2019 Map of Cana

About this map

Blue Ridge Parkway winds along the western edge of the Blue Ridge Escarpment, overlooking a landscape defined by the drainage basins of Pauls Creek and Stewarts Creek. The boundary between Carroll County, Virginia, and Surry County, North Carolina, bisects the terrain, illustrating how political lines often disregard the natural flow of the Appalachian foothills. This transition from high ridges to the Piedmont plateau is marked by a dense concentration of family and community burial grounds, such as Tolbert-Westmoreland Cemetery and the Floyd Edwards Cemetery, indicating centuries of deep-rooted rural settlement. In the southeastern corner, the outskirts of Mount Airy begin to take shape, showing the shift from the small unincorporated community of Cana toward more concentrated development near City Lake.