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The area is in the Appalachian Mountains of Southwestern Virginia, about 3 miles west of White Gate, Virginia. The wildland is mostly composed of the drainage of Dismal Creek, formed by a bowl between Flat Top Mountain on the northwest, Brushy Mountain on the southeast, and Sugar Run Mountain on the north.
Chadwell Gap on Virginia-Kentucky border in Cumberland Gap National Historical Park; Butchers Gap on Virginia-Kentucky border in Cumberland Gap National Historical Park; Pound Gap, elevation 2,392 feet, on U.S. Route 23; Panther Gap in Mill Mountain, where Virginia State Route 39 goes between Bath and Rockbridge County near the town of Goshen
County Mountain range Elevation Prominence Isolation Location; 1 Bald Knob [20] [21] Giles County: Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians: 1329 m 4,360 ft: 622 m 2,041 ft: 79.9 km 49.6 mi 2 Mount Rogers [1] [a] Grayson County Smyth County, Virginia: Blue Ridge Mountains: 1746 m 5,728 ft
Mountain Lake is a freshwater lake located in Giles County near Newport, Virginia in the United States. Along with Lake Drummond in the Great Dismal Swamp, it is one of only two natural lakes in Virginia. It was originally known as Salt Pond, as it was where cattle were given salt. [1] The area is within the Mountain Lake Wilderness Cluster.
Giles County is a county located in the U.S. state of Virginia on the West Virginia state line. As of the 2020 census , the population was 16,787. [ 1 ] Its county seat is Pearisburg .
The Virginia Piedmont is largely characterized by rolling hills and numerous ridges near the boundary with the Blue Ridge Mountains. Lying between the mountain and coastal plain regions, the Piedmont region is a naturally diverse landscape. [2] The bedrock consists mostly of gneiss, schist, and granite rocks at a typical depth of between 2 and ...
The Cowpasture flows through valley and ridge topography of shale, limestone, and sandstone.Because of the limestone there are a great number of sinkholes and caves.During extended dry periods the upper courses of the river will entirely dry up and only flow beneath the river bed through the limestone caves.
Mountains of Warren County, Virginia (5 P) This page was last edited on 20 February 2022, at 22:00 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...