Cana Virginia Map

About Cana, Virginia

Cana is a locality in Carroll County, Virginia, United States. It has a population of approximately 1,243. The population density is 60.5 people per km². Cana is located at 36.5806°N, 80.6679°W. It observes the Eastern Time (America/New_York) timezone. ZIP code: 24317.

Cana reveals itself through the rhythmic murmurs of the Brushy Fork, which carves a persistent, liquid path through the red clay and stone of the landscape. It lies 7.2 miles north-northwest of Mount Airy, NC (from Mount Airy, NC: bearing 330°T), and is situated 14.8 miles east-southeast of Galax. The horizon is defined by the distant, hazy silhouette of the Appalachian Mountains, their peaks rising sixty-four miles away like a jagged, ink-blue bruise against the afternoon sky. Sunlight here possesses a particular, heavy clarity, turning the fields of tall grass into sheets of burnished copper as the heat of the day recedes. The terrain is a collection of stubborn ridges and low-lying hollows, where the air holds the scent of damp earth and cooling timber long after the sun has slipped behind the western rise.

Cana bears the quiet weight of generations who carved a living from this stubborn soil, transforming the land through long-standing traditions of agriculture and local trade. While the rhythm of labor once centered on the seasonal harvest, the economy now persists through a blend of small-scale industry and the slow, deliberate pace of rural commerce. Residents often find their way toward the City of Mount Airy - Westwood Park for recreation, or perhaps traverse the quiet stretches of the Run Trail when the seasons allow. Life in Cana remains tethered to the land, an existence defined not by sudden change, but by the steady, cyclical endurance of a place that values the weight of a handshake and the patience required to watch a crop come to fruition.

About This Cana Map Page

This page provides an embedded street and satellite map of Cana, Virginia. Coordinates: 36.580614, -80.667889. Live weather conditions are sourced directly from the National Weather Service. Real-time local and world news feeds keep the page current.

Detailed location data for Cana includes the ZIP code (24317), telephone area code (276), county seat of Carroll County (Hillsville), and school district assignment (Carroll County Public Schools).

Location data is drawn from the USGS Geographic Names Information System (GNIS) and cross-verified against 2020 US Census records by coordinate proximity. Population figures are sourced from the 2020 US Census.