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'''Mount Jefferson''' is a [[mountain]] located in [[Albemarle County, Virginia|Albemarle County]] of northern [[Virginia]].
'''Mount Jefferson''' is a [[mountain]] located just outside [[Charlottesville, Virginia]], United States, in [[Albemarle County, Virginia|Albemarle County]]. It lies south of [[Lewis Mountain]], and is positioned at the northeastern edge of the [[Ragged Mountains]].

It was named Mount Jefferson in honor of [[Thomas Jefferson]] after the establishment of the [[Leander McCormick Observatory]] on the summit in 1885. Jefferson had urged the purchase of the mountain for the [[University of Virginia]], in part because of its suitability as a site for an observatory. In addition, he valued it for the [[water]] resources and the abundance of [[timber]] for [[construction]] of the university.

Prior to the renaming it had been known as Old Reservoir Mountain and Observatory Mountain (for an observatory which Jefferson directed to be built on the summit), and is now informally known as Observatory Hill.

The mountain is traversed by McCormick Road and Edgemont Road (which also runs along a neighboring ridge — Edgemont or Midmont), and is the site of several other University of Virginia buildings including a deactivated [[nuclear reactor]], a [[linear accelerator]] and [[dormitories]]. It has been [[environmental preservation|preserved]] in a largely [[forest|wooded]] state for the protection of McCormick Observatory from [[light pollution]]. It is used by [[birdwatchers]], [[mountain biking|mountain bikers]], [[hikers]], and students and faculty at [[The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School]], U.S. Army, for military physical fitness training.

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{cite gnis|id=1493140|title=Mount Jefferson}}
* [http://geonames.usgs.gov/pls/gnis/web_query.GetDetail?tab=Y&id=1493140 USGS GNIS entry]
* [http://www.astro.virginia.edu/research/observatories/26inch/history/ "McCormick Observatory history"].

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Revision as of 06:02, 24 May 2015

For other mountains named Mount Jefferson, see Mount Jefferson.
Mount Jefferson
Highest point
Elevation846 ft (258 m)[1]
Geography
LocationAlbemarle County, Virginia, U.S.
Parent rangeRagged Mountains
Topo mapUSGS Charlottesville West

Mount Jefferson is a mountain located just outside Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, in Albemarle County. It lies south of Lewis Mountain, and is positioned at the northeastern edge of the Ragged Mountains.

It was named Mount Jefferson in honor of Thomas Jefferson after the establishment of the Leander McCormick Observatory on the summit in 1885. Jefferson had urged the purchase of the mountain for the University of Virginia, in part because of its suitability as a site for an observatory. In addition, he valued it for the water resources and the abundance of timber for construction of the university.

Prior to the renaming it had been known as Old Reservoir Mountain and Observatory Mountain (for an observatory which Jefferson directed to be built on the summit), and is now informally known as Observatory Hill.

The mountain is traversed by McCormick Road and Edgemont Road (which also runs along a neighboring ridge — Edgemont or Midmont), and is the site of several other University of Virginia buildings including a deactivated nuclear reactor, a linear accelerator and dormitories. It has been preserved in a largely wooded state for the protection of McCormick Observatory from light pollution. It is used by birdwatchers, mountain bikers, hikers, and students and faculty at The Judge Advocate General's Legal Center and School, U.S. Army, for military physical fitness training.

References

  1. ^ a b "Mount Jefferson". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved June 16, 2004.

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