Hughes River
The Hughes River is a 14.0-mile-long river in Madison, Rappahannock, and Culpeper counties in the U.S. state of Virginia. The river rises on the east slope of Stony Man mountain in Shenandoah National Park and flows southeast past the village of Nethers to join the Hazel River west of Boston, Virginia.
- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Virginia
- Also known as: “Hugh’s River”, “North River”, “Sherando River”, and “Stonehouse River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Slate Mills and Boston.
Slate Mills
Hamlet
Slate Mills is an unincorporated community in Rappahannock County, in the U.S. state of Virginia.
Boston
Hamlet
Boston is an unincorporated community straddling Culpeper County and Rappahannock County, Virginia, United States. The George L. Carder House, which is located in nearby Castleton, Virginia, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1991. Boston is situated 2½ miles northeast of Hughes River.
Round Hill
Hamlet
Round Hill, Rappahannock County is an unincorporated community in Rappahannock County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Round Hill is situated 2½ miles north of Hughes River.
Hughes River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Rappahannock, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.52374° or 38° 31′ 26″ north
Longitude
-78.16972° or 78° 10′ 11″ west
Elevation
459 feet (140 metres)
Open location code
87C3GRFJ+F4
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Welsh—“Hughes River” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Hughes”
- Cebuano: “Hughes River (suba sa Tinipong Bansa, Virginia)”
- Cebuano: “Hughes River”
- Irish: “Abhainn Hughes”
- Italian: “Hughes”
- Venetian: “Hughes”
- Welsh: “Afon Hughes”
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