Brocks Gap

Brocks Gap
View east along SR 259 approaching Brocks Gap
Elevation 1,073 ft (327 m)
Traversed by Virginia Route 259
Location Rockingham county, Virginia,
United States
Range Little North Mountain
Coordinates 38°38′35″N 78°51′46″W / 38.6431735°N 78.86280341°W / 38.6431735; -78.86280341

Brocks Gap is a water gap in Rockingham County, Virginia, where the North Fork of the Shenandoah River flows through Little North Mountain.[1] The gap was the proposed site of the never-built Brocks Gap Dam and is traversed by Virginia Route 259.[2]

References

  1. "Brocks Gap". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
  2. "Vol. 2 - Major Reservoir Project Descriptions". Potomac River Basin Report. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. February 1963. pp. 75–85.
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