Charlottesville is surrounded by hundreds of beautiful trails and hiking paths, and is very near an entrance to the Appalachian Trail. One of the most popular hiking routes is up Humpback Rock, which is a fairly short hike but that culminates in breath-taking views across much of Charlottesville, VA! Humpback Overlook is at scenic milepost 5.8, and has a beautiful
Thanks to the Charlottesville Regional Chamber of Commerce for this nice summary of recent rankings for the City of Charlottesville! I’ve elaborated on many of these and tried to catalogue them here already on the Charlottesville Rankings page , but I definitely missed a few along the way and will be adding more to the page soon! … From the January 21 Charlottesville Chamber of Commerce ChamberBits Newsletter; Recent other acknowledgements for the City of Charlottesville include:
4th Best Place to Live in the Country – Kiplinger’s Magazine 2009 Best Place to Launch a Business – Fortune Magazine 2009 11th Best Town to Find a Job – Forbes Magazine 2009 One of the 30 Coolest Neighborhoods, Belmont – Men’s Health Magazine 2009 18th Safest Mid-Sized Cities in the Country (populations between 150,000 and 500,000), Farmers Insurance 2009 AARP, Top 10 Healthiest Places to Retire, 2008 Best Places to Retire, Black Enterprise Magazine , 2nd in 2008 Best City for Living and Launching a Business by Fortune and Money Magazines – 18th Place in 2008. Best Small Market for Business by Forbes Magazine – 9th Place in 2008.
Thanks to Tom Sellman with C&F Mortgage for this great find! Men’s Journal Magazine February 2010 Volume 19, Number 1 According to Men’s Journal Magazine, Charlottesville is competitive on the following items; Local Farms Short Commutes Sidewalks Low Pollution Green Spaces Good Weather The other top ranking cities were; Iowa City, IA Boulder, CO (we are often compared to this city) Logan, UT Northampton, MA
The Blue Ridge Outdoors January Issue “Best of the Outdoors” article highlights several beautiful areas in Charlottesville. This article is reader voted- polling readers from Baltimore to Atlanta to pick their favorites of the Blue Ridge. Here are a few of the places that Charlottesville was competitive; Favorite Section of the Blue Ridge Parkway; Humpback Rock voted #3! … (biggest waterfall East of the Mississippi)- Nelson County Best Ski Runs in the Blue Ridge; Wintergreen Resort Cliffhanger mile long run voted #2! … Check out the full video interview of Tom Daly, from Blue Ridge Outdoors on the Newsplex website here and be sure to read the full article at the Blue Ridge Outdoors website here !
The University of Virginia always seems to fare pretty well in this review, but we have once again been ranked high nationwide based on cost versus value. … We start with data from more than 500 public four-year colleges and universities, provided by Peterson’s/Nelnet, then add our own reporting. We narrow the list to about 120 schools based on measures of academic quality — including SAT or ACT scores, admission and retention rates, student-faculty ratios, and four- and six-year graduation rates, which most schools reported for the class entering in 2002. … To assess costs, we look at total expenses for in-state students (tuition, mandatory fees, room and board, and books); the average cost for a student with need after subtracting grants (but not loans); the average cost for a student without need after subtracting non-need-based grants; the average percentage of need met by aid; and the average debt per student before graduation. … To determine out-of-state rankings, we run the academic-quality and expense numbers again, this time using total costs for out-of-state residents and average costs after aid.”
