Hawksbill Spring
Hawksbill Spring is a spring in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 999 m. Hawksbill stands 1,232 m to the west-southwest, 0.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Crescent Rock, a peak 0.3 miles away. Skyline Drive runs past it.
How to reach it
- On the Skyline Drive, National
- 20.0 mi off the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hawksbill Viewing Platform · 1 mi
- Crescent Rock Overlook · 1 mi
- Old Rag View Overlook · 1 mi
- Timber Hollow Overlook · 1 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Crescent Rock: 0.3 mi
- Hawksbill: 0.4 mi
- Betty's Rock: 0.8 mi
- Nakedtop: 1.0 mi
- Spitler Hill: 1.2 mi
- Lake Arrowhead Park: 5.8 mi
- Ralph H. Dean Recreation Park: 7.4 mi
- Ruffner Plaza: 8.4 mi
- Carillon Park: 8.9 mi
- Eugene Park: 8.9 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 1.4 mi
- Cedar Run Falls: 1.5 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 1.5 mi
- Upper Whiteoak Falls: 1.6 mi
- Lower Whiteoak Falls: 1.8 mi
- CCC Camp: 3.7 mi
- Five Tents: 5.0 mi
- Confederate Soldiers Monument: 8.1 mi
- O. Winston Link Photo NW-846 Site: 8.3 mi
- Page County Confederate Soldiers Monument: 8.4 mi
- Old School House Museum: 8.3 mi
- Luray Train Station Musuem: 8.3 mi
- Toy Town Junction: 9.0 mi
- Car and Carriage Caravan Museum: 9.0 mi
- Luray Valley Museum: 9.1 mi
- Rock Spring: 1.1 mi
- Furnace Spring: 2.8 mi
- Davids Spring: 3.0 mi
- Lewis Spring: 4.0 mi
- Pitt Spring: 14.6 mi
- Big Meadows Picnic Grounds: 3.4 mi
- Pinnacles picnic ground: 5.2 mi
- Picnic Area: 8.9 mi
- Picnic Area: 9.1 mi
- Picnic Grounds: 9.6 mi
- Luray Train Depot: 8.3 mi
- Darkwood Manor: 8.5 mi
- Luray Caverns: 8.9 mi
- Luray Caverns: 9.0 mi
- The Garden Maze: 9.1 mi
- Halfmile Cliff: 1.8 mi
- Franklin Cliffs: 2.3 mi
- Huckleberry Cliff: 5.8 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 12.9 mi
- Yellow Cliffs: 13.3 mi
- Love: 8.9 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 18.5 mi
- Cootie Bug: 18.6 mi
- LOVE: 21.7 mi
- Lions Glasses: 21.7 mi
- PATC Entry Run Tract: 12.5 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 22.7 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 23.3 mi
- Potomac Appalachian Trail Club: 23.6 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 23.4 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 8.2 miles of Hawksbill Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawksbill | WSW 249° | 1,232 m | 0.4 mi |
| Stony Man | NNE 17° | 1,220 m | 2.9 mi |
| Fork Mountain | SSW 196° | 1,172 m | 5.6 mi |
| Hazeltop | SSW 212° | 1,149 m | 6.5 mi |
| Bushytop | N 2° | 1,142 m | 2.3 mi |
| Nakedtop | W 271° | 1,138 m | 1.0 mi |
| Spitler Hill | S 188° | 1,138 m | 1.2 mi |
| Betty's Rock | NNE 24° | 1,131 m | 0.8 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 | 20:02 | 20:42 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:12 |
| December solstice | 07:28 | 16:15 | 16:56 |
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, 4 mi away.
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).
- Eastern Red-backed Salamander485 obs
- Allegheny stonecrop184 obs
- red columbine148 obs
- fly poison145 obs
- White-tailed Deer139 obs
- large white trillium132 obs
- white baneberry120 obs
- mountain laurel114 obs
Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/5316833707
Day trips start here
- Shenandoah National Park · 5 mi
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