1970 Map of Ashby Gap

About this map

The Shenandoah River snakes through the Blue Ridge Mountains in this 1970 field-checked survey, defining a landscape of deep hollows and high ridges. The crossing at Ashby Gap serves as a primary geographic anchor where the boundaries of Clarke, Loudoun, and Fauquier counties converge. Small agricultural settlements like Frogtown and Paris sit at the base of the mountains, while the riverbank shows historical crossing points such as the Castlemans Ferry Bridge and the Byrd Bridge near Berrys Cemetery.