Scott Castle

Scott Castle is a manor estate in Albemarle, Virginia. Access is restricted and requires permission. Scott Castle is situated nearby to the peak Scott Mountain, as well as near the mountain saddle McCormick Gap.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Rockfish Gap and Blue Ridge Tunnel.

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. Rockfish Gap is situated 2 miles southwest of Scott Castle.

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 southwest of Scott Castle.

Calf Mountain Overlook

Scenic viewpoint

Photo: Famartin, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Calf Mountain Overlook is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 2½ miles northeast of Scott Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Afton and Newtown.

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. Newtown is situated 2 miles east of Scott Castle.

Swannanoa

Locality

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. Swannanoa is situated 3 miles southwest of Scott Castle.

Scott Castle

Access is restricted and requires permission.
Type: Manor estate
Categories: building and historic site
Location: Albemarle, Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.05006° or 38° 3′ 0″ north

Longitude

-78.82621° or 78° 49′ 34″ west

Open location code

87C3352F+2G

OpenStreetMap ID

way 1364315014

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=manor

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Scott Mountain and McCormick Gap.

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