Montalto

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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 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.

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