Ashby Gap
Ashby Gap, more commonly known as Ashby's Gap is a wind gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains on the border of Clarke County, Loudoun County and Fauquier County in Virginia. The gap is traversed by U.S. Route 50. The Appalachian trail also passes across the gap.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,027 feet
- Description: mountain pass in Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Ashby’s Bent”, “Ashby’s Bent Gap”, “Ashby’s Gap”, and “Bent Gap”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Paris Mountain.
Paris Mountain
Peak
Paris Mountain is a peak of Blue Ridge Mountain on the border of Loudoun County and Clarke County in Virginia. The 1,926 feet peak, which is located just north of Ashby's Gap and the town of Paris, for which it is named, represents the highest elevation in both counties.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Paris and Berrys.
Paris
Hamlet
Photo: Rex Walters, CC BY 2.0.
Paris is a small unincorporated village in Fauquier County, Virginia, United States, near the borders of Loudoun and Clarke counties. Located in Virginia's hunt country, it was established in a strategic spot at the eastern base of Ashby Gap along U.S. Routes 17 and 50.
Berrys
Hamlet
Berrys is an unincorporated community on the Shenandoah River in Clarke County, Virginia, United States. Berrys was originally known as Berry's Ferry for the ferry operated there.
Frogtown
Hamlet
Frogtown is an unincorporated community on Morgan Mill Stream in Clarke County, Virginia, United States. Frogtown is located on Frogtown Road.
Ashby Gap
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Loudoun County, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.01371° or 39° 0′ 49″ northLongitude
-77.96216° or 77° 57′ 44″ westElevation
1,027 feet (313 metres)Open location code
87F4227Q+F4OpenStreetMap ID
node 4915446022OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddle
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“Ashby Gap” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “愛許比峽谷”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Ashby Gap Estates and Paris Heights.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Paris Vegetable Garden and Whitehouse Overlook.
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