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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).
It is adjacent to the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area and lies within the Jefferson National Forest. The park was established in 1965 and contains a total of 4,502 acres (1,822 ha). [ 1 ] The park hosts a number of outdoor activities including hiking , camping , mountainbiking , horseback riding , and backpacking .
[3] [10] The wilderness, in the Southern Blue Ridge Mountains Subsection within the Central Appalachian Broadleaf Coniferous Forest-Meadow Province, has elevations ranging from 3400 feet near Big Laurel Creek to 5700 feet on Mt Rogers. A tectonic uplift of the mountains created the many high gradient streams found in the area. [11] [10]
The Little Wilson Creek Wilderness is an area in the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area protected by the Eastern Wilderness Act of Congress to maintain its present, natural condition. As part of the wilderness system, it is intended to preserve a variety of natural life forms and contribute to a diversity of plant and animal gene pools.
Lake Alan Henry The following is a list of reservoirs and lakes in the U.S. state of Texas . Swimming, fishing, and/or boating are permitted in some of these lakes, but not all.
Pages in category "Mount Rogers National Recreation Area" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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 .
Visitors to Lake Meredith peaked at over 1.94 million in 1984, but with record-low water levels, visitation fell from 1.08 million in 2009 to 502,457 in 2012. [2] Alibates Flint Quarries National Monument is located adjacent to Lake Meredith National Recreation Area.