Catawba Mountain
Catawba Mountain rises to 678 m in Virginia. Poor Mountain stands 1,141 m to the south-southwest, 14 miles off. The nearest named place is McAfee Knob, a peak 1.3 miles away. Blue Ridge Parkway passes 12 miles off.
The story
mountain in Virginia, United States of America
Wikidata Q49018668, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 678 m
How to reach it
- 11.9 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 19.1 mi off the Farm Heritage Road
Overlooks nearby
- Mill Mountain Overlook · 12 mi
- Mill Mountain Star Overlook · 12 mi
- Roanoke River Overlook · 14 mi
- Roanoke Mountain Loop Lookout · 14 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- McAfee Knob: 1.3 mi
- North Mountain: 2.4 mi
- Brushy Mountain: 4.4 mi
- Tinker Mountain: 4.6 mi
- Green Ridge: 4.6 mi
- Whispering Pines Park: 1.6 mi
- Havens State Game Refuge: 4.4 mi
- Biergarten: 4.4 mi
- Cedar Lawn Burial Park: 5.9 mi
- Walrond Park: 6.0 mi
- The Rock: 6.9 mi
- Via Field Memorial: 8.2 mi
- Eagle Crossing Memorial: 8.5 mi
- Agatha Strother Lewis | Col. Elijah McClanahan: 8.5 mi
- Audie Murphy Memorial Monument: 9.2 mi
- Salem Museum: 6.5 mi
- Eleanor D Wilson Museum: 6.9 mi
- Craig County Historical Society: 8.4 mi
- Virginia Museum of Transportation: 10.1 mi
- O. Winston Link Museum: 10.4 mi
- Carvins Cove: 4.0 mi
- Havens Wildlife Management Area: 7.2 mi
- Read Mountain Preserve: 10.1 mi
- Happy Hollow Gardens Park: 11.3 mi
- Explore Park: 15.7 mi
- The Rock: 6.4 mi
- The Solar Wind: 6.4 mi
- Sculpture Garden: 9.9 mi
- Merrill Gainer Statue: 10.2 mi
- Roanoke Firefighter statue: 10.2 mi
- Jupiter Missile: 10.2 mi
- Norfolk Southern 8661: 10.2 mi
- Dixie Caverns: 11.3 mi
- Roanoke Star: 11.8 mi
- Eastern Continental Divide: 13.1 mi
- Community Garden: 6.6 mi
- Beale Garden: 7.0 mi
- Mountain View Community Garden: 9.8 mi
- George Washington Carver Community Garden: 9.8 mi
- Dr. Robert L. A. Keeley Healing Garden: 11.4 mi
- Rowan Memorial Home Spring: 19.2 mi
- Old Sweet Springs: 19.4 mi
- Sweet Chalybeate Spring: 20.0 mi
- Thomas Spring: 22.8 mi
- Big Spring: 23.2 mi
- Tinker Cliffs: 4.8 mi
- Dragon's Tooth: 6.5 mi
- Lovers Leap: 9.5 mi
- Piney Point: 21.0 mi
- High Point: 21.8 mi
- Bent Mountain Falls: 19.9 mi
- Camp Creek: 19.9 mi
- Beaverdam Falls: 21.3 mi
- The Cascades: 21.3 mi
- Middle Cascades: 21.6 mi
- Iranto Rest Area: 13.7 mi
- Troutville Safety Rest Area: 14.7 mi
- Virginia Rest Area Mile 158 South (I-81): 14.7 mi
- Howrytown: 10.1 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 15.5 miles of Catawba Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Poor Mountain | SSW 201° | 1,141 m | 14.1 mi |
| Sinking Creek Mountain | WNW 293° | 1,117 m | 8.4 mi |
| Chimney Rock | WNW 290° | 1,108 m | 9.0 mi |
| Hanging Rock | NNW 328° | 1,102 m | 14.3 mi |
| Earn Knob | WNW 299° | 1,097 m | 7.6 mi |
| Potts Arm | NNW 338° | 1,000 m | 13.8 mi |
| Fort Lewis Mountain | SW 225° | 998 m | 7.8 mi |
| McAfee Knob | ENE 79° | 974 m | 1.3 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 | 20:06 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:09 | 18:44 | 19:19 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:26 | 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 | 36 | 38 | 46 | 55 | 64 | 71 | 75 | 74 | 68 | 57 | 46 | 39 |
| Precip in | 3.3 | 2.7 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.4 | 5.2 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.3 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke 8 N, 6 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356581788
Day trips start here
- Roanoke · 10 mi
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