Elk Mountain
Elk Mountain is a peak in Nelson, Virginia and has an elevation of 2,559 feet. Elk Mountain is situated nearby to the locality Swannanoa, as well as near Chinquapin.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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.
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.
Elk Mountain
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 2,559 feet
- Description: mountain in Virginia, United States of America
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Nelson, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.00708° or 38° 0′ 26″ northLongitude
-78.88252° or 78° 52′ 57″ westElevation
2,559 feet (780 metres)Open location code
87C32448+RXOpenStreetMap ID
node 356571546OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
“Elk Mountain” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Elk Mountain (bukid sa Estados Unidos, Virginia)”
- Cebuano: “Elk Mountain”
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