Canaan Hill
Canaan Hill rises to 544 m in Virginia. Big Butt stands 1,053 m to the west-northwest, 6.9 miles off. The nearest named place is Mount Atlas, a peak 0.5 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 7.3 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49017834, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 544 m
How to reach it
- 7.3 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 12.6 mi off the Highlands Scenic Byway
- 29.7 mi off the Skyline Drive, National
Overlooks nearby
- Irish Creek Valley Overlook · 8 mi
- Boston Knob Overlook · 8 mi
- White's Gap Overlook · 8 mi
- Chimney Rock Mountain Overlook · 9 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Mount Atlas: 0.5 mi
- Dixon Hill: 1.0 mi
- Henry Hill: 2.7 mi
- Bunkin Hill: 3.0 mi
- Poorhouse Mountain: 3.1 mi
- Brownsburg Historic District: 4.9 mi
- Memorial Park: 5.3 mi
- Jordan's Point: 6.3 mi
- M. Leroy Richardson Park: 6.8 mi
- Maury Monument: 6.9 mi
- Colonel Claudius Crozet: 6.5 mi
- Johnathan Daniels: 6.5 mi
- Korean War Roll of Honor: 6.6 mi
- George Catlett Marshall: 6.6 mi
- VMI World War II Memorial: 6.6 mi
- Lovingston Springs: 11.2 mi
- Wiggins Spring: 11.3 mi
- Cow Camp Spring: 11.5 mi
- Hog Camp Gap Spring: 11.7 mi
- Rock Spring: 12.2 mi
- Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson: 7.4 mi
- Yankee Horse Ridge: 10.6 mi
- Crabtree Falls: 15.4 mi
- Dinosaur Kingdom II: 17.9 mi
- Caverns at Natural Bridge: 18.7 mi
- George Washington: 6.6 mi
- George C. Marshall: 6.6 mi
- The Cannonball: 6.6 mi
- Francis Henney Smith: 6.7 mi
- Peristyle: 8.7 mi
- Virginia Military Institute Museum: 6.6 mi
- George C Marshall Research Foundation Library: 6.8 mi
- Stonewall Jackson House: 7.1 mi
- Rockbridge Historical Society: 7.1 mi
- Monacan Ancestral Museum: 23.9 mi
- Goshen-Little North Mountain Wildlife Management Area: 8.5 mi
- Brushy Hills Preserve: 8.7 mi
- Mt. Pleasant Roadless Area: 12.9 mi
- Lake Robertson: 14.1 mi
- Coursey Springs State Fish Hatchery: 24.7 mi
- Panther Falls: 11.6 mi
- St. Mary's Falls: 14.5 mi
- White Rock Falls: 16.9 mi
- Lace Falls: 19.1 mi
- Upper Shamokin Falls: 23.9 mi
- Lovers Leap: 4.0 mi
- Twenty Minute Cliff: 16.9 mi
- Cascade Falls Picnic Area: 19.2 mi
- Humpback Rocks Picnic Area: 24.4 mi
- Fairfield Safety Rest Area: 2.9 mi
- Chris Lantos Waterfront: 8.4 mi
- Greenhouse Area: 13.6 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 10.2 miles of Canaan Hill. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big Butt | WNW 290° | 1,053 m | 6.9 mi |
| Nettle Mountain | ESE 107° | 1,014 m | 10.1 mi |
| Ragged Mountain | WNW 294° | 1,003 m | 9.8 mi |
| Dale Mountain | WNW 284° | 991 m | 9.9 mi |
| Jump Rock | NNW 331° | 959 m | 6.5 mi |
| Coopers Knob | WNW 295° | 959 m | 7.7 mi |
| Bratton Mountain | WNW 298° | 954 m | 10.2 mi |
| Little Butt | WNW 290° | 947 m | 7.6 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:22 | 18:55 | 19:30 |
| June solstice | 05:56 | 20:04 | 20:44 |
| September equinox | 07:06 | 18:42 | 19:16 |
| December solstice | 07:30 | 16:21 | 17:02 |
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 | 34 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 63 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 67 | 56 | 45 | 37 |
| Precip in | 3.1 | 2.8 | 3.5 | 3.7 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 4.1 | 3.3 | 3.7 | 3.1 | 3.2 | 3.5 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Lexington, 7 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356601136
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