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 near the peak Round Top, as well as near Turks Mountain.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: 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.

Avon

Hamlet

Avon is an unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States.

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
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Latitude

38.01834° or 38° 1′ 6″ north

Longitude

-78.82152° or 78° 49′ 18″ west

Open location code

87C3259H+89

OpenStreetMap ID

way 971477412

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Round Top and Turks Mountain.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Critzer Family Farm and Blue Mountain Brewery.

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