Swannanoa
Swannanoa is an Italian Renaissance Revival villa built in 1912 by millionaire and philanthropist James H. Dooley above Rockfish Gap on the border of northern Nelson County and Augusta County, Virginia, in the US.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Locality
- Description: human settlement in United States of America
- Also known as: “Swannanoa, Virginia”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Swannanoa and Rockfish Gap.
Swannanoa
Manor estate
Photo: Colchicine, Public domain.
Swannanoa is an Italian Renaissance Revival villa built in 1912 by millionaire and philanthropist James H. Dooley above Rockfish Gap on the border of northern Nelson County and Augusta County, Virginia, in the US.
Rockfish Gap
Mountain saddle
Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rockfish Gap is a wind gap located in the Blue Ridge Mountains between Charlottesville and Waynesboro, Virginia, United States, through Afton Mountain, which is frequently used to refer to the gap.
Blue Ridge Tunnel
Parking area
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Blue Ridge Tunnel 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 Blue Ridge Mountains at Rockfish Gap in central Virginia. Blue Ridge Tunnel is situated 1½ miles east of Swannanoa.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Afton and Basic City.
Afton
Village
Photo: jpmueller99, CC BY 2.0.
Afton is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Albemarle and Nelson counties in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is newly listed as a CDP in the 2020 census with a population of 313. Afton is situated 1½ miles east of Swannanoa.
Basic City
Neighborhood
Photo: Weatherdude, Public domain.
Basic City was an incorporated town located in Augusta County, Virginia, in the United States. Formed in 1890, it was named after a process for steel manufacture. Basic City is situated 3 miles north of Swannanoa.
Waynesboro
Photo: SchuminWeb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Waynesboro is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is one of two cities in the Staunton-Stuarts Draft Metropolitan Statistical Area, with Staunton being the largest.
Swannanoa
- Category: unincorporated community in the United States
- Location: Augusta, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.02847° or 38° 1′ 43″ northLongitude
-78.8703° or 78° 52′ 13″ westElevation
2,280 feet (695 metres)Open location code
87C324HH+9VOpenStreetMap ID
node 13396070417OpenStreetMap feature
place=locality
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In Other Languages
“Swannanoa” goes by many names.
- French: “Swannanoa”
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