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Cedar Mountain, Virginia

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Cedar Mountain
Along Cedar Mountain near Rapidan
Highest point
Elevation814 ft (248 m)Mountainzone
Prominence400 ft (120 m)
Coordinates38°22′10″N 78°04′17″W / 38.36944°N 78.07139°W / 38.36944; -78.07139
Geography
Map
LocationCulpeper County, Virginia, U.S.
Parent rangePiedmont Monadnock
Topo mapUSGS Culpeper
Climbing
Easiest routeHike

Cedar Mountain, also known as Slaughter Mountain, is a piedmont monadnock in Culpeper County, Virginia. The 800 feet (240 m) ridge is 7 miles (11 km) south of the town of Culpeper and just to the northwest of the northern tip of the Southwest Mountains at Clark Mountain. The mountain was used as a signal mountain by confederate troops during the Civil War. Remnants of that fortification are still visible today.