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Canadays Ridge

Canadays Ridge, seen from above at true elevation

Canadays Ridge rises to 1,320 m in Virginia. Stone Mountain stands 1,503 m to the southwest, 9.5 miles off. The nearest named place is Iron Mountain, a peak 0.5 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 4.3 miles off.

What the record says

Elevation
1320 m

How to reach it

Coordinates36.75214, -81.33720

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks: 15
Waterfalls: 6
  • Comer’s Creek Falls: 8.0 mi
  • Straight Branch Falls: 22.2 mi
  • Sharpes Falls: 23.6 mi
  • Chestnut Creek Falls: 23.8 mi
  • Gentry Creek Falls: 24.0 mi
Museums: 5
  • Smyth County Museum: 11.5 mi
  • Alleghany Historical Museum: 20.8 mi
  • Mountain Farm Life Museum: 23.0 mi
  • Jeff Matthews Museum: 23.4 mi
  • Museum of Ashe County History: 24.0 mi
Springs: 5
Attractions: 4
  • Big Pinnacle: 12.7 mi
  • Listening Rock: 13.2 mi
  • New River Outdoor Adventures: 21.2 mi
  • Caudill Cabin: 24.3 mi
Cliffs: 4
Picnic sites: 1
  • Big Walker Lookout: 21.2 mi

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 10.6 miles of Canadays Ridge. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Stone MountainSW 234°1,503 m9.5 mi
Third PeakSW 232°1,502 m9.1 mi
Second PeakSW 229°1,476 m9.0 mi
High RockSE 142°1,418 m7.8 mi
Buck MountainSE 142°1,417 m7.8 mi
First PeakSW 224°1,405 m9.2 mi
Iron MountainESE 123°1,359 m0.5 mi
Buck Mountain East PeakSE 134°1,356 m8.9 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:3019:0319:37
June solstice06:0820:1020:48
September equinox07:1418:5019:24
December solstice07:3516:3317:13

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323542516167716964534436

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — ELK Creek 4ssw, 10 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/4953571151

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