Blue Ridge Tunnel
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.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Opening hours: sunrise—sunset
- Type: Parking area
- Description: railway tunnel in Virginia - Crozet’s tunnel
- Also known as: “Crozet Tunnel” and “East Trailhead Blue Ridge tunnel”
- Address: 215 Afton Depot Lane, Afton, VA 22920
- Parking: surface
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rockfish Gap and Swannanoa.
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.
Swannanoa
Manor estate
Photo: Colchicine, Public domain.
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 1½ miles west of Blue Ridge Tunnel.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Afton and Swannanoa.
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.
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 1½ miles west of Blue Ridge Tunnel.
Avon
Hamlet
Avon is an unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States. Avon is situated 2½ miles south of Blue Ridge Tunnel.
Blue Ridge Tunnel
- Categories: railway tunnel, pedestrian tunnel, and transportation
- Location: Nelson, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.03318° or 38° 1′ 59″ northLongitude
-78.84246° or 78° 50′ 33″ westOperator
Nelson county Parks and RecOpen location code
87C325M5+72OpenStreetMap ID
way 879250613OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=parkingOpenStreetMap attribute
parking=surfaceOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedWikidata ID
Q4929749
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In Other Languages
“Blue Ridge Tunnel” goes by many names.
- German: “Blue Ridge Tunnel”
- German: “Crozet Tunnel”
- German: “Historic Crozet Tunnel”
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