Near Grottoes in Rockingham County, Virginia — The American South (Mid-Atlantic)

Big Run Watershed

Photographed by Charles T. Harrell, August 9, 2011

1. Big Run Watershed Marker

Inscription. Rocky Top, the high ridge to your left, Brown Mt., straight ahead and Loft Mt., behind you, enclose an eleven square mile watershed, the largest in the Park. One inch of rainfall on this area amounts to nearly 200 million gallons. Some of this water flows over the surface into Big Run, but much of it soaks into the ground where it is stored and given up gradually to springs and roots of plants.

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: Natural Features.

Location. 38° 14.813′ N, 78° 41.72′ W. Marker is near Grottoes, Virginia, in Rockingham County. It is on Skyline Drive, on the right when traveling south. 1 mile NE of Dundo Campground. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Elkton VA 22827, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory

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of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the original Thirteen Colonies,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 3 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Appalachian Trail (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Nature Without Us, For Us (approx. 0.8 miles away); Civilian Conservation Corps (approx. 1½ miles away); Jackson's Valley Campaign (approx. 1.7 miles away); What's Special about Shenandoah? (approx. 2.1 miles away); Skyline Drive (approx. 2.1 miles away); Shenandoah’s Deer (approx. 2.1 miles away); Rekindling Nature (approx. 2.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Grottoes.

Credits. This page was last revised on May 13, 2021. It was originally submitted on August 11, 2011, by Charles T. Harrell of Woodford, Virginia. This page has been viewed 968 times since then and 44 times this year. Photo 1. submitted on August 11, 2011, by Charles T. Harrell of Woodford, Virginia. • Bill Pfingsten was the editor who published this page.

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