Clarkes Gap

Clarkes Gap is a locality in Loudoun County, Northern Virginia, Virginia. Clarkes Gap is situated nearby to the hamlet Paeonian Springs, as well as near the locality Beacon Hill.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Clarke’s Gap and Fort Johnston.

Clarke’s Gap

Mountain saddle

Photo: DwayneP, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Clarke's Gap, also known as Clarks Gap, is a pass through Catoctin Mountain west of Leesburg, Virginia. The gap has an elevation of 643 feet. The gap is not a true wind gap, but rather a man-made railroad cut through a local saddle point between two ridges…

Fort Johnston

Fort

Fort Johnston, also known as Fort Geary, is a Civil War era earthen fort atop a 670 feet peak of Catoctin Mountain just west of Leesburg, Virginia. Constructed in the winter of 1861-62 following the Battle of Ball's Bluff, it is one of three forts constructed to defend the town from the threat of possible invasion. Fort Johnston is situated 1½ miles southeast of Clarkes Gap.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Paeonian Springs and Hamilton.

Paeonian Springs

Hamlet

Paeonian Springs is an unincorporated community in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. It is located at the intersection of the Charles Town Pike and the Harry Byrd Highway.

Hamilton

Village

Photo: DwayneP, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Hamilton is a town in the Loudoun Valley of Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. As of the 2020 census, Hamilton had a population of 619. Hamilton is situated 3 miles west of Clarkes Gap.

Leesburg

Photo: Acroterion, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Leesburg is in Loudoun County, Virginia. During the War of 1812, Leesburg was used as a temporary capital of the United States when the British occupied Washington.

Clarkes Gap

Type: Locality
Location: Loudoun County, Northern Virginia, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

39.13955° or 39° 8′ 22″ north

Longitude

-77.60971° or 77° 36′ 35″ west

Elevation

630 feet (192 metres)

Open location code

87F449QR+R4

OpenStreetMap ID

node 158607201

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Old Stone Bridge and Paeonian Springs Post Office.

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