| Ararat Hills | |
|---|---|
| Highest point | |
| Elevation | 1,740 m (5,710 ft) |
| Geography | |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| District | Humboldt County |
| Range coordinates | 41°32′46.621″N117°18′2.447″W / 41.54628361°N 117.30067972°W Coordinates: 41°32′46.621″N117°18′2.447″W / 41.54628361°N 117.30067972°W |
| Topo map | USGS Hardscrabble |
The Ararat Hills are a mountain range in Humboldt County, Nevada. [1]
Surry County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 71,359. Its county seat is Dobson, and its largest city is Mount Airy.
Ararat Township is a township in Susquehanna County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 526 at the 2020 census.
Preston is a second-class township in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States. The township's population was 1,014 at the time of the 2010 United States Census.
Mount Ararat is a snow-capped and dormant compound volcano in the extreme east of Turkey. It consists of two major volcanic cones: Greater Ararat and Little Ararat. Greater Ararat is the highest peak in Turkey and the Armenian Highland with an elevation of 5,137 m (16,854 ft); Little Ararat's elevation is 3,896 m (12,782 ft). The Ararat massif is about 35 km (22 mi) wide at ground base. The first recorded efforts to reach Ararat's summit were made in the Middle Ages, and Friedrich Parrot, Khachatur Abovian, and four others made the first recorded ascent in 1829.
Ararat is a city in south-west Victoria, Australia, about 198 kilometres (120 mi) west of Melbourne, on the Western Highway on the eastern slopes of the Ararat Hills and Cemetery Creek valley between Victoria's Western District and the Wimmera. Its urban population according to 2021 census is 8,500 and services the region of 11,880 residents across the Rural City's boundaries. It is also the home of the 2018/19 GMGA Golf Championship Final.
Orson is a village in Preston Township, Wayne County, Pennsylvania, United States, situated in the Lake Region of the Poconos. It was once an important depot of the Scranton Division of the New York, Ontario & Western (O&W) Railway, but today, when it is known outside of its immediate vicinity, it is largely for being the site of the intersection of two state roads, Belmont Turnpike and Crosstown Highway, or as the location of Independent Lake Camp (ILC), since ILC's reputation and commercial reach, like those of most rural American summer camps, extend beyond the community in which the camp is physically located.
The Ararat River is a tributary of the Yadkin River in southwestern Virginia and northwestern North Carolina in the United States. Via the Yadkin it is part of the watershed of the Pee Dee River, which flows to the Atlantic Ocean.
Challicum Hills Wind Farm is a wind farm encompassed by 35 NEG NM 64 wind turbines, with a total generating capacity of 52.5 MW of electricity. The wind farm is near Ararat in western Victoria, Australia. The power station was commissioned in August 2003 and is in a long term Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Origin Energy.
Ararat is an unincorporated community in Patrick County, Virginia, United States, south of the Blue Ridge Parkway and north of Mount Airy, North Carolina. Ararat is located near the Virginia–North Carolina state line about five miles (8.0 km) north of Mount Airy and about 25 miles (40 km) west of Stuart, Virginia. The community's name comes from the Ararat River which flows through the area. The River takes its name from the Jefferson Fry Map of 1751, which calls Pilot Mountain part of the "Mountains of Ararat." The Saura Indian name for nearby Pilot Mountain in Surry County, North Carolina is "The Pilot" and the mountain reverted to that. The large Monadnock mountain was thought to resemble a bullfrog and the Native Americans named it "Ratratrat," after the sound they thought the animal made. Early white settlers thought what they were saying sounded like "Ararat," the mountain which, according to the Bible, was the landing point of Noah's Ark.
Bannertown is an unincorporated community in Surry County, North Carolina, United States, just outside the city of Mount Airy. The community is centered on the intersection of Business U.S. Highway 52 and North Carolina Highway 89. Some of the area, specifically from the center of the community to the Ararat River has been annexed by Mount Airy in recent years.
Ararat is an unincorporated community in the Long Hill Township of Surry County, North Carolina, United States. Ararat is situated on, and is named for, the Ararat River. Ararat is along the former Atlantic & Yadkin Railway line from Mount Airy to Rural Hall that is now operated by the Yadkin Valley Railroad. Landmarks near the center of the community include the community post office, fire department and area churches.
Eldora Township is one of fifteen townships in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 3,541 according to the 2000 census.
Long Hill Township is one of fifteen townships in Surry County, North Carolina, United States. The township had a population of 1,495 according to the 2000 census.
Slate Mountain is an unincorporated community located in northeast Surry County, North Carolina, United States between the Ararat River and Archies Creek. The community of Slate Mountain is named for the nearby summit of Slate Mountain which has an elevation 1,966 feet.
Sheltontown is an unincorporated community located along North Carolina Highway 89 in northeast Surry County, North Carolina, United States, near the city of Mount Airy, just east of Bannertown. The community generally lies between Rutledge Creek and the Ararat River.
Salem is an unincorporated community located in northern Surry County, North Carolina, United States on the outskirts of the city of Mount Airy. The community generally lies between Lovills Creek and the Ararat River. Prominent landmarks include Salem United Methodist Church.
White Sulphur Springs is an unincorporated community in Surry County, North Carolina, United States on the outskirts of the city of Mount Airy near the Virginia state line. The community sits on the Ararat River and once served as a popular late-nineteenth century resort. The community's name comes from the White Sulphur Springs Hotel that once stood here.
Ash Hill is an unincorporated community in the Eldora Township of Surry County, North Carolina, United States. The community is generally on the opposite side of the Ararat River from the community of Ararat and is roughly centered on Ararat Road between Eldora Road and Little Mountain Church Road. A school named Ash Hill was formerly located here.
Mount Ararat is a mountain located in the Pennsylvania villages of Belmont Corners and Orson. Its summit, which is in Orson, is the highest point in Wayne County, Pennsylvania, and one of the higher points in eastern Pennsylvania. Mount Ararat is located in the Glaciated Low Plateaus geological section of Pennsylvania. This section is characterized with low rolling hills and modest relief. This summit is of low relief but stands as a peak above the countryside.
All Aboard for Ararat is a 1940 allegorical novella by H. G. Wells that tells a modernized version of the story of Noah and the Flood. Wells was 74 when it was published, and it is the last of his utopian writings.
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