University of Virginia Library

LOCATION

Charlottesville, the seat of the University of Virginia, is in a picturesque
and healthful situation among the foot-hills of the Blue
Ridge Mountains. It is at the junction of two great lines of railway,
the Chesapeake & Ohio and the Southern, and is thus of easy access
from every part of the country. The sanitary arrangements of the
University are excellent. The climate is invigorating, healthful, and
free from malarial conditions, the average elevation of the surrounding
country being about six hundred and fifty feet above sea level;
the water supply is pure, being drawn by gravity from a mountain
reservoir six miles away; the system of drains and sewers is complete.
The average monthly mean temperature from 1901 to 1911,
taken from the records of the weather station at the University Observatory,
was: June, 71.4; July 76.8. Summer rates are given by the
railroads to this point. There are three golf links, a well-conducted
country club and many other attractions for summer visitors.