Sandstone Spring
Sandstone Spring is a spring in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 884 m. Mill Mountain stands 1,006 m to the northeast, 0.9 miles off. Skyline Drive passes 23 miles off.
How to reach it
- 23.5 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Hogback Overlook · 24 mi
- Shenandoah Valley Overlook · 24 mi
- Rattlesnake Point Overlook · 24 mi
- Jeremys Run Overlook · 24 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mill Mountain: 0.9 mi
- Sugar Knob: 1.8 mi
- Little Sluice Mountain: 2.2 mi
- Halfmoon Mountain: 2.3 mi
- Big Schloss: 2.3 mi
- Wolf Gap Recreation Area: 4.0 mi
- Trout Pond Recreation Area: 5.1 mi
- Baker Park: 8.1 mi
- J. Allen Hawkins Community Park: 8.2 mi
- Shenandoah County Fairgrounds: 9.1 mi
- Woodstock Museum Marshall House: 9.4 mi
- Woodstock Museum Wickham House: 9.5 mi
- "Connections" The Shentel Museum: 10.9 mi
- The Edinburg Mill: 11.0 mi
- Strasburg Museum: 15.4 mi
- Van Buren Furnace: 4.6 mi
- Collie Grave: 4.7 mi
- Veterans Memorial: 15.4 mi
- Indian Grave: 17.8 mi
- 128th New York Monument: 18.1 mi
- Trout Run Fault Spring: 3.1 mi
- Yellow Spring: 4.0 mi
- Arie Vankan Spring: 4.5 mi
- Winfred Tharp Spring: 4.6 mi
- Reed Farm Spring: 5.6 mi
- Bryce Resort: 12.4 mi
- Shenandoah Caverns: 17.6 mi
- Moorefield Historic District: 18.6 mi
- The Garden Maze: 22.7 mi
- Luray Caverns: 22.7 mi
- Markley Rocks: 5.5 mi
- Hanging Rock: 6.4 mi
- Three High Heads: 8.9 mi
- Dog Cliff: 12.4 mi
- Helmick Rock: 14.7 mi
- Falls Ridge Waterfall: 9.0 mi
- Mountain Falls: 17.4 mi
- Hooks Mill Falls: 21.3 mi
- Overall Run Falls: 22.7 mi
- Upper Overall Run Falls: 22.8 mi
- Pavilian: 17.8 mi
- Blue Hole Day Use Area: 21.7 mi
- Picnic Area: 22.6 mi
- Picnic Area: 22.8 mi
- Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 24.6 mi
- Cootie Bug: 17.6 mi
- Statue of Liberty: 17.7 mi
- Love: 22.8 mi
- "Stonewall" Jackson: 24.4 mi
- Water Street Nature Reserve: 9.8 mi
- Lost River State Park: 14.1 mi
- Eastham Park Trail and Front Royal Boat Landing: 23.6 mi
- Old grape garden: 4.7 mi
- W.O. Riley Park Garden: 9.2 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Sandstone Spring. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mill Mountain | NE 42° | 1,006 m | 0.9 mi |
| Devils Benchmark | WSW 240° | 995 m | 5.5 mi |
| Sugar Knob | ENE 73° | 976 m | 1.8 mi |
| Little Sluice Mountain | E 99° | 951 m | 2.2 mi |
| Long Mountain | WSW 252° | 951 m | 3.8 mi |
| Snyder Knob | WSW 248° | 936 m | 7.6 mi |
| Paddy Mountain | ENE 58° | 910 m | 5.0 mi |
| Cove Mountain | WSW 240° | 898 m | 11.4 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:52 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:50 | 20:04 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 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 | 30 | 32 | 39 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 34 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lost RVR, 9 mi away.
Months at or above the year’s average flow: Dec–May — fullest in May, leanest in Aug.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mean cfs | 16.6 | 19.4 | 25.3 | 26.8 | 30.0 | 13.3 | 5.5 | 5.0 | 9.7 | 8.7 | 13.5 | 18.6 |
USGS monthly mean discharge at gauge Waites Run Near Wardensville, WV, 6 mi away — the nearest gauge, which can sit on a different stream.
- pink lady's slipper7 obs
- yellow star grass7 obs
- Eastern Newt6 obs
- mountain laurel6 obs
- fly poison6 obs
- Spongy Moth5 obs
- eastern white pine4 obs
- downy rattlesnake plantain4 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/5922831685
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