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[[Image:montalto300.jpg|right|thumb|300px|View of Montalto from Downtown Charlottesville]] | [[Image:montalto300.jpg|right|thumb|300px|View of Montalto from Downtown Charlottesville]] | ||
Montalto is the 1,278-foot-high mountain that makes up the view from Monticello's back steps, and is the grassy mountaintop visible from much of Charlottesville and Albemarle. [[Thomas Jefferson]] | [[Montalto]] is the 1,278-foot-high mountain that makes up the view from [[Monticello]]'s back steps, and is the grassy mountaintop visible from much of [[Charlottesville]] and [[Albemarle County]]. [[Thomas Jefferson]] referred to it as the "high mountain" that formed the view from his "little mountain." Jefferson purchased Montalto in 1777. | ||
The [[Thomas Jefferson Foundation]], which owns and operates | The [[Thomas Jefferson Foundation]] (TJF), which owns and operates Monticello, purchased 330 acres of Montalto in 2004. In 2008, the [[Piedmont Environmental Council]] partnered with the TJF to permanently protect 150 acres of Montalto's most visible lands with a [[conservation easement]]. The [[Saunders-Monticello Trail]] runs parallel to Route 53 and provides access to the base of the mountain. {{clear}} | ||
==Map== | ==Map== | ||
<googlemap lat="38.003298" lon="-78.462059" type="satellite" zoom="16" width="500" height="500" scale="yes" overview="yes" controls="large"> | <googlemap lat="38.003298" lon="-78.462059" type="satellite" zoom="16" width="500" height="500" scale="yes" overview="yes" controls="large"> | ||
</googlemap> | </googlemap> | ||
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
==Notes== | ==Notes== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
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Revision as of 15:51, 20 July 2009
Montalto is the 1,278-foot-high mountain that makes up the view from Monticello's back steps, and is the grassy mountaintop visible from much of Charlottesville and Albemarle County. Thomas Jefferson referred to it as the "high mountain" that formed the view from his "little mountain." Jefferson purchased Montalto in 1777.
The Thomas Jefferson Foundation (TJF), which owns and operates Monticello, purchased 330 acres of Montalto in 2004. In 2008, the Piedmont Environmental Council partnered with the TJF to permanently protect 150 acres of Montalto's most visible lands with a conservation easement. The Saunders-Monticello Trail runs parallel to Route 53 and provides access to the base of the mountain.
Map
<googlemap lat="38.003298" lon="-78.462059" type="satellite" zoom="16" width="500" height="500" scale="yes" overview="yes" controls="large"> </googlemap>