Turks Mountain
Turks Mountain is a peak in Albemarle, Virginia and has an elevation of 1,115 feet. Turks Mountain is situated nearby to the neighborhood Blue Ridge Acres, as well as near the locality Brookville Manor.Places of Interest
Highlights include Blue Ridge Tunnel.
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Avon and Afton.
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.
Newtown
Locality
Newtown is an unincorporated community in Albemarle County, Virginia, United States.
Turks Mountain
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 1,115 feet
- Also known as: “Turk Mountain”
- Category: landform
- Location: Albemarle, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.01931° or 38° 1′ 10″ northLongitude
-78.81113° or 78° 48′ 40″ westElevation
1,115 feet (340 metres)Open location code
87C3259Q+PGOpenStreetMap ID
node 356566766OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peakGeoNames ID
4790364
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Blue Ridge Acres and Brookville Manor.
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