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Brocks Gap
View east along SR 259 approaching Brocks Gap
Elevation	1,073 ft (327 m)
Traversed by	Virginia Route 259
Location	Rockingham county, Virginia, United States
Range	Little North Mountain
Coordinates	38°38′35″N 78°51′46″W / 38.6431735°N 78.86280341°W / 38.6431735; -78.86280341

Brocks Gap is a water gap in Rockingham County, Virginia, where the North Fork of the Shenandoah River flows through Little North Mountain. The gap was the proposed site of the never-built Brocks Gap Dam and is traversed by Virginia Route 259.

References

"Brocks Gap". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2016-02-11.
"Vol. 2 – Major Reservoir Project Descriptions". Potomac River Basin Report. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. February 1963. pp. 75–85. hdl:2027/uiug.30112060272249.

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