Cascadia Community Garden
Cascadia Community Garden is a garden in Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 120 m. High Top Mountain stands 695 m to the northwest, 15 miles off. The nearest named place is Oval Park, a park 0.3 miles away. Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway runs past it.
What to expect
- Operated by
- Cascadia POA
- Access
- Private
- Fee
- Yes
How to reach it
- On the Journey Through Hallowed Ground Byway, National
- 18.6 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
- 22.4 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Carter Overlook · 3 mi
- Beagle Gap Overlook · 19 mi
- Sawmill Ridge Overlook · 19 mi
- Sawmill Run Overlook · 19 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Oval Park: 0.3 mi
- Darden Towe Park: 0.4 mi
- Pen Park: 0.9 mi
- Riverview Park: 1.1 mi
- Northeast Park: 1.1 mi
- Trevillian Mountain: 1.9 mi
- Wolfpit Mountain: 2.5 mi
- Patterson Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Long Mountain: 4.0 mi
- Lewis Mountain: 4.1 mi
- Giant Shad Fish: 0.5 mi
- Speech Stump: 1.1 mi
- Looking for Ice: 1.7 mi
- The Biker: 1.8 mi
- A Bad Case of the Mondays: 1.9 mi
- Charlottesville Woolen Mills: 1.3 mi
- Dogwood Vietnam Memorial: 1.6 mi
- November 13, 2022 Memorial Tree and Plaque: 3.2 mi
- University of Virginia Historic Marker: 3.2 mi
- Kitty Foster Homestead: 3.2 mi
- Botanical Garden of the Piedmont: 1.6 mi
- The Grove: 1.7 mi
- CATS Grove: 1.7 mi
- West Lawn: 2.1 mi
- Monticello Vegetable Garden: 2.1 mi
- Virginia Discovery Museum: 1.9 mi
- Monticello: 2.0 mi
- Jefferson School African American Heritage Center: 2.3 mi
- Thomas Jefferson Visitor Center and Smith Education Center: 2.3 mi
- Michie Tavern: 2.3 mi
- Ivy Creek Natural Area: 4.6 mi
- Heyward Community Forest: 5.9 mi
- Scheier Natural Area: 13.9 mi
- Mint Springs Valley Park: 15.8 mi
- Van Clief Natural Area: 16.5 mi
- Chris Greene Lake Beach: 8.6 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 5: 9.9 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 4: 10.8 mi
- Main Beach (Beach 1): 11.0 mi
- Lake Monticello Beach 3: 11.1 mi
- Free Speech Wall: 1.9 mi
- James Monroe's Highland: 4.1 mi
- Apple Cannon: 24.5 mi
- Endless View Farms: 24.5 mi
- Greene County Park Pavillion: 16.3 mi
- Dundo Picnic Grounds and Group Campground: 20.1 mi
- South River Picnic Area: 24.0 mi
- Nelson County Wayside: 24.3 mi
- Lower Doyles River Falls: 19.2 mi
- Upper Doyles River Falls: 19.2 mi
- Jones Run Falls: 19.3 mi
- South River Falls: 23.7 mi
- Canada: 3.3 mi
- Blackrock Springs: 20.3 mi
- Mitchell Bluff: 23.5 mi
Summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.2 miles of Cascadia Community Garden. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| High Top Mountain | NW 314° | 695 m | 15.2 mi |
| High Top | WSW 250° | 557 m | 15.1 mi |
| Long Arm Mountain | WSW 250° | 553 m | 15.1 mi |
| Peters Mountain | NE 55° | 550 m | 10.5 mi |
| Dudley Mountain | WSW 238° | 490 m | 8.9 mi |
| Carters Mountain | SSW 210° | 477 m | 4.8 mi |
| Pigeon Top Mountain | NW 305° | 477 m | 12.6 mi |
| Goodlow Mountain | NE 55° | 458 m | 11.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:51 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:52 | 20:01 | 20:41 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:27 | 16:17 | 16:58 |
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 | 35 | 38 | 45 | 55 | 64 | 72 | 76 | 74 | 67 | 57 | 47 | 39 |
| Precip in | 2.7 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Monticello, 2 mi away.
- Spotted Lanternfly120 obs
- Virginia Springbeauty101 obs
- American Toad93 obs
- box elder88 obs
- Great Blue Heron83 obs
- Virginia bluebells82 obs
- Virginia saxifrage80 obs
- lesser celandine76 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.
OpenStreetMapOpenStreetMap element way/1339959091
Day trips start here
- Charlottesville · 2 mi
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