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Welcome to Briar Ridge ...

Briar Ridge is located in Roanoke County<1>.

A typical abbreviation for Briar Ridge: Briar Rdg. (or less commonly used: Briar Rdge. or Briar Ridg.)

Briar Ridge is 1,380 feet [421 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Briar Ridge lies in the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT) and observes daylight saving time

Area Codes for Briar Ridge: 540 & 826<3>

Communities Also Named Briar Ridge ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Briar Ridge - they are located in British Columbia and Maryland (2).

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Briar Ridge.

Communities near Briar Ridge ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Briar Ridge.

  • Roanoke
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
  • Salem
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
  • Vinton
    (9 miles [14.5 km] to the northeast)
  • Rocky Mount
    (15 miles [24.1 km] to the southeast)
  • Troutville
    (17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
  • Boones Mill
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the southeast)
  • Garden City
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northeast)
    • Garden City is located in Roanoke City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Garden City
  • Bent Mountain
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
  • Sunset Village
    (6 miles [9.7 km] to the north)
    • Sunset Village is located in Salem City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Sunset Village
  • Buena Vista
    (7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
    • Buena Vista is located in Roanoke City
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Buena Vista

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Briar Ridge. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Briar Ridge.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Briar Ridge. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Briar Ridge.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Briar Ridge ...

Looking for more information about Briar Ridge? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Briar Ridge, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Briar Ridge.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Virginia's counties, including Roanoke, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Briar Ridge - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 540 code has been Overlayed with the 826 area code. New phone numbers in the Briar Ridge area will be assigned with one of these codes: 540 or 826. As a result, placing a call in the Briar Ridge area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.