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Cacapon Resort State Park

Cacapon Resort State Park from directly overhead

Cacapon Resort State Park is a nature reserve in West Virginia, at a modelled elevation of 474 m. High Point stands 789 m to the south-southwest, 6.4 miles off. The nearest named place is Cacapon 2, a peak 0.4 miles away. Washington Heritage Trail passes 1.0 miles off.

Visiting

What to expect

Operated by
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
Step-free access
Yes
Getting there

How to reach it

Driving directionsPlan a drive around it
Coordinates39.53063, -78.30727

Overlooks nearby

Around it

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
  • Rt. 522 Ball Field Complex: 2.6 mi
  • Rickli Memorial Soccer Complex: 2.6 mi
  • CMA Play Area: 4.1 mi
  • Community Fishing Holes: 4.1 mi
  • Biser Street Park: 7.6 mi
Historic sites: 17
Nature reserves: 16
Museums: 11
  • Thomas D. Ambrose Nature Center: 2.1 mi
  • Museum of Berkeley Springs: 7.9 mi
  • Hancock Museum: 13.5 mi
  • The Irvin Allen/Michael Cresap Museum: 16.2 mi
  • CCC museum: 17.1 mi
Artworks: 8
  • Morgan Arts Council: 8.0 mi
  • Welcome Pineapple: 23.5 mi
  • An Apple a Day Apple Statue: 24.2 mi
  • Bites of Local Life Apple Statue: 24.3 mi
  • Stars and Stripes Apple Statue: 24.3 mi
Springs: 6
  • A natural spring at the Central Trail: 2.4 mi
  • Natural Spring: 3.2 mi
  • Lord Fairfax Spring: 7.8 mi
  • Neglar Spring: 8.6 mi
  • Dawson Spring: 19.3 mi
Attractions: 5
  • Almost Heaven Sign: 4.6 mi
  • Almost Heaven Swing: 4.6 mi
  • Farnham Colossi: 8.1 mi
  • Junior Officer's Quarters: 17.1 mi
  • Captain's Quarters: 17.1 mi
Rest areas: 5
  • Sideling Hill Rest Area Eastbound: 12.9 mi
  • Sideling Hill Rest Area Westbound: 13.0 mi
  • Gainsboro Tourist Park: 18.0 mi
  • Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook: 22.3 mi
  • I-81 Southbound West Virginia Welcome Center: 24.8 mi
Beaches: 4
  • Beach 1: 15.2 mi
  • Beach 3: 15.5 mi
  • Beach 2: 15.5 mi
  • River Beach: 21.1 mi
Cliffs: 3
Picnic sites: 2
Gardens: 1
  • Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 15.6 mi
Waterfalls: 1
  • Hooks Mill Falls: 21.6 mi
On the horizon

Summits around it

The highest named summits within 19.2 miles of Cacapon Resort State Park. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
High PointSSW 199°789 m6.4 mi
Spring Gap MountainWSW 242°679 m10.6 mi
Cacapon 2NNW 331°673 m0.4 mi
Warrior MountainWNW 291°650 m17.8 mi
Betsy KnobWNW 297°604 m17.9 mi
Sleepy Creek MountainSE 130°580 m7.8 mi
Purslane MountainNW 320°568 m5.1 mi
Shockeys KnobSSE 156°567 m10.5 mi
Conditions

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1818:5019:25
June solstice05:4720:0420:45
September equinox07:0218:3719:12
December solstice07:3116:1116:53

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F313341526169747265544335
Precip in3.62.23.03.54.44.94.33.14.43.32.63.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cacapon ST PK #2, 2 mi away.

Wildlife nearby
  • Eastern Newt23 obs
  • Seal Salamander15 obs
  • rattlesnakeweed13 obs
  • Eastern American jack-o'-lantern13 obs
  • Japanese barberry12 obs
  • American cancer-root10 obs
  • Eastern Tiger Swallowtail10 obs
  • rue anemone9 obs

Research-grade iNaturalist community observations within 3 km — what people have recorded, not a species inventory.

Sources

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidata

OpenStreetMap element way/418860236

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