Altamont may refer to:

Places

Canada

Altamont, British Columbia Altamont is a neighbourhood in British Columbia, Canada, on the North Shore (Greater Vancouver), North Shore of the Burrard Inlet, within the West Vancouver, municipality of West Vancouver. Named by John Fitzgerald Mahon ( - 1942) of Vancouver and ...

* Altamont, Manitoba

India

* Altamont Road, in south Mumbai

United States

* Altamont, California **

Altamont Pass Altamont Pass, formerly Livermore Pass, is a low mountain pass in the Diablo Range of Northern California between Livermore in the Livermore Valley and Tracy in the San Joaquin Valley. The name is actually applied to two distinct but nea ...

, in California *

Altamont, Illinois Altamont is a city in Effingham County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,216 at the 2020 census. Altamont is part of the Effingham, Illinois Micropolitan Statistical Area. History Legend says Griffin Tipsword came to live with th ...

* Altamont, Kansas *

Altamont, Maryland Altamont is an unincorporated community in Garrett County, Maryland, United States. Altamont sits on the Eastern Continental Divide between the watershed of Crabtree Creek, which flows into the Savage River and eventually into the Atlantic Ocea ...

Altamont, Missouri Altamont is a village in southwest Daviess County, Missouri, United States. The population was 171 at the 2020 census. History Altamont, the youngest town in the county, was laid out ''circa'' 1890. The town was so named on account of its loft ...

Altamont, New York Altamont is a village located in the town of Guilderland in Albany County, New York, United States. The village is in the western part of the town. The population was 1,675 at the 2020 census. The name means "high mountain." History In colo ...

Tupper Lake (town), New York Tupper Lake is a town in the southwest corner of Franklin County, New York, United States. The population was 5,147 at the 2020 census. The town contains a village also called Tupper Lake. Until July 2004, the town was known as "Altamont", not ...

, formerly Altamont, in Franklin County *

Altamont, North Carolina Altamont is an unincorporated community in Avery County, North Carolina, United States. The community is located along US 221/ NC 194 (Linville Falls Highway), between the town of Crossnore and the community of Linville Falls. Altamont trans ...

Altamont, Ohio Altamont (previously known as Altamont Hill or Altamont Park) is an unincorporated community in Steubenville Township, Jefferson County, Ohio, United States. It is located south of Steubenville and just east of Hillsboro along Wilson Avenue. ...

Altamont, Oregon Altamont is a census-designated place (CDP) and unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon, United States, southeast of Klamath Falls. As of the 2020 Census, the population was 20,233. All mailing addresses in Altamont are Klamath Falls ...

Altamont, Pennsylvania Altamont is a census-designated place (CDP) in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 624 at the 2020 census. Geography Altamont is located at (40.783382, -76.222798). According to the United States Census Bureau, ...

* Altamont, South Carolina * Altamont, South Dakota *

Altamont, Tennessee Altamont is a town in and the county seat of Grundy County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,117 at the 2020 census. History Altamont was established in 1848 as a county seat for Grundy County, which had been created in 1844. Northc ...

* Altamont, Utah

Enterprises and organizations

* Altamont Apparel, a clothing brand * ''

The Altamont Enterprise ''The Altamont Enterprise & Albany County Post'' is a weekly newspaper in Albany County, New York, founded in 1884. It covers the towns of Guilderland, New Scotland, Berne, Knox, Westerlo, and Rensselaerville, as well as the villages of Alt ...

'', a weekly newspaper in Albany County, New York *

Altamont Raceway Park Altamont Raceway Park is a motorsports race track in the western United States, located in northern California, west of Tracy. It opened on July 22, 1966, and operated under the names Altamont Speedway, Altamont Raceway, Altamont Motorsports ...

, a motorsports race track located in Alameda County in Northern California and site of the Altamont Free Concert *

Altamont School The Altamont School, located in Birmingham, Alabama atop Red Mountain, is a college preparatory day school with coeducational enrollment of grades 5– 12. Most of the students live in Birmingham and the surrounding communities. History Altamo ...

, Birmingham, Alabama

Fictional entities

Characters

* Captain Altamont, the archenemy of Captain Hatteras in ''

The Adventures of Captain Hatteras ''The Adventures of Captain Hatteras'' () is an 1866 adventure novel by Jules Verne in two parts: ''The English at the North Pole'' () and ''The Desert of Ice'' (). The novel was published for the first time in 1864 as a serial in the French maga ...

''. * Altamont, the alias used by Sherlock Holmes in the story " His Last Bow" * Frederick Altamont, an alias of a pirate in Walter Scott's novel '' The Pirate'' * Frederick Altamont Cornwallis Twistleton, 5th Earl of Ickenham, or

Uncle Fred Frederick Altamont Cornwallis Twistleton, 5th Earl of Ickenham, commonly known as Uncle Fred, is a fictional character who appears in comedic short stories and novel A novel is an extended work of narrative fiction usually written in prose an ...

, in the P. G. Wodehouse novels * Mr. Frederic Altamont, a character in

W. M. Thackeray William Makepeace Thackeray ( ; 18 July 1811 – 24 December 1863) was an English novelist and illustrator. He is known for his satirical works, particularly his 1847–1848 novel '' Vanity Fair'', a panoramic portrait of British society, and t ...

's ''Memoirs of Mr. Charles J. Yellowplush''

Places

* Altamont the stand-in for Asheville, North Carolina in Thomas Wolfe's ''

Look Homeward, Angel ''Look Homeward, Angel: A Story of the Buried Life'' is a 1929 novel by Thomas Wolfe. It is Wolfe's first novel, and is considered a highly autobiographical American coming-of-age story. The character of Eugene Gant is generally believed to be ...

Music

Altamont (band) Altamont is a rock band from San Francisco, California. It was formed in 1994 as a side project by Dale Crover, drummer of the Melvins, along with Joey Osbourne and Dan Southwick of Acid King. The band is named after the infamous Altamont Fre ...

Altamont Free Concert The Altamont Speedway Free Festival was a counterculture rock concert in the United States, held on Saturday, December 6, 1969, at the Altamont Speedway outside of Tracy, California. Approximately 300,000 attended the concert, with some an ...

, a 1969 rock concert held in Altamont, California * "Altamont", a song by Aphrodite's Child on their album ''

666 666 may refer to: * 666 (number) * 666 BC, a year * AD 666, a year * The number of the beast, a reference in the Book of Revelation in the New Testament Places * 666 Desdemona, a minor planet in the asteroid belt * List of highways numbered 6 ...

'' * "Altamont", a song by Echo & The Bunnymen on their album ''

Evergreen In botany, an evergreen is a plant which has Leaf, foliage that remains green and functional throughout the year. This contrasts with deciduous plants, which lose their foliage completely during the winter or dry season. Consisting of many diffe ...

Transportation

Altamont Corridor Express The Altamont Corridor Express (ACE) is a commuter rail service in California, connecting Stockton and San Jose during peak hours only. ACE is named for the Altamont Pass, through which it runs. Service is managed by the San Joaquin Regional R ...

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