Baldwin Dam
Baldwin Dam is a dam in Nelson, Virginia. Baldwin Dam is situated nearby to the hamlet Avon, as well as near Onan.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rockfish Gap and Blue Ridge Tunnel.
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. Rockfish Gap is situated 2 miles north of Baldwin Dam.
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. Blue Ridge Tunnel is situated 2 miles north of Baldwin Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Avon and Onan.
Onan
Hamlet
Onan is an unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States. Onan is situated 2 miles southeast of Baldwin Dam.
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. Afton is situated 2 miles north of Baldwin Dam.
Baldwin Dam
- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Nelson County, Virginia, United States of America
- Location: Nelson, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.00662° or 38° 0′ 24″ northLongitude
-78.84785° or 78° 50′ 52″ westElevation
43 feet (13 metres)Open location code
87C32542+JVOpenStreetMap ID
node 356579042OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
“Baldwin Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Baldwin Dam (alihan sa tubig sa Estados Unidos, Virginia)”
- Cebuano: “Baldwin Dam”
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