Purcell Knob
Purcell Knob is a spur of the Blue Ridge Mountain in Loudoun County, Virginia. The 1,207 feet peak is just northeast of the main ridge at Keyes Gap and southeast of the village of Neersville.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Keyes Gap and Short Hill Mountain.
Keyes Gap
Mountain saddle
Keyes Gap or Keyes' Gap is a wind gap in the Blue Ridge Mountain on the border of Loudoun County, Virginia and Jefferson County, West Virginia. The gap is traversed by Virginia State Route 9/West Virginia Route 9. The Appalachian Trail also crosses the gap.
Short Hill Mountain
Peak
Photo: Arbogastlw, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Short Hill Mountain is a mountain ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains in northwest Loudoun County, Virginia.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Neersville and Mannings.
Neersville
Hamlet
Neersville is an unincorporated community in northwestern Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. It is located in the Between the Hills area of the Loudoun Valley on Harpers Ferry Road at the foot of Short Hill Mountain.
Mannings
Hamlet
Mannings is an unincorporated community in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. Mannings lies along West Virginia Route 115 on the western flanks of the Blue Ridge Mountains near the Virginia state line.
Mountain Mission
Hamlet
Mountain Mission is an unincorporated community on Charles Town Road in Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. Mountain Mission lies between the Shenandoah River and the community of Mannings.
Purcell Knob
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,207 feet
- Description: mountain in United States of America
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: Loudoun County, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
39.25816° or 39° 15′ 29″ northLongitude
-77.74972° or 77° 44′ 59″ westElevation
1,207 feet (368 metres)Open location code
87F47752+74OpenStreetMap ID
node 356582041OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Ladin—“Purcell Knob” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Purcell Knob (bukid sa Estados Unidos, Virginia)”
- Cebuano: “Purcell Knob”
- Dutch: “Purcell Knob”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبل پورسيل كنوب”
- Ladin: “Purcell Knob”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Keys Gap and Keyes Ferry Acres.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Windchase Eventing and Daisy Chapel.
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