Afton
in Nelson County of Virginia, United States
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Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport (16 mi) - Charlottesville Albemarle Airport (22 mi)
- Lynchburg Regional Preston Glenn Field (53 mi)
- Roanoke Regional Woodrum Field (79 mi)
- Richmond International Airport (91 mi)
- Washington Dulles International Airport (98 mi)
- Danville Regional Airport (104 mi)
- Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (113 mi)
- North Central West Virginia Airport (115 mi)
- Raleigh Durham International Airport (149 mi)
- Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville (Unesco heritage, 73 mi)
- Swannanoa Country Club (Golf course, 0 mi)
- Waynesboro Country Club (Golf course, 4 mi)
- Wintergreen Resort (Golf course, 10 mi)
- Country Club of Staunton (Golf course, 15 mi)
- Ingleside Resort & CC (Golf course, 15 mi)
- Gypsy Hill Golf Club (Golf course, 16 mi)
- Birdwood Golf Course (Golf course, 20 mi)
- McIntire Park Golf Course (Golf course, 20 mi)
- Farmington Country Club (Golf course, 20 mi)
- Meadow Creek Golf Course (Golf course, 21 mi)
- Rockfish Valley Parking Overlook (observation point, (2 mi)
- Parking Overlook, Blue Ridge Parkway (observation point, (9 mi)
- Spy Mountain Parking Area, Blue Ridge Parkway (observation point, (19 mi)
- Humpback Gap Overlook (observation point, (5 mi)
- Whetstone Ridge Overlook (observation point, (20 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 38.032 and -78.839 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 38° 1' 56" and W -78° 50' 21"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Dollar - USD
- Spoken languages:
- English, Spanish, French
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 08:18 AM (Saturday)
- Timezone: America/New_York
- UTC/GMT offset: -10 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 7:43 am and 6:14 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -34.226 and 115.057 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Hamelin Bay - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 2,7 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning we advice caution when travelling to United States.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning United States. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Explore Afton
Afton in Nelson County (Virginia) is a city in United States about 114 mi (or 184 km) south-west of Washington DC, the country's capital.
Local time in Afton is now 08:18 AM (Saturday). The local timezone is named America / New York with an UTC offset of -4 hours. We know of 10 airports in the vicinity of Afton, of which 5 are larger airports. The closest airport in United States is Shenandoah Valley Regional Airport in a distance of 16 mi (or 26 km), North. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There is one Unesco world heritage site nearby. It's Monticello and the University of Virginia in Charlottesville in a distance of 73 mi (or 118 km), East. Also, if you like golfing, there are multiple options in driving distance. We found 5 points of interest in the vicinity of this place. If you need a place to sleep, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
Depending on your travel schedule, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Waynesboro, Staunton, Lovingston, Charlottesville and Harrisonburg. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 15°C / 59 °F
| Morning Temperature | 7°C / 45 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 12°C / 54 °F |
| Night Temperature | 8°C / 46 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 43% |
| Air Pressure | 1028 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 3 km/h (2 mph) from East |
| Cloud Conditions | Broken clouds, covering 83% of sky |
| General Conditions | Broken clouds |
Saturday, 2nd of November 2024
14°C (57 °F)
8°C (46 °F)
Broken clouds, light breeze.
Sunday, 3rd of November 2024
14°C (57 °F)
11°C (51 °F)
Overcast clouds, light breeze.
Monday, 4th of November 2024
19°C (66 °F)
14°C (58 °F)
Few clouds, gentle breeze.
Hotels and Places to Stay
Belle Hearth Bed and Breakfast
Rockfish Valley Inn
Colony House Motel
Quality Inn Waynesboro
Deluxe Budget Motel Waynesboro
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Blue Ridge Tunnel
The Blue Ridge Tunnel, also known as the Crozet Tunnel, was the longest of four tunnels built on the Blue Ridge Railroad to cross the Blue Ridge Mountains at Rockfish Gap near Afton Mountain in central Virginia. It has been named a Historic Civil Engineering Landmark.
Rockfish Gap
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. Joining the Shenandoah Valley to the Piedmont region of the state, it is the site of the mountain crossing of Interstate 64, U.S. Highway 250, and the former Blue Ridge Railroad which later became part of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway and is currently part of the CSX line.
Basic City, Virginia
Basic City was an incorporated town located in Augusta County, Virginia, in the United States. Formed in 1890, it was named after a process for steel manufacture. This process was to be implemented in Basic City, and gave rise to land speculation. There was an explosion of manufacturing and commercial development in Basic City between 1890 and 1893 as two railroads crossed here, the Norfolk and Western and the Chesapeake and Ohio.
WCYK-FM
WCYK-FM is a Country formatted broadcast radio station licensed to Staunton, Virginia, though has studios located in Charlottesville. WCYK serves the Harrisonburg/Staunton and Charlottesville, Virginia areas. WCYK is owned and operated by Monticello Media.
Avon, Virginia
Avon is an unincorporated community in Nelson County, Virginia, United States.
Brookville Tunnel
The Brookville Tunnel (also Brooksville Tunnel) was a historic railroad tunnel engineered by Claudius Crozet during the construction of the Blue Ridge Railroad in the 1850s. The tunnel was part of a series of four tunnels used to cross the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia for the Virginia Central Railroad of the United States.
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