Afton Mountain
Afton Mountain is a peak in Augusta, Virginia and has an elevation of 2,418 feet. Afton Mountain is situated nearby to the locality Swannanoa, as well as near Chinquapin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,418 feet
- Description: mountain in Virginia, United States of America
- Also known as: “Mount Afton”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Swannanoa and Rockfish Gap.
Swannanoa
Manor estate
Photo: Colchicine, Public domain.
Swannanoa is an Italian Renaissance Revival villa built in 1912 by millionaire and philanthropist James H. Dooley above Rockfish Gap on the border of northern Nelson County and Augusta County, Virginia, in the US.
Rockfish Gap
Mountain saddle
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rockfish Gap is a wind gap located in the Blue Ridge Mountains between Charlottesville and Waynesboro, Virginia, United States, through Afton Mountain, which is frequently used to refer to the gap.
Blue Ridge Tunnel
Parking area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Blue Ridge Tunnel is a historic railroad tunnel built during the construction of the Blue Ridge Railroad in the 1850s. The tunnel was the westernmost and longest of four tunnels engineered by Claudius Crozet to cross the Blue Ridge Mountains at Rockfish Gap in central Virginia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Swannanoa and Afton.
Swannanoa
Locality
Swannanoa is an Italian Renaissance Revival villa built in 1912 by millionaire and philanthropist James H. Dooley above Rockfish Gap on the border of northern Nelson County and Augusta County, Virginia, in the US.
Afton
Village
Photo: jpmueller99, CC BY 2.0.
Afton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Albemarle and Nelson counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is newly listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 313.
Lyndhurst
Village
Photo: Ser Amantio di Nicolao, CC0.
Lyndhurst is a census-designated place in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. The population was 1,490 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Staunton–Waynesboro Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Afton Mountain
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Augusta, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.0193° or 38° 1′ 10″ northLongitude
-78.88391° or 78° 53′ 2″ westElevation
2,418 feet (737 metres)Open location code
87C32498+PCOpenStreetMap ID
node 356604386OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“Afton Mountain” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Afton Mountain”
- Dutch: “Afton Mountain”
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Explore places such as Chinquapin and Oak Hill.
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Highlights include Rockfish Valley Overlook and Copelands Tetons.
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