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Capola Mountain

Capola Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

Capola Mountain rises to 528 m in Virginia. Mill Mountain stands 1,006 m to the west, 4.3 miles off. The nearest named place is Van Buren Furnace, a historic site 0.4 miles away. Skyline Drive passes 19 miles off.

The story

mountain in Virginia, United States of America

Wikidata Q49018045, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.

What the record says

Elevation
528 m

How to reach it

Coordinates38.97122, -78.55223

Named places within 25 miles

Parks
  • Shenandoah County Park: 5.9 mi
  • W.O. Riley Park: 6.6 mi
  • Shenandoah County Fairgrounds: 6.9 mi
  • Shenandoah County Fairgrounds: 7.0 mi
  • J. Allen Hawkins Community Park: 7.5 mi
Historic sites: 23
  • Van Buren Furnace: 0.4 mi
  • Collie Grave: 7.3 mi
  • 128th New York Monument: 13.3 mi
  • South Carolina Monument: 13.3 mi
  • 8th Vermont Monument: 13.6 mi
Museums: 23
Springs: 15
Attractions: 10
Artworks: 10
  • Cootie Bug: 18.8 mi
  • Statue of Liberty: 18.8 mi
  • "Stonewall" Jackson: 19.6 mi
  • Warrior Statue: 20.6 mi
  • Love: 21.6 mi
Waterfalls: 8
Cliffs: 7
Nature reserves: 5
Picnic sites: 4
  • Pavilian: 16.8 mi
  • Dickey Ridge Picnic Grounds: 20.1 mi
  • Picnic Area: 21.4 mi
  • Picnic Area: 21.6 mi
Gardens: 2

Other summits around it

The highest named summits within 13.4 miles of Capola Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Mill MountainW 277°1,006 m4.3 mi
Devils BenchmarkWSW 253°995 m10.0 mi
Sugar KnobW 277°976 m3.2 mi
Little Sluice MountainW 260°951 m2.7 mi
Long MountainW 261°951 m8.6 mi
Snyder KnobWSW 256°936 m12.2 mi
Paddy MountainNNW 347°910 m2.5 mi
Big SchlossWSW 251°894 m6.4 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:1918:5119:26
June solstice05:5020:0420:44
September equinox07:0318:3819:13
December solstice07:3016:1416:56

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 50–80 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F323442526170747366554436
Precip in2.92.33.22.84.44.23.93.44.42.62.52.8

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Woodstock 2 NE, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356586618

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