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Catawba Mountain

Catawba Mountain, seen from above at true elevation

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

Coordinates37.38890, -80.06030

Named places within 25 miles

Peaks
Parks
Historic sites: 24
Museums: 14
Nature reserves: 13
Artworks: 10
Attractions: 8
Gardens: 7
  • 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
Springs: 6
  • 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
Cliffs: 5
Waterfalls: 5
  • 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
Rest areas: 3
Ghost towns: 1

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.

SummitBearingElevationDistance
Poor MountainSSW 201°1,141 m14.1 mi
Sinking Creek MountainWNW 293°1,117 m8.4 mi
Chimney RockWNW 290°1,108 m9.0 mi
Hanging RockNNW 328°1,102 m14.3 mi
Earn KnobWNW 299°1,097 m7.6 mi
Potts ArmNNW 338°1,000 m13.8 mi
Fort Lewis MountainSW 225°998 m7.8 mi
McAfee KnobENE 79°974 m1.3 mi

When to go

Light through the year

DateSunriseGolden hourSunset
March equinox07:2518:5819:32
June solstice06:0120:0620:45
September equinox07:0918:4419:19
December solstice07:3216:2617:07

Local time (America/New_York).

Climate normals

Months averaging 5080 °F: Apr–Oct.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg °F363846556471757468574639
Precip in3.32.73.84.04.45.24.73.84.33.23.03.3

1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Roanoke 8 N, 6 mi away.

Where this comes from

Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.

OpenStreetMapWikidata

OpenStreetMap element node/356581788

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