Valle Crucis

Valle Crucis in an unincorporated community and census-designated place located in , , United States. The name of the town is Latin for "Vale of the Cross," a reference to a valley in the area where three streams converge to form a shape similar to an archbishop's cross.
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  • Type: Village with 412 residents
  • Description: unincorporated community in Watauga County, North Carolina
  • Also known as: Valle Crucis, NC” and “Valle Crucis, North Carolina
  • Postal code: 28691

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seven Devils and Boone.

Village
is a town in and counties in the U.S. state of . The population was 313 at the 2020 census. The town, which is located in the , is best known as the site of a popular wintertime tubing resort known… is situated 4 miles south of Valle Crucis.

Photo: Vlmastra, Public domain.
is a town in nestled in the , part of . It is the home of Appalachian State University and is the county seat.

Hamlet
is an unincorporated community in , , United States. is situated 6 miles north of Valle Crucis.

Valle Crucis

Latitude
36.20929° or 36° 12′ 34″ north
Longitude
-81.77844° or 81° 46′ 42″ west
Population
412
Elevation
2,677 feet (816 metres)
Inception
1842
United Nations Location Code
US VDS
Open location code
868W665C+PJ
Open­Street­Map ID
node 154154123
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
4496495
Wiki­data ID
Q4026032
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In Other Languages

From Cebuano to Ukrainian—“Valle Crucis” goes by many names.
  • Cebuano: Valle Crucis
  • Chechen: Валле-Крусис
  • Chinese: 瓦爾克魯西斯 (北卡羅萊納州)
  • Chinese: 瓦爾克魯西斯
  • French: Valle Crucis
  • German: Valle Crucis
  • Gilaki: ولی کروسس (کلسيايي کارؤلینا)
  • Gilaki: ولی کروسس
  • Irish: Valle Crucis
  • Italian: Valle Crucis
  • Ladin: Valle Crucis
  • Persian: وال کروسیس، کارولینای شمالی
  • Persian: وال کروسیس
  • Polish: Valle Crucis
  • Serbian: Ваје Крусис
  • Serbo-Croatian: Valle Crucis, North Carolina
  • Serbo-Croatian: Valle Crucis
  • Spanish: Valle Crucis
  • Swedish: Valle Crucis, North Carolina
  • Swedish: Valle Crucis
  • Tatar: Валле-Крусис
  • Ukrainian: Валле-Крусіс

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Valle Crucis”. Photo: Ken Thomas, Public domain.