Geology

Finding Love in Virginia is a simple matter when you use GNIS - the Geographic Names Information Service.

Search by place name or geographic or cultural feature: stream, mountain, post office, church or populated place.
GNIS provides lat/long, elevation, notes on the feature name and links to up to six map types.

Whether you are looking for Lover's Leap or Sweetie Hollow, GNIS will have a map for you! For easy entry, click one of the Feature Name links below.

Feature Query Results Click the feature name for details and to access map services Click any column name to sort the list ascending ▲ or descending ▼ Feature Name ID Class County State Latitude Longitude Ele(ft)* Map** BGN Date Entry Date Lovers Gap 1469877 Gap Buchanan VA 371318N 0820839W 1863 Prater - 28-SEP-1979 Lovers Leap 1469878 Cliff Rockbridge VA 374938N 0792457W 1407 Lexington - 28-SEP-1979 Lovers Leap 1469879 Cliff Clarke VA 390127N 0780248W 433 Boyce - 28-SEP-1979 Lovers Leap 1469880 Gap Patrick VA 364314N 0801939W 2861 Stuart - 28-SEP-1979 Lovers Leap 1485100 Cliff Dickenson VA 371650N 0821721W 1503 Elkhorn City - 28-SEP-1979 Lovers Leap 1485101 Cliff Craig VA 373042N 0800812W 1578 Potts Creek - 28-SEP-1979 1 - 6  Save as pipe "|" delimited file Note: If data are returned and the column headings display but no data appear, click any column heading. *Elevations are from the National Elevation Dataset **The map name is not necessarily the name of the community containing the feature. See FAQs for details.