Montalto

Montalto is the mountain that makes up the view from Monticello's back steps, and is the grassy mountaintop visible from much of Charlottesville and Albemarle. Thomas Jefferson refered to it as the "high mountain" that formed the view from his "little mountain." Jefferson purchased Montalto in 1777.

Montalto was purchased by the Thomas Jefferson Foundation, which owns and operates Monticello, in 2007. In 2008, the Piedmont Environmental Council (PEC) partnered with the Thomas Jefferson Foundation (TJF) to permanently protect 150 acres of Montalto's most visible lands with a conservation easement. The Saunders-Monticello trail runs parallel to Route 53 and provides access to the base of the mountain.

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