Southwest Mountains
The Southwest Mountains of Virginia are a mountain range centered on Charlottesville, parallel to and geologically associated with the Blue Ridge Mountains, which lie about 30 miles to the west.Photo: WaldoJ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Ridge with an elevation of 1,230 feet
- Description: mountain range in Virginia, U.S.
- Also known as: “Chestnut Mountains”, “Chestnut Ridge”, “South West Mountains”, “Southwestern Mountain”, and “Southwestern Mountains”
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rosena and Stony Point.
Rosena
Locality
Rosena is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. It lies at the intersection of Rt. 20 and Rt. 640, within the Stony Point community.
Stony Point
Hamlet
Stony Point is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. The region acknowledged as Stony Point includes the historical villages of Proffit and Rosena. Stony Point is situated 2½ miles northwest of Southwest Mountains.
Cismont
Hamlet
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cismont is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States. Castle Hill and Grace Episcopal Church are listed the National Register of Historic Places. Cismont is situated 3 miles southeast of Southwest Mountains.
Southwest Mountains
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Albemarle, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Cebuano to Venetian—“Southwest Mountains” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Southwest Mountains”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبال الجنوب الغربى”
- Japanese: “サウスウェスト山脈”
- Ladin: “Southwest Mountains”
- Venetian: “Southwest Mountains”
Localities in the Area
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