Buford’s Gap
Buford's Gap is a wind gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains in Bedford County, Virginia. Buford's Gap was the original crossing of the Blue Ridge Mountains for the Virginia and Tennessee Railroad, later the Norfolk and Western Railway, a precursor of today's Norfolk Southern Railway system.Places in the Area
Nearby places include Villamont and Webster.
Villamont
Hamlet
Villamont is an unincorporated community in western Bedford County, Virginia, United States. Villamont is located along U.S. Route 460 between Blue Ridge and Montvale. It is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area.
Nace
Hamlet
Nace is an unincorporated community in Botetourt County, Virginia, United States. The small town was originally known as "Houston", but "As for the name Nace, that was in honor of George Washington Fayette Nace, a prominent local farmer born Feb.
Buford’s Gap
- Type: Mountain saddle with an elevation of 1,240 feet
- Description: mountain pass in Virginia, United States
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Bedford, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
37.3939° or 37° 23′ 38″ northLongitude
-79.7816° or 79° 46′ 54″ westElevation
1,240 feet (378 metres)Open location code
879296V9+H9OpenStreetMap ID
node 10188741322OpenStreetMap feature
natural=saddleWikidata ID
Q4986023
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