• 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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    he reportedly had done himself. The 235 acres was near the storied Swift Run Gap. Six years on, in 1745, White leased and later purchased land just north...
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