Parnassus

Parnassus is a hamlet in Augusta, Virginia. Parnassus is situated nearby to the hamlet Moscow, as well as near Stover.

Places of Interest

Highlights include North River Elementary School.

North River Elementary School

School

Photo: Nyttend, Public domain.

North River High School was a historic public school building located at Moscow, Augusta County, Virginia. Built in 1930, it was a brick building consisting of an auditorium/gymnasium as the core of the building with rectangular gabled blocks on either side containing two rooms with the projecting gable ends. North River Elementary School is situated 2½ miles northeast of Parnassus.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Moscow and Mount Solon.

Moscow

Hamlet

Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Moscow is an unincorporated community in Augusta County, Virginia, United States, located on State Route 42 approximately 8 miles south of Bridgewater. Moscow is situated 2 miles northeast of Parnassus.

Mount Solon

Hamlet

Photo: Kcstanfield, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Mount Solon is an unincorporated community in Augusta County, Virginia, United States, 22 miles southwest of Harrisonburg and 20 miles north of Staunton. It is part of the Staunton–Waynesboro Micropolitan Statistical Area. Mount Solon is situated 4 miles northeast of Parnassus.

Spring Hill

Hamlet

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Spring Hill is an unincorporated community in Augusta County, Virginia, United States. The earliest inhabitant was the Irish sea captain James Patton, whose first home was a log cabin he built in 1741 at Spring Hill, on what is still known as the Patton Farm Road. Spring Hill is situated 4½ miles southeast of Parnassus.

Parnassus

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Augusta, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.29485° or 38° 17′ 42″ north

Longitude

-79.11809° or 79° 7′ 5″ west

Elevation

1,529 feet (466 metres)

Open location code

87C27VVJ+WQ

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158538689

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

4778019

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