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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.
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).
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
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
Virginia's highest point, Mount Rogers, is located in the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area that is part of the forest. Other notable mountains include Elliott Knob , which has one of the last remaining fire lookout towers in the eastern U.S., and Whitetop Mountain .
It is located in the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area of the Jefferson National Forest, within Grayson County, Virginia, United States. [1] The peak is immediately east of the highest mountain of Virginia, Mount Rogers , and Pine Mountain's sparsely vegetated summit has excellent views of both Mount Rogers and the surrounding region.
Grayson Highlands State Park is a state park located in Grayson County, Virginia, United States. 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]
A tectonic uplift of the mountains in the wilderness created many high gradient streams. [9] Little Wilson Creek, beginning on the southeastern slope of Pine Mountain in a bog containing many rare plants, flows southeast through the wilderness into Wilson Creek, which defines the border between the wilderness and Grayson Highlands State Park.