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The 11 highest summits of Virginia with over 500 meters of topographic prominence; Rank Mountain peak County Mountain range Elevation Prominence Isolation Location; 1 Mount Rogers [1] [a] Grayson County Smyth County, Virginia: Blue Ridge Mountains: 1746 m 5,728 ft: 746 m 2,448 ft: 65.2 km 40.5 mi
Britton Hill is the lowest high point in any state. The highest incorporated town is nearby Paxton, at 318 feet (97 m). 3297 feet (1005 m) Sky Valley Georgia [13] The elevation of the valley floor is approximately 3,100 feet, while areas within the city limits on the slopes of Rabun Bald exceed 4,200 feet. [14] 1332 feet (406 m) Agat Guam [15]
To be included on the list, a place needs to be an incorporated municipality (i.e. a city, town, or village) and it needs to be at an elevation of 3,000 feet (914 m) or higher. In the United States, settlements above 3,000 feet are found primarily on the High Plains , in the Rocky Mountains , and in Western North Carolina .
Enlargeable U.S. map with state and territory high points shown as red dots and low points as green squares except where low point is a shoreline. Enlargeable map of the 50 U.S. states by mean elevation. This list includes the topographic elevations of each of the 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and the U.S. territories. [1]
Mount Rogers is the highest natural point in Virginia, United States, with a summit elevation of 5,729 feet (1,746 m) above mean sea level. The summit straddles the border of Grayson and Smyth Counties, Virginia, about 6.45 miles (10.38 km) WSW of Troutdale, Virginia .
Naked Mountain – Elevation 1,470 ft (450 m) High Knob Little Cobbler Mountain (North Cobbler Mountain) – Elevation 1,447 ft (441 m) 38°52′05″N 77°56′41″W / 38.8680°N 77.9448°W / 38.8680; -77.9448 ( Little Cobbler Mountain (North Cobbler Mountain
Rank Country Highest point Elevation 23 Antigua and Barbuda Boggy Peak [1]: 402 m (1,319 ft) 25 Bahamas Mount Alvernia [2]: 63 m (207 ft) 24 Barbados Mount Hillaby [3]: 340 m (1,115 ft)
The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the tip of a mountain above a geodetic sea level. [b] [c] The first table below ranks the 100 highest major summits of the United States by elevation. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings.