi
- Cootie Bug: 9.6 mi
- Happy Moon, 10,000 Smiles: 19.4 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 19.6 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 6.7 mi
- Old grape garden: 11.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 12.9 miles of Edinburg Gap Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hogback Mountain | E 96° | 1,056 m | 12.9 mi |
| Sugarloaf | E 100° | 985 m | 12.2 mi |
| Pass Mountain | ESE 123° | 915 m | 12.8 mi |
| Knob Mountain | ESE 113° | 873 m | 9.6 mi |
| Short Mountain | W 262° | 856 m | 1.5 mi |
| Middle Mountain | SSW 202° | 855 m | 7.4 mi |
| Waterfall Mountain | SSW 205° | 840 m | 7.7 mi |
| Duncan Knob | SSW 199° | 833 m | 5.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:03 | 20:43 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:14 | 16:56 |
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 | 35 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 1.8 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Edinburg, 4 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Jan–May — fullest in Mar, leanest in Jul.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 462 | 567 | 770 | 628 | 554 | 342 | 171 | 195 | 229 | 218 | 289 | 398 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge N F Shenandoah River AT Mount Jackson, VA, 7 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element node/12070676737
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 20 mi
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