Cahas Mountain
Cahas Mountain rises to 1,083 m in Virginia. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the northwest, 9.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Murray Knob, a peak 3.8 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 4.6 miles off.
The story
Mountain in Virginia, United States of America.
Wikidata Q49017545, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1,083 m
How to reach it
- 4.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
Overlooks nearby
- Devil's Backbone Overlook · 8 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 8 mi
- Pine Spur Overlook · 8 mi
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 10 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Murray Knob: 3.8 mi
- McIlhaney Hill: 3.8 mi
- Bunker Hill: 3.9 mi
- Masons Knob: 4.1 mi
- Hemppatch Mountain: 5.1 mi
- Otter Park: 5.5 mi
- Starkey Youth Soccer Fields: 5.6 mi
- Clearbrook Park: 6.9 mi
- Sunrise Park: 8.0 mi
- Bent Tree Dog Park: 8.2 mi
- Dan Wright Memorial: 9.6 mi
- JB Fishburn Memorial: 9.7 mi
- Rorer Hall: 11.3 mi
- Roanoke City Market: 11.5 mi
- Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Depot: 11.5 mi
- Caboose: 3.8 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 11.4 mi
- Roanoke Pinball Museum: 11.4 mi
- Taubman Museum of Art: 11.5 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 11.6 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 8.0 mi
- Bald Knob Natural Area Preserve: 11.3 mi
- Explore Park: 12.5 mi
- Sweet Springs State Natural Area Preserve: 14.6 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 16.1 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 9.7 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 10.7 mi
- Henrietta Lacks: 11.3 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 11.4 mi
- The Solar Wind: 12.5 mi
- Pacabella Farm Alpacas & Boutique: 9.6 mi
- Roanoke Star: 10.3 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 11.4 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 11.4 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 12.9 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 10.2 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 10.8 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 11.6 mi
- Beale Garden: 16.9 mi
- Piedmont Vegetable Garden: 21.7 mi
- Cracker Point: 17.9 mi
- Calico Rock: 18.2 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 18.9 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 22.2 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 9.1 mi
- Camp Creek: 9.1 mi
- White Falls: 20.6 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 14.3 mi
- Smart View Recreation Area: 16.1 mi
- Howrytown: 23.3 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 17.6 miles of Cahas Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | NW 306° | 1,141 m | 9.3 mi |
| Fort Lewis Mountain | NNW 329° | 998 m | 15.4 mi |
| Bent Mountain | WNW 293° | 975 m | 5.4 mi |
| Bull Run Knob | WNW 293° | 972 m | 5.4 mi |
| Masons Knob | NNW 347° | 961 m | 4.1 mi |
| Hemppatch Mountain | NW 316° | 935 m | 5.1 mi |
| Smith Hill | WSW 249° | 874 m | 15.8 mi |
| Kingery Hill | WSW 252° | 844 m | 15.9 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:25 | 18:58 | 19:32 |
| June solstice | 06:01 | 20:05 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:27 | 17:07 |
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 | 31 | 34 | 41 | 51 | 59 | 67 | 71 | 69 | 63 | 53 | 42 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.9 | 3.9 | 4.2 | 5.1 | 5.4 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 5.4 | 3.5 | 3.6 | 3.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Copper Hill, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356560570
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 11 mi
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