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Rockfish Gap

Rockfish Gap is a wind gap located in the between and , , United States, through Afton Mountain, which is frequently used to refer to the gap.
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Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Swannanoa and Blue Ridge Tunnel.

Manor estate
Photo: Colchicine, Public domain.
is an Italian Renaissance Revival villa built in 1912 by millionaire and philanthropist James H. Dooley above Rockfish Gap on the border of northern and , in the US.

Parking area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The is a historic railroad tunnel built during the construction of the Blue Ridge Railroad in the 1850s. The tunnel was the westernmost and longest of four tunnels engineered by Claudius Crozet to cross the at Rockfish Gap in central .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Swannanoa and Afton.

Locality
is an Italian Renaissance Revival villa built in 1912 by millionaire and philanthropist James H. Dooley above Rockfish Gap on the border of northern and , in the US.

Village
Photo: jpmueller99, CC BY 2.0.
is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in and counties in the Commonwealth of . It is newly listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 313.

Neighborhood
Photo: Weatherdude, Public domain.
was an incorporated town located in , in the . Formed in 1890, it was named after a process for steel manufacture.

Rockfish Gap

Latitude
38.03252° or 38° 1′ 57″ north
Longitude
-78.85832° or 78° 51′ 30″ west
Elevation
1,903 feet (580 metres)
Open location code
87C324MR+2M
Open­Street­Map ID
node 10188655481
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­saddle
Geo­Names ID
4782560
Wiki­data ID
Q7355220
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Satellite Map

Discover Rockfish Gap from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Rockfish Gap” goes by many names.
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Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Brookville Manor and Chinquapin.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Afton Overlook and Crozet Tunnel East Portal.

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