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.
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.- 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 floden”, “Rappahanoc River”, “Rappahanock River”, “Rappohannock River”, “reka Rappahannock”, “Rippehanning River”, “Riviere de Rappahanock”, “Tappahannock River”, “Top-pa-han-ock”, “Topahanock River”, “Toppahannock River”, “Toppahanock Flu”, “Toppahanock River”, “Раппаханнок (река)”, and “래퍼해녹 강”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Westland and Stingray Point.
Westland
Hamlet
Westland is an unincorporated community in Lancaster County in the U. Westland is situated 2 miles north of Rappahannock River.
Stingray Point
Neighborhood
Stingray Point is an unincorporated community on the… Stingray Point is situated 2 miles southwest of Rappahannock River.
Foxwells
Hamlet
Foxwells is an unincorporated community in Lancaster County in the U. 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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Latitude
37.58763° or 37° 35′ 16″ north
Longitude
-76.28911° or 76° 17′ 21″ west
Open location code
8795HPQ6+39
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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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: “Rappahannockfloden”
- Dutch: “Rappahannock”
- Egyptian Arabic: “نهر راباهانوك”
- Finnish: “Rappahannock”
- French: “Rappahannock”
- German: “Rappahannock River”
- Hebrew: “נהר הרפהנוק”
- Irish: “Abhainn Rappahannock”
- Italian: “Rappahannock”
- Japanese: “ラパハノック川”
- Korean: “래퍼해녹강”
- Latin: “Rappahannock Flumen”
- Lithuanian: “Rapahanokas”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Rappahannock River”
- Polish: “Rappahannock River”
- Portuguese: “Rio Rappahannock”
- Russian: “Раппаханнок”
- Slovenian: “Rappahannock”
- Spanish: “Río Rappahannock”
- Swedish: “Rappahannockfloden”
- Turkish: “Rappahannock Nehri”
- Venetian: “Rappahannock”
- Welsh: “Afon Rappahannock”
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Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Deltaville and Grinels.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Windmill Point Yacht Harbor and Windjammer Golf Course.
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