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Discover Monterey in United States

Monterey in the region of Virginia with its 147 habitants is a town located in United States - some 141 mi or ( 227 km ) West of Washington , the country's capital .

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Local time in Monterey is now 11:35 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " America/New York " with a UTC offset of -4 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Cumberland, Blue Grass, Charlottesville, Clover Creek, and Doe Hill. When in this area, you might want to check out Cumberland . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Monterey ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


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Virginia Maple syrup is flowing for this year's annual Highland County festival

1:23 min by shenandoahvalleytv
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The Highland County Maple Festival in Monterey, Va. has been held over two weekends in March for more than 50 years, and regularly attracts tens of thousands of people. Director Carolyn Powhosky says ..

marks ride2

2:59 min by m98lee98
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The return trip -- Rt 250 around Monterey VA -- May 2009 ..


Wind at Whippoorwill Hill

3:59 min by cavenatalie
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The June 29 Wind Storm as witnessed in Highland Co, Va It was quite an exciting and scary situation and I recorded it on my camera. We were camping in a forest of pine trees and many trees got blown d ..

Bluegrass Valley Sunrise

0:44 min by MONTAG56
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June 7, 2012, we were driving up the mountains overlooking the Blue Grass Valley in Virginia and noticed this wonderful sunrise at an overlook. ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Monterey, Virginia

Monterey is a town in Highland County, Virginia, United States. The population was 147 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Highland County.

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Located at 38.41 -79.58 (Lat./Long.); Less than 0 km away
Tags: County seats in Virginia, Populated places in Highland County, Virginia, Towns in Virginia

Trimble Knob

Trimble Knob, located southwest of Monterey, VA, in Highland County, is a conical hill composed of basalt, a volcanic rock, of Eocene age. It is the eroded remnant of what was an active volcano or diatreme approximately 35 million years ago, making it one of the youngest volcanos on the east coast of North America.

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Located at 38.40 -79.59 (Lat./Long.); Less than 1 km away
Tags: Diatremes of the United States, Eocene volcanoes, Geography of Highland County, Virginia, Geography of West Virginia, Volcanoes of Virginia

Highland County, Virginia

Highland County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2010, the population was estimated to be 2,321. Its county seat is Monterey. Known as "Virginia's Little Switzerland", Highland County is the least populous county in Virginia. Highland lays claim to being one of the least populous counties and one of the highest average elevations east of the Mississippi River.

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Located at 38.35 -79.56 (Lat./Long.); Less than 7 km away
Tags: 1847 establishments in the United States, Highland County, Virginia, Potomac River counties, Virginia counties

United States National Radio Quiet Zone

The United States National Radio Quiet Zone is a large area of land centered between the National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank, West Virginia and the Sugar Grove Research Facility at Sugar Grove, West Virginia. The Radio Quiet Zone is a rectangle of land approximately 13,000 square miles in size that straddles the border area of Virginia and West Virginia. It includes all land with latitudes between 37.5°N and 39.25°N and longitudes between 78.5°W and 80.5°W.

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Located at 38.38 -79.50 (Lat./Long.); Less than 8 km away
Tags: Communications in West Virginia, United States communications regulation, West Virginia media

WZZI

The radio station that was named WZZI until October 2009, is now WVMP.

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Located at 38.32 -79.63 (Lat./Long.); Less than 11 km away
Tags: Radio stations established in 1990, Radio stations in Virginia