Blue Ridge
Blue Ridge is a census-designated place in southern Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. The population was 3,185 at the 2020 census. The CDP is located along U.S. Route 460. It is part of the Roanoke metropolitan area.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Hamlet with 3,080 residents
- Description: census-designated place in Botetourt County, Virginia
- Also known as: “Blue Ridge Spring”, “Blue Ridge, VA”, “Blue Ridge, Virginia”, “Blueridge Springs”, and “Flukes”
- Postal code: 24064
Places of Interest
Highlights include Buford’s Gap.
Buford’s Gap
Mountain saddle
Buford's Gap is a wind gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Bedford County, Virginia. Buford's Gap was the original crossing of the Blue Ridge Mountains for the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, later the Norfolk and Western Railway, a precursor of today's Norfolk Southern Railway system. Buford’s Gap is situated 2 miles northeast of Blue Ridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Villamont and Webster.
Villamont
Hamlet
Villamont is an unincorporated community in western Bedford County, Virginia, United States. Villamont is located along U.S. Route 460 between Blue Ridge and Montvale. It is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area. Villamont is situated 2 miles northeast of Blue Ridge.
Webster
Hamlet
Webster is an unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. Webster is situated 2 miles southwest of Blue Ridge.
Rainbow Forest
Hamlet
Rainbow Forest is an unincorporated community in southern Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. It is part of the Roanoke metropolitan area. Rainbow Forest is situated 3 miles southwest of Blue Ridge.
Blue Ridge
- Categories: census-designated place in the United States and locality
- Location: Botetourt, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.37847° or 37° 22′ 43″ northLongitude
-79.80698° or 79° 48′ 25″ westPopulation
3,080Elevation
1,263 feet (385 metres)United Nations Location Code
US UDGOpen location code
879295HV+96OpenStreetMap ID
node 157590850OpenStreetMap feature
place=hamlet
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Blue Ridge” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “بلو ريدج”
- Basque: “Blue Ridge”
- Catalan: “Blue Ridge”
- Cebuano: “Blue Ridge”
- Chechen: “Блу-Ридж”
- Chinese: “Blue Ridge”
- Dutch: “Blue Ridge”
- French: “Blue Ridge”
- German: “Blue Ridge”
- Gilaki: “بلۊ ریج (ويرجينيا)”
- Gilaki: “بلۊ ریج”
- Irish: “Blue Ridge”
- Italian: “Blue Ridge”
- Japanese: “ブルーリッジ”
- Ladin: “Blue Ridge”
- Malagasy: “Blue Ridge, Virginia”
- Malagasy: “Blue Ridge”
- Min Nan Chinese: “Blue Ridge”
- Persian: “بلو ریدج، ویرجینیا”
- Persian: “بلو ریدج”
- Polish: “Blue Ridge”
- Portuguese: “Blue Ridge”
- Serbian: “Блу Риџ”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Blue Ridge, Virginia”
- Serbo-Croatian: “Blue Ridge”
- South Azerbaijani: “بلو ریدج، ویرجینیا”
- Spanish: “Blue Ridge”
- Swedish: “Blue Ridge, Virginia”
- Swedish: “Blue Ridge”
- Tatar: “Блу-Ридж”
- Ukrainian: “Блу-Ридж”
- Uzbek: “Blue Ridge”
- Uzbek: “Блуе Ридге”
- Volapük: “Blue Ridge”
- Welsh: “Blue Ridge, Virginia”
- Welsh: “Blue Ridge”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Blue Ridge Volunteer Fire Department and Rescue Squad and Colonial Church.
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