Blue Hole

Blue Hole is a bay in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Blue Hole is situated nearby to the hamlet Waterlick, as well as near the neighborhood Shenandoah River Lakes.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Signal Knob and Elizabeth Furnace.

Signal Knob

Peak

Photo: Jeff Coffman, CC BY 2.0.

Signal Knob is the northern peak of Massanutten Mountain in the Ridge and Valley Appalachians with an elevation of 2,106 feet. It is located in George Washington National Forest in Shenandoah County and Warren County in Virginia. Signal Knob is situated 2 miles northwest of Blue Hole.

Elizabeth Furnace

Campsite

Photo: Wikifreaki, Public domain.

Elizabeth Furnace was a blast furnace in the Shenandoah Valley that was used to create pig iron from 1836 to 1888 using Passage Creek for water power. Iron ore was mined nearby, purified in the furnace, and then pig iron was transported over the Massanutten Mountain to the South Fork of the Shenandoah River for forging in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. Elizabeth Furnace is situated 2 miles southwest of Blue Hole.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Strasburg and Meadow Mills.

Strasburg

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Strasburg is a town in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States, which was founded in 1761 by Peter Stover. It is the largest town by population in the county and is known for its grassroots art culture, pottery, antiques, and American Civil War history.

Meadow Mills

Hamlet

Meadow Mills is an unincorporated community in Frederick County, Virginia, United States. Meadow Mills is located in southern Frederick County southwest of Middletown on Cedar Creek, hence its former eponymous name of Cedar Creek. Meadow Mills is situated 5 miles north of Blue Hole.

Middletown

Photo: DwayneP, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Middletown is a town in Frederick County, Virginia, United States, in the northern Shenandoah Valley. As of the 2020 census, Middletown had a population of 1,355.

Blue Hole

Type: Bay
Category: body of water
Location: Shenandoah County, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.94622° or 38° 56′ 46″ north

Longitude

-78.30334° or 78° 18′ 12″ west

Elevation

650 feet (198 metres)

Open location code

87C3WMWW+FM

GeoNames ID

4748042

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