Montevideo

Montevideo is a hamlet in Rockingham, Virginia. Montevideo is situated nearby to the hamlet Pineville, as well as near the village Penn Laird.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Spotswood High School and Massanutten Mountain.

Spotswood High School

School

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Spotswood High School is a high school in Penn Laird, Virginia, in shadow of the Massanutten Peak. As of 2026, it competes in the Virginia High School League.

Massanutten Mountain is a synclinal ridge in the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, located in the U.S. state of Virginia. The original Native American name for the ridge is unknown. Massanutten Mountain is situated 2 miles north of Montevideo.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Penn Laird and McGaheysville.

Penn Laird

Village

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Penn Laird is an unincorporated community in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States. Penn Laird is situated 2½ miles northwest of Montevideo.

McGaheysville

Village

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McGaheysville is a Census-designated place located in Rockingham County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. It is located along U.S. Route 33 between Penn Laird and Elkton, and sits at the base of the Massanutten. McGaheysville is situated 2½ miles east of Montevideo.

Massanutten

Village

Photo: P199, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Massanutten is a census-designated place in Rockingham County, Virginia, United States, built around a ski resort. As of the 2020 census, Massanutten had a population of 2,164. It is part of the Harrisonburg Metropolitan Statistical Area. Massanutten is situated 3 miles north of Montevideo.

Montevideo

Type: Hamlet
Also known as: “Montivideo”
Category: locality
Location: Rockingham, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.36457° or 38° 21′ 53″ north

Longitude

-78.76947° or 78° 46′ 10″ west

Elevation

1,161 feet (354 metres)

Open location code

87C3967J+R6

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158338142

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4773698

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