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Chester Gap

Chester Gap
Elevation1,339 ft (408 m)
Traversed by U.S. Route 522
LocationVirginia, United States
RangeBlue Ridge Mountains
Coordinates38.853, -78.135

Chester Gap, sometimes referred to as Happy Creek Gap for the creek that runs down its western slope, is a wind gap in the Blue Ridge Mountains on the border of Rappahannock County, Fauquier County, and Warren County in Virginia. The gap is traversed by U.S. Route 522.[1] The Appalachian Trail also passes across the gap, with a trailhead at the gap.[2]

  1. ^ Grymes, Charles A. "Wind Gaps and Stream Piracy". virginiaplaces.org. Retrieved 25 January 2016.
  2. ^ Burnham, Bill; Burnham, Mary (2004). Hiking Virginia : a guide to Virginia's greatest hiking adventures (2nd ed.). Helena, Mont.: Falcon Press. pp. 318–319. ISBN 0762727470.

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