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:''This article is about the Bull Run Mountains. For other uses, see Bull Run (disambiguation)''.
The 'Bull Run Mountains' are a mountain range of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Together along with Catoctin Mountain, the ranges make up the easternmost front of the Blue Ridge.
They are home to the Bull Run Mountains Conservancy Area, and to residents within Bull Run Mountain Estates.
Interstate 66 and the John Marshall Highway (Virginia Route 55) pass through the mountain at Thoroughfare Gap.
The range extends approximately sixteen miles from Aldie in Loudoun County, through western Prince William County to New Baltimore in Fauquier County. In the north, from Aldie to the headwaters of Bull Run Creek, the range is entirely within Loudoun County and serves as the eastern border of the southern Loudoun Valley. South of Bull Run Creek, the watershed of the range forms the western border of Prince William with Fauquier and thus the eastern slopes are in the former county, while the western slopes are in the latter.
The Bull Run Mountains are a geological extension of the same formation that makes up the Catoctin Mountain. This formation consist mainly of Catoctin greenstone interspersed with white quartz and Precambrian metamorphosed basalt flows. The lower ridges on the eastern front also contain Jurassic basalt flows.[1]
The Battle of Thoroughfare Gap was fought on the mountain prior to the Second Battle of Manassas during the American Civil War.
1. Frye, Keith. ''Roadside Geology of Virginia.'' Mountain Press Publishing Company; Missoula, 1986.
★ Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve
★ Bull Run Mountains Conservancy, Inc. (BRMC)
★ Prince William Conservation Alliance
:''This article is about the Bull Run Mountains. For other uses, see Bull Run (disambiguation)''.
The 'Bull Run Mountains' are a mountain range of the Blue Ridge Mountains in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Together along with Catoctin Mountain, the ranges make up the easternmost front of the Blue Ridge.
They are home to the Bull Run Mountains Conservancy Area, and to residents within Bull Run Mountain Estates.
Interstate 66 and the John Marshall Highway (Virginia Route 55) pass through the mountain at Thoroughfare Gap.
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| Geography |
| Geology |
| History |
| Notes |
| External links |
Geography
The range extends approximately sixteen miles from Aldie in Loudoun County, through western Prince William County to New Baltimore in Fauquier County. In the north, from Aldie to the headwaters of Bull Run Creek, the range is entirely within Loudoun County and serves as the eastern border of the southern Loudoun Valley. South of Bull Run Creek, the watershed of the range forms the western border of Prince William with Fauquier and thus the eastern slopes are in the former county, while the western slopes are in the latter.
Geology
The Bull Run Mountains are a geological extension of the same formation that makes up the Catoctin Mountain. This formation consist mainly of Catoctin greenstone interspersed with white quartz and Precambrian metamorphosed basalt flows. The lower ridges on the eastern front also contain Jurassic basalt flows.[1]
History
The Battle of Thoroughfare Gap was fought on the mountain prior to the Second Battle of Manassas during the American Civil War.
Notes
1. Frye, Keith. ''Roadside Geology of Virginia.'' Mountain Press Publishing Company; Missoula, 1986.
External links
★ Bull Run Mountains Natural Area Preserve
★ Bull Run Mountains Conservancy, Inc. (BRMC)
★ Prince William Conservation Alliance
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