High Peak
High Peak is a peak in Shenandoah County, Virginia and has an elevation of 1,978 feet. High Peak is situated nearby to the locality Elizabeth’s Forge, as well as near the neighborhood Royal View Estates.Places of Interest
Highlights include Elizabeth Furnace.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Strasburg and Bentonville.
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.
Bentonville
Photo: Idawriter, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bentonville is a small town in the US state of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley. It is located near both the George Washington National Forest and the Shenandoah National Park in Warren County.
High Peak
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,978 feet
- Description: mountain in Shenandoah County, Virginia, United States of America
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Shenandoah County, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.9185° or 38° 55′ 7″ northLongitude
-78.32125° or 78° 19′ 17″ westElevation
1,978 feet (603 metres)Open location code
87C3WM9H+CFOpenStreetMap ID
node 356586750OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Dutch—“High Peak” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “High Peak (bukid sa Estados Unidos, Virginia, Shenandoah County)”
- Cebuano: “High Peak”
- Dutch: “High Peak”
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Localities in the Area
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