Castle Mountain
Castle Mountain rises to 386 m in West Virginia. Pinnacle stands 864 m to the south, 17 miles off. The nearest named place is Leith Mountain, a peak 2.8 miles away. Washington Heritage Trail passes 6.3 miles off.
The story
Castle Mountain is a forested mountain ridge that lies along the Cacapon River south of its confluence with the North River at Forks of Cacapon in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. The mountain is named for the Caudy's Castle (also known as Castle Rock) rock outcrop pillar that lies on its southern end overlooking the Cacapon River. Castle Run, which runs along its western flank into the North River, also takes its name from the outcrop. The ridge runs from southwest to northeast and can be viewed from the Bloomery Pike (West Virginia Route 127).
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Wikidata Q5050189, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 386 m
How to reach it
- 6.3 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 6.3 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 19.7 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
Overlooks nearby
- Banner's Overlook · 14 mi
- Warrior Mountain Overlook · 16 mi
- Prospect Overlook · 18 mi
- Devils Nose · 22 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Leith Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Georges Peak: 3.3 mi
- Ice Mountain: 3.3 mi
- Darbys Nose: 3.6 mi
- Bear Garden Mountain: 3.7 mi
- Edwards Run Wildlife Management Area: 5.0 mi
- Slanesville Park: 6.1 mi
- Reynolds Store Neighborhood Park: 6.4 mi
- Capon Bridge Park: 6.4 mi
- Community Fishing Holes: 8.1 mi
- Capon Bridge Museum: 6.7 mi
- Capon Bridge Museum: 6.7 mi
- Thomas D. Ambrose Nature Center: 9.7 mi
- The Irvin Allen/Michael Cresap Museum: 14.5 mi
- Literary Hall: 18.4 mi
- Willa Cather Birthplace: 10.1 mi
- Prospect Rock: 16.2 mi
- Masonry Overfall: 18.1 mi
- Parsons Bell Tower: 18.8 mi
- Parsons Bell Tower: 18.8 mi
- Cacapon Resort State Park: 11.2 mi
- Eidolon Nature Preserve: 15.5 mi
- Turkey Camp Shale Barren Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 15.7 mi
- Richards CREP Easement: 16.6 mi
- Sugar Hollow Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 16.9 mi
- An Apple a Day Apple Statue: 18.4 mi
- Bites of Local Life Apple Statue: 18.6 mi
- Morgan Arts Council: 19.2 mi
- White House Apple Statue: 19.2 mi
- Welcome Pineapple: 19.3 mi
- Natural Spring: 8.0 mi
- A natural spring at the Central Trail: 9.0 mi
- Neglar Spring: 13.6 mi
- Lord Fairfax Spring: 19.0 mi
- Town Spring: 19.2 mi
- Beach 1: 7.6 mi
- Beach 3: 7.7 mi
- Beach 2: 8.2 mi
- River Beach: 13.6 mi
- Public River Access, Fishing: 19.5 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 6.7 mi
- Almost Heaven Sign: 6.7 mi
- Farnham Colossi: 8.7 mi
- Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad: 17.9 mi
- Gainsboro Tourist Park: 12.2 mi
- Virginia Welcome Center at Clear Brook: 19.2 mi
- Sideling Hill Rest Area Eastbound: 23.4 mi
- Sideling Hill Rest Area Westbound: 23.6 mi
- Hanging Rocks: 17.2 mi
- Dog Cliff: 21.2 mi
- Lovers Leap: 22.9 mi
- Three High Heads: 24.6 mi
- Hooks Mill Falls: 10.9 mi
- Mountain Falls: 17.4 mi
- Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 4.5 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.4 miles of Castle Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinnacle | S 183° | 864 m | 17.3 mi |
| Eagle Rock | S 186° | 791 m | 19.4 mi |
| High Point | NE 48° | 789 m | 5.2 mi |
| Spring Mountain | S 189° | 738 m | 19.4 mi |
| Stony Mountain | WSW 239° | 697 m | 19.0 mi |
| Spring Gap Mountain | NW 323° | 679 m | 5.5 mi |
| Cacapon 2 | NNE 30° | 673 m | 11.4 mi |
| North River Mountain | SSW 213° | 660 m | 17.2 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:18 | 18:50 | 19:26 |
| June solstice | 05:48 | 20:04 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:02 | 18:37 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:31 | 16:12 | 16:54 |
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 | 33 | 41 | 52 | 61 | 69 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 35 |
| Precip in | 3.6 | 2.2 | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.4 | 4.9 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 2.6 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Cacapon ST PK #2, 10 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1554086 — Castle Mountain, Hampshire County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356524754
Day trips start here
- Hancock · 25 mi
- Hedgesville · 25 mi
- Martinsburg · 25 mi
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