Short Mountain lies along the northwestern margin of
Massanutten Mountain
Massanutten Mountain is a synclinal ridge in the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, located in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is near the West Virginia state line.
Geography
The mountain bisects the Shenandoah Valley just east of Strasburg ...
in
Shenandoah County
Shenandoah County (formerly Dunmore County) is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 United States Census, the population was 44,186. Its county seat is Woodstock. It is part of the Shenandoah Valley region of Virgin ...
,
Virginia
Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are ...
. It is seven miles in length, from
Mount Jackson on the south end to
Edinburg on the north, so it was also once known as "Seven-Mile Mountain".
[Wayland, John W. (1927) ''A History of Shenandoah County, Virginia'' p. 185. Shenandoah Publishing House, Strasburg, Va. ] The
Massanutten Trail
The Massanutten Trail is a National Recreation Trail located in George Washington National Forest in Central Virginia. Much of the path is steep and rugged terrain, and presents many mountain vistas. The trail traverses the Massanutten Range ...
traverses the mountain.
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Mountains of Shenandoah County, Virginia
Mountains of Virginia
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