Little Cacapon Mountain
Little Cacapon Mountain rises to 482 m in West Virginia. Short Mountain stands 874 m to the south-southwest, 19 miles off. The nearest named place is Camp Walker Park, a park 3.3 miles away. Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway passes 13 miles off.
The story
Little Cacapon Mountain (locally kə-KAY-pən or locally KAY-pən) is a mountain ridge of the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. The mountain takes its name from the Little Cacapon River, a Potomac River tributary that lies on its western flanks. Little Cacapon Mountain reaches its highest point of 1,575 feet (480 m) in the vicinity of Barnes Mill. It spans from the Frenchburg area, where it is joined by Chestnut Oak Ridge, to the Slanesville Pike where Crooked Run forms a gap between Little Cacapon Mountain and Queens Ridge near Higginsville.
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Wikidata Q6649401, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 482 m
How to reach it
- 12.7 mi off the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Byway
- 13.4 mi off the Washington Heritage Trail, National
- 22.3 mi off the Historic National Road - Maryland, National
- 24.0 mi off the Mountain Maryland Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Banner's Overlook · 18 mi
- Warrior Mountain Overlook · 19 mi
- Prospect Overlook · 27 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Camp Walker Park: 3.3 mi
- Central Hampshire Park: 3.5 mi
- Slanesville Park: 4.6 mi
- Shanks Roadside Park: 4.9 mi
- Scenic Field: 5.4 mi
- Raven Rocks: 6.1 mi
- Timber Mountain: 6.5 mi
- Butchers Knob: 7.4 mi
- Ice Mountain: 7.7 mi
- Cooper Mountain: 7.8 mi
- Homewood Preserve: 7.7 mi
- Turkey Camp Shale Barren Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 16.9 mi
- Sugar Hollow Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 17.9 mi
- Richards CREP Easement: 18.3 mi
- Hanging Prairie Shale Barren Heritage Conservation Fund Site: 18.6 mi
- Literary Hall: 7.8 mi
- Taggart Hall Civil War Museum & Visitors Center: 7.9 mi
- Taggart Hall Civil War Museum & Visitors Center: 7.9 mi
- Davis History House: 7.9 mi
- Davis History House: 7.9 mi
- Parsons Bell Tower: 8.3 mi
- Parsons Bell Tower: 8.3 mi
- Confederate Memorial: 8.3 mi
- Masonry Overfall: 14.5 mi
- Willa Cather Birthplace: 16.3 mi
- Natural Spring: 17.8 mi
- A natural spring at the Central Trail: 18.6 mi
- Roadside Spring: 18.8 mi
- Big Spring: 20.2 mi
- Winfred Tharp Spring: 21.8 mi
- River Beach: 5.6 mi
- Public River Access, Fishing: 8.9 mi
- Beach 3: 15.3 mi
- Beach 1: 15.4 mi
- Beach 2: 16.1 mi
- Hanging Rocks: 7.8 mi
- Dog Cliff: 19.5 mi
- Three High Heads: 21.8 mi
- Hanging Rock: 21.8 mi
- Lovers Leap: 23.6 mi
- Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad: 7.6 mi
- Almost Heaven Swing: 16.5 mi
- Almost Heaven Sign: 16.5 mi
- Farnham Colossi: 19.3 mi
- Hooks Mill Falls: 11.7 mi
- Mountain Falls: 18.1 mi
- Herman Rubenstein Memorial Garden: 8.2 mi
- Gainsboro Tourist Park: 19.9 mi
- Ali Ghan Picnic Grounds: 22.8 mi
- An Apple a Day Apple Statue: 24.8 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 19.5 miles of Little Cacapon Mountain. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Short Mountain | SSW 202° | 874 m | 18.9 mi |
| Bald Knob | SSW 202° | 874 m | 18.9 mi |
| Pinnacle | SSE 147° | 864 m | 17.1 mi |
| Nathaniel Mountain | SW 225° | 839 m | 13.8 mi |
| Piney Mountain | SW 223° | 802 m | 12.7 mi |
| High Knob | SW 236° | 796 m | 18.6 mi |
| Eagle Rock | SSE 153° | 791 m | 18.2 mi |
| High Point | ENE 65° | 789 m | 15.5 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:19 | 18:51 | 19:27 |
| June solstice | 05:49 | 20:05 | 20:45 |
| September equinox | 07:03 | 18:38 | 19:13 |
| December solstice | 07:32 | 16:13 | 16:55 |
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 | 34 | 41 | 52 | 62 | 70 | 74 | 72 | 65 | 54 | 43 | 34 |
| Precip in | 2.4 | 2.2 | 3.2 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 2.6 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Romney 1 SW, 9 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikidata- USGS Geographic Names Information System feature 1542052 — Little Cacapon Mountain, Hampshire County, West Virginia.
OpenStreetMap element node/356518246
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