Riding Hunt Course
Riding Hunt Course is a park in Amherst, Virginia. Riding Hunt Course is situated nearby to the hamlet Sweet Briar Station, as well as near Angelo.Places of Interest
Highlights include Sweet Briar College and Sweet Briar House.
Sweet Briar College
University
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Sweet Briar College is a private women's liberal arts college in Sweet Briar, Amherst County, Virginia. It was established in 1901 by Indiana Fletcher Williams in memory of her deceased daughter, Daisy.
Sweet Briar House
Building
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Sweet Briar House, also known as Locust Ridge, is a historic home located at Sweet Briar, Amherst County, Virginia. The original house was built about 1825, and was a Federal style brick farmhouse with a hipped roof.
Virginia Center for the Creative Arts
Building
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The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts is a residential artist community in Amherst, Virginia, USA. Since 1971, VCCA has offered residencies of varying lengths with flexible scheduling for international artists, writers, and composers at its working retreat in the foothills of Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Amherst and Monroe.
Amherst
Photo: Annette Teng, CC BY 3.0.
Amherst is a town in Amherst County, Virginia, United States. The population was 2,231 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Amherst County. Amherst is part of the Lynchburg metropolitan area.
Monroe
Hamlet
Monroe is an unincorporated community in Amherst County, Virginia, United States. Monroe is located along U.S. Route 29, 6.1 miles north of Lynchburg. Speed the Plough, a farm located in Monroe, was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2007. Monroe is situated 4½ miles southwest of Riding Hunt Course.
Brandywine
Hamlet
Brandywine is an unincorporated community in Caroline County, in the U.S. state of Virginia. Brandywine is situated 6 miles southwest of Riding Hunt Course.
Riding Hunt Course
- Type: Park
- Location: Amherst, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude
37.55944° or 37° 33′ 34″ northLongitude
-79.08278° or 79° 4′ 58″ westElevation
784 feet (239 metres)Open location code
8792HW58+QVGeoNames ID
7124200
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