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Printable version; Page information; Get shortened URL ... English: Location map of Virginia, USA. Geographic limits of the map: N: 40.2° N; ... Mount Rogers ...
The Mount Rogers area contains a unique record of the geohistory of Virginia. There is evidence from the rocks that volcanoes were part of the landscape. Roughly 760 million years ago, rift-related (divergent) volcanoes erupted along the axis of what later became the Appalachians, and one remnant of that volcanic zone, with its volcanic rocks, still can be seen at Mount Rogers.
Mount Rogers National Recreation Area is a United States national recreation area (NRA) in southwestern Virginia near the border with Tennessee and North Carolina. It centerpiece is the Lewis Fork Wilderness containing Mount Rogers , the highest point in the state of Virginia with a summit elevation of 5,729 feet (1746 m).
Mount Rogers is also home to a portion of the Virginia Creeper Trail, a popular 34-mile trail open to bikers, runners, walkers, and cross-country skiers. 3714 VA-16, Marion, VA 24354 Natural ...
A visitor center on Va 16 has maps and information about the area. The nearest towns are Marion, 7 miles north of the visitor center, and Damascus, near the Virginia-Tennessee border. [3] Roads and trails are given on National Geographic Maps 786 (Mount Rogers)., [4] Map 318 (Mount Rogers High Country) [5] and Map 783 (South Holston and Watauga ...
Additional roads and trails are given on National Geographic Maps 786 (Mount Rogers). [5] and Map 318 (Mount Rogers High Country) [4] A great variety of information, including topographic maps, aerial views, satellite data and weather information, is obtained by selecting the link with the wild land's coordinates in the upper right of this page ...
Mount Rogers in the Blue Ridge Mountains is the highest peak in the U.S. Commonwealth of Virginia. This article comprises three sortable tables of the major mountain peaks of Virginia . This article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least 100 meters (328.1 feet) of topographic prominence , and a major summit as a summit with at ...
Additional roads and trails are given on National Geographic Maps 786 (Mount Rogers). [4] and Map 318 (Mount Rogers High Country) [5] A great variety of information, including topographic maps, aerial views, satellite data and weather information, is obtained by selecting the link with the wild land's coordinates in the upper right of this page ...