Altamont
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- The Altamont Free Concert of December 1969
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United States
- Altamont, CaliforniaAltamont, CaliforniaAltamont is an unincorporated community in Alameda County, California. It is located northeast of Livermore, at an elevation of 738 feet , in the Altamont Pass. It was in 1969 the site of the Altamont Free Concert at the Altamont Speedway...
- Altamont PassAltamont PassAltamont Pass, formerly Livermore Pass, is a mountain pass in the Diablo Range between Livermore in the Livermore Valley and Tracy in the San Joaquin Valley in Northern California...
, in California- Altamont Commuter ExpressAltamont Commuter ExpressThe Altamont Commuter Express is a regional rail service in California connecting Stockton with San Jose....
- Altamont Raceway ParkAltamont Raceway ParkAltamont Raceway Park was a motorsports race track located in Alameda County in Northern California between the towns of Tracy and Livermore. It first opened on July 22, 1966, and has variously operated under the names Altamont Speedway, Altamont Raceway, Altamont Motorsports Park, and Altamont...
- Altamont Commuter Express
- Altamont, IllinoisAltamont, IllinoisAltamont is a city in Effingham County, Illinois, United States. The population was 2,283 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Altamont is located at . According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 2,283...
- Altamont, KansasAltamont, KansasAltamont is a city in Labette County, Kansas, United States. The population was 1,092 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Altamont is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , all of it land....
- Altamont, MissouriAltamont, MissouriAltamont is a village in Daviess County, Missouri, United States. The population was 218 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Altamont is located at ....
- Altamont, New York
- Tupper Lake (town), New YorkTupper Lake (town), New YorkTupper Lake is a town in the southwest corner of Franklin County, New York. The population was 5,971 at the 2010 census. The town contains a village called Tupper Lake. Until July 2004, the town was known as Altamont, not be confused with the village of Altamont in Albany County.-History:In 1850...
, formerly Altamont, in Franklin County - Altamont, North CarolinaAltamont, North CarolinaAltamont is an unincorporated community in Avery County, North Carolina, United States. The community is located along US 221/NC 194 , between the town of Crossnore and the community of Linville Falls. Altamont translates to "High Mountain."...
- Altamont, OregonAltamont, OregonAltamont is a census-designated place and unincorporated community in Klamath County, Oregon, United States southeast of Klamath Falls. As of the 2010 Census, the population was 19,257...
- Altamont, PennsylvaniaAltamont, PennsylvaniaAltamont is a census-designated place in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, USA. The population was 2,689 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Altamont is located at ....
- Altamont, South DakotaAltamont, South DakotaAltamont is a town in Deuel County, South Dakota. The population was 34 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Altamont is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of , all of it land....
- Altamont, TennesseeAltamont, TennesseeAltamont is a town in Grundy County, Tennessee, United States. The population was 1,136 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Grundy County.-Geography:...
- Altamont, UtahAltamont, UtahAltamont is a town in Duchesne County, Utah, United States. The population was 178 at the 2000 census, an increase over the 1990 figure of 167.-History:...
Canada
- Altamont, British ColumbiaAltamont, British ColumbiaAltamont is a neighbourhood of the District of West Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.Named by John Fitzgerald Mahon of Vancouver and London, who subdivided land here in 1913, after his brother-in-laws' courtesy title, Earl of Altamont, the eldest son of the Marquess of Sligo, and brother of his...
, a neighbourhood of West Vancouver, British Columbia - Altamont, ManitobaAltamont, ManitobaAltamont is a community located within the rural municipality of Lorne in south central Manitoba, Canada....
Other uses
- Altamont (band)Altamont (band)Altamont is a rock band from San Francisco, California. It was formed in 1994 as a side project by Dale Crover of Melvins, along with Joey Osbourne and Dan Southwick of Acid King...
, a rock band - The Altamont School, in Birmingham, Alabama
- Altamont, the alias used by Sherlock Holmes in the story "His Last BowHis Last Bow (story)"His Last Bow" is one of the 56 Sherlock Holmes short stories written by Scottish author Sir Arthur Conan Doyle and one of seven collected in the anthology His Last Bow. Unlike most other Holmes stories which are written from the point of view of Dr...
" - "Altamont", a song by Aphrodite's Child on their album 666
- Altamont Apparel, a clothing brand founded by professional skateboarder Andrew ReynoldsAndrew ReynoldsAndrew Reynolds, , is a professional skateboarder and he rides his skateboard with a regular footed stance. Andrew Reynolds' nicknames are Drew, The Boss, and Turtle Boy. He is the owner of Baker Skateboards, and Brigada Eyewear. He is creative director of Altamont Apparel...
- Altamont, Catawba, the stand-in for Asheville, North Carolina in Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward, AngelLook Homeward, AngelLook 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 Bildungsroman. The character of Eugene Gant is generally believed to be a depiction of Wolfe himself. The novel covers the span of time...
- Altamont Road, a street in south MumbaiMumbaiMumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...