Church of the Blue Ridge
Church of the Blue Ridge is a church in Albemarle, Virginia which is located on Critzers Shop Road. Church of the Blue Ridge is situated nearby to the peak Round Top, as well as near Turks Mountain.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 northwest of Church of the Blue Ridge.
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 northwest of Church of the Blue Ridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Avon and Afton.
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.
Onan
Hamlet
Onan is an unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States. Onan is situated 2 miles south of Church of the Blue Ridge.
Church of the Blue Ridge
- Type: Church
- Address: 9357 Critzers Shop Road, Afton, VA 22920
- Categories: building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Albemarle, Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
38.01834° or 38° 1′ 6″ northLongitude
-78.82152° or 78° 49′ 18″ westOpen location code
87C3259H+89OpenStreetMap ID
way 971477412OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=church
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