• Swift Run Gap is a wind gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains located in the U.S. state of Virginia. At an elevation of 2,365 feet (721 m), it is the site of...
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    Royal, US 211 in Thornton Gap, US 33 in Swift Run Gap and US 250 near I-64 in Rockfish Gap. At the south end in Rockfish Gap it connects to the northern...
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    terrain. Examples of wind gaps in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia include Swift Run Gap, Rockfish Gap, and Buford's Gap. The last was the original...
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    of the Golden Horseshoe Expedition of 1716 crossed the Blue Ridge at Swift Run Gap and reached the river at Elkton, Virginia. Settlers did not immediately...
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    April 19, his men marched 20 miles east out of the Shenandoah valley to Swift Run Gap. Banks occupied New Market and crossed Massanutten Mountain to seize...
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    climbs the western slope of the Blue Ridge Mountains to reach Swift Run Gap, a wind gap located at an elevation of 2,365 feet (721 m). The bucolic Skyline...
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  • Laurel Gap east northeast of Bootens Gap Bootens Gap between Powell Mountain and Jones Mountain Swift Run Gap on U.S. Route 33 Smith Roach Gap northeast...
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    point. There they crossed the top ridge of the Blue Ridge mountains at Swift Run Gap (elevation 2,365 feet). On September 6, 1716, they rode down into the...
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    They crossed the mountains passing through a gorge by the name of Swift Run Gap at an altitude of 720 m, bordered by two mountain peaks. Spotswood named...
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    Piedmont region with the Great Valley, include Thornton Gap, Swift Run Gap, and Rockfish Gap. Another series of mountains bounds the southern Great Valley...
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    These early private facilities at Skyland Resort, Panorama Resort, and Swift Run Gap were operated only for whites. By 1937, the Park Service accepted a...
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    attempting the more formidable Swift Run Gap, the Blue Ridge Railroad built over the mountains at the next gap to the south, Rockfish Gap near Afton Mountain, from...
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  • (22.0 km) river in the U.S. state of Virginia. Rising northeast of Swift Run Gap in Shenandoah National Park, the river flows southeast to the Rapidan...
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    more formidable Swift Run Gap, the state-owned Blue Ridge Railroad built over the mountains at the next major gap to the south, Rockfish Gap near Afton Mountain...
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    trail run in Fort Valley, Va with a division called "Stonewall Jackson Foot Cavalry Division". Blue Ridge Tunnel Rockfish Gap Swift Run Gap Thornton Gap Mason...
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    York Swatara Gap – Pennsylvania Swift Run Gap – Virginia Thornton Gap – Virginia Thoroughfare Gap – Virginia Wilson Gap – Virginia, West Virginia Zealand...
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    the Blue Ridge Mountains, the first mountain barrier to the west, at Swift Run Gap proved both financially and technically unfeasible. The Commonwealth...
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    mountains, it reduces to two lanes and becomes three lanes a few times. At Swift Run Gap it intersects Skyline Drive and enters Greene County. After going down...
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    begins a curvaceous ascent of the Blue Ridge, cresting the mountain at Swift Run Gap at an elevation of 2,365 feet (721 m), where the highway crosses the...
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  • across the state line, McDaniel Road Swift Run Gap Turnpike Fredericksburg - Orange - Stanardsville - Swift Run Gap - Elkton VA Route 3, VA Route 20, Scuffletown...
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    October 1864, his son, 1st Lieutenant John Rodgers Meigs, was killed at Swift Run Gap in Virginia and was buried at a Georgetown Cemetery. Lt. Meigs was part...
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  • 38°17′37″N 078°36′19″W / 38.29361°N 78.60528°W / 38.29361; -78.60528 Swift Run Gap 1499423 Flattop Mountain VA Rockingham 38°50′22″N 078°58′04″W / 38...
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    (200 ha), prompting closures of Skyline Drive from mile markers 65 at Swift Run Gap to 79 at Loft Mountain. Additionally, more than a dozen hiking trails...
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  • turnaround for a Swift studio album at the time, beating the one year and nine months gap between Reputation (2017) and Lover. In another post, Swift announced...
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    cavalry—up and down the Valley and through various mountain gaps, such as Swift Run Gap and Thornton Gap, and make sudden appearances in front of Union troops...
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    Horseshoe Expedition, reaching the top ridge of the Blue Ridge Mountains at Swift Run Gap (elevation 2,365 feet (721 m)). Spotswood promoted Germanna, a settlement...
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    The Gap, Inc., commonly known as Gap Inc. or Gap (stylized as GAP), is an American worldwide clothing and accessories retailer. Gap was founded in 1969...
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    over the mountains at Rockfish Gap, was chosen as a better alternative than the original plan to cross at Swift Run Gap to the north. In 1847, the charter...
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    terminus Page Thornton Gap 31.5 50.7 US 211 – Washington, DC, Luray Thornton Gap Entrance Station, interchange Rockingham Swift Run Gap 65.5 105.4 US 33 –...
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    railroad had found that a planned crossing of the Blue Ridge Mountains at Swift Run Gap was financially unfeasible. To protect its investment and enable transportation...
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