Horse Shoe Curve
Horse Shoe Curve is an unincorporated community in Clarke County, Virginia, United States. The community is located on a horseshoe curve on Route 679 7 miles east-southeast of Berryville and has had a tavern since the early 1900s.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: unincorporated community in Virginia
- Also known as: “Horse Shoe Curve, VA”, “Horse Shoe Curve, Virginia”, and “Horseshoe Curve”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Snickers Gap and Bluemont Historic District.
Snickers Gap
Mountain saddle
Snickers Gap, originally William's Gap, is a wind gap in the Blue Ridge Mountain on the border of Loudoun County and Clarke County in Virginia. The gap is traversed by Virginia State Route 7.
Bluemont Historic District
Historic site
Photo: Cecouchman, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Bluemont Historic District comprises the historic core of Bluemont, Virginia. The town is located on the eastern side of Snickers Gap, with the majority of the district fronting on the Snickersville Turnpike, also designated Virginia State Route 734.
Raven Rocks
Peak
Raven Rocks is a spur of Blue Ridge Mountain in Jefferson County, West Virginia. The peak is located just north of Jefferson County's border with Clarke County, Virginia and west of its border with Loudoun County, Virginia. Raven Rocks is situated 1½ miles northeast of Horse Shoe Curve.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Shenandoah Retreat and Bluemont.
Shenandoah Retreat
Neighborhood
Shenandoah Retreat is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in eastern Clarke County, Virginia, United States, on the eastern shore of the Shenandoah River. The population as of the 2010 United States census was 518.
Bluemont
Photo: kona99, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bluemont is an unincorporated village in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States located at the eastern base of Snickers Gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains.
Castlemans Ferry
Neighborhood
Castlemans Ferry is an unincorporated community on the Shenandoah River in Clarke County, Virginia, United States. State Route 7 crosses the Shenandoah via the Castlemans Ferry Bridge here. Castlemans Ferry is situated 2 miles west of Horse Shoe Curve.
Horse Shoe Curve
- Category: unincorporated community in the United States
- Location: Clarke, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.12077° or 39° 7′ 15″ northLongitude
-77.85519° or 77° 51′ 19″ westElevation
738 feet (225 metres)Open location code
87F444CV+8WOpenStreetMap ID
node 158648473OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
From French to Irish—“Horse Shoe Curve” goes by many names.
- French: “Horse Shoe Curve”
- Irish: “Horse Shoe Curve”
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