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Cacapon Mountain (/ k ə ˈ k eɪ p ən / kə-KAY-pən) runs northwest through Morgan and Hampshire Counties in West Virginia's eastern panhandle, rising to its greatest elevation of 2,618 feet (798 m) above sea-level at High Point. Cacapon Mountain is a folded mountain ridge, belonging to the Appalachian Ridge and Valley Province.
Opened in 1933, the 6,115-acre (2,475 ha) [2] Cacapon Resort State Park is located on the eastern slopes of Cacapon Mountain in Morgan County, West Virginia, USA. Panorama Overlook, at the southern end of the park and 2,320 feet (710 m) above sea level, is the highest point in the park and in Morgan County.
Little Cacapon Mountain (locally / k ə ˈ k eɪ p ən / kə-KAY-pən or locally / ˈ k eɪ p ən / 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.
The Cacapon River (locally / k ə ˈ k eɪ p ən / kə-KAY-pən; meaning Medicine Waters), located in the Appalachian Mountains of West Virginia's eastern panhandle region, is an 81.0-mile-long (130.4 km) [2] shallow river known for its fishing, boating, wildlife, hunting, and wilderness scenery.
For most of its course, Sir Johns Run is a shallow non-navigable stream. It rises on the eastern flanks of Cacapon Mountain and from its source, flows north with Cacapon Mountain to its west and Warm Spring Ridge to its east. During its flow northward through the valley, Sir Johns Run is joined by a number of smaller spring-fed streams.
Cacapon Mountain: Ridge 392637N 0782049W Ridge: 2618 Cacapon Mountain Summit 391140N 0783132W Yellow Spring: 1893 Cacapon River: Stream 393713N 0781658W Great Cacapon: 420 Camp Green Briar Locale 391311N 0782724W Capon Springs: 1010 Camp Rim Rock Locale 391228N 0782935W Capon Springs: 892 Camp Run Stream 391840N 0784102W Augusta: 1115 Camp Run ...
From Frenchburg, the Little Cacapon flows north between Town Hill, 1,329 feet (405 m) high, to its west and Little Cacapon Mountain, 1,575 feet (480 m) high, to its east. Flowing from a hollow in Town Hill, Shawan Run feeds into the Little Cacapon at Barnes Mill. Two miles (3 km) north, Three Churches Run also feeds into the river from Town Hill.
Great North Mountain is a 50-mile (80 km) long mountain ridge within the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia.The ridge is located west of the Shenandoah Valley and Massanutten Mountain in Virginia, and east of the Allegheny Mountains and Cacapon River in West Virginia.