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Location: Montalto

The “high mountain,” as Jefferson also called it, rises 410 feet above Monticello. Jefferson started negotiations for the land in 1771 to preserve the view from Monticello, and it was one of his first land acquisitions.

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Montalto Mountain behind Monticello

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Jefferson purchased 483 acres of land on the Monticello side of the mountain known at times as Carter Mountain and Brown's Mountain, but he called Montalto.