Between the Hills

Between the Hills
Between the Hills Location of the valley in Virginia
Location	Loudoun County, Virginia
Floor elevation	500 ft (150 m)
Long-axis direction	North-South
Long-axis length	11 miles (18 km)
Width	2 miles (3.2 km)
Geography
Bounded by	Short Hill Mountain (east) Blue Ridge Mountain (west) Potomac River (north) (south)
Coordinates	39°15′N 77°44′W / 39.250°N 77.733°W / 39.250; -77.733Coordinates: 39°15′N 77°44′W / 39.250°N 77.733°W / 39.250; -77.733
Topo map	USGS, Round Hill
Population centers	Neersville
Traversed by	Virginia Route 9

Between the Hills is a small valley in northwest Loudoun County, Virginia, distinct from, but associated with, the greater Loudoun Valley.

The Between the Hills valley encompasses the area of Loudoun that lies west of Short Hill Mountain and east of the Blue Ridge Mountain. The area includes the communities of Neersville and Loudoun Heights.

Between the Hills can be divided into two sections; the upper and lower valley. The upper valley encompasses the area north of the Hillsboro Gap in the Short Hill, while the lower valley encompasses the area south of the gap. The valley ranges from 2.5 miles (4.0 km) wide at its largest, just south of the Hillsboro gap to 1.4 miles (2.3 km) wide at its smallest, east of Purcell Knob in the upper valley and is approximately 11 miles (18 km) long.

The main waterways of Between the Hills are the North Fork of , which drains the lower valley before flowing through the Hillsboro gap into the , and Piney Run, which drains the upper valley and flows north through the valley directly into the Potomac River.

Across the Potomac River, the valley continues as Pleasant Valley in Maryland.

State Route 671, Harpers Ferry Road, is the main road in the valley, running north-south through the upper valley from its southern terminus at Virginia State Route 9, Charles Town Pike, west of Hillsboro, to its northern terminus at U.S. Route 340, south of the Sandy Hook bridge over the Potomac River and east of Harpers Ferry. State Route 719, Stony Point-Woodgrove road runs north-south through the lower valley from Hillsboro to Woodgrove. The Charlestown pike bisects the valley, running southeast-northwest from the Hillsboro Gap to Keyes Gap in the Blue Ridge.