Rappahannock River
The Rappahannock River is a river in eastern Virginia, in the United States, approximately 195 miles in length. It traverses the entire northern part of the state, from the Blue Ridge Mountains in the west where it rises, across the Piedmont to the Fall Line, and onward through the coastal plain to flow into the Chesapeake Bay, south of the Potomac River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Stream
- Description: river in Virginia, United States
- Also known as: “Hedgman River”, “Hedgman’s River”, “Hedgmans River”, “North Branch”, “North Fork of Rappahannock River”, “O-pis-cat-u-meck”, “Opiscatumeck”, “Pembroke River”, “Queen River”, “Queen’s River”, “Queens River”, “Rapahanock River”, “Rapehennik River”, “Rapihannik River”, “Rappahannoc River”, “Rappahannock”, “Rappahanoc River”, “Rappahanock River”, “Rappohannock River”, “Rippehanning River”, “Riviere de Rappahanock”, “Tappahannock River”, “Top-pa-han-ock”, “Topahanock River”, “Toppahannock River”, “Toppahanock Flu”, and “Toppahanock River”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westland and Stingray Point.
Westland
Hamlet
Westland is an unincorporated community in Lancaster County in the U. S. state of Virginia. It is adjacent to Foxwells, on a peninsula north of the outlet of the Rappahannock River into Chesapeake Bay. Westland is situated 2 miles north of Rappahannock River.
Stingray Point
Neighborhood
Stingray Point is an unincorporated community on the Chesapeake Bay near the village of Deltaville in Middlesex County, Virginia, United States. It is located at the eastern terminus of State Route 33. Stingray Point is situated 2 miles southwest of Rappahannock River.
Foxwells
Hamlet
Foxwells is an unincorporated community in Lancaster County in the U. S. state of Virginia. Foxwells is situated 3 miles northwest of Rappahannock River.
Rappahannock River
- Categories: river and body of water
- Location: Lancaster, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Rappahannock River” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “نهر راباهانوك”
- Asturian: “Ríu Rappahannock”
- Catalan: “riu Rappahannock”
- Cebuano: “Rappahannock River”
- Chinese: “拉帕汉诺克河”
- Chinese: “拉帕漢諾克河”
- Chuvash: “Раппаханнок”
- Czech: “Rappahannock”
- Danish: “Rappahannock floden”
- Danish: “Rappahannockfloden”
- Dutch: “Rappahannock River”
- Dutch: “Rappahannock”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر راباهانوك”
- Finnish: “Rappahannock”
- French: “Rappahannock River”
- French: “Rappahannock”
- German: “Rappahannock River”
- Hebrew: “נהר הרפהנוק”
- Irish: “Abhainn Rappahannock”
- Italian: “Rappahannock”
- Japanese: “ラパハノック川”
- Korean: “래퍼해녹 강”
- Korean: “래퍼해녹강”
- Latin: “Rappahannock Flumen”
- Lithuanian: “Rapahanokas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rappahannock River”
- Polish: “Rappahannock River”
- Polish: “Rappahannock”
- Portuguese: “Rio Rappahannock”
- Russian: “Раппаханнок (река)”
- Russian: “Раппаханнок”
- Slovenian: “Rappahannock River”
- Slovenian: “Rappahannock”
- Slovenian: “reka Rappahannock”
- Spanish: “Rio Rappahannock”
- Spanish: “Río Rappahannock”
- Swedish: “Rappahannockfloden”
- Turkish: “Rappahannock Nehri”
- Venetian: “Rappahannock”
- Welsh: “Afon Rappahannock”
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Localities in the Area
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Highlights include Windmill Point Yacht Harbor and Windjammer Golf Course.
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