Mount Rogers
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Mount Rogers rises to 1,744 m in Virginia. Wilburn Ridge stands 1,689 m to the east-southeast, 1.6 miles off. The nearest named place is Pine Mountain, a peak 1.3 miles away. Mount Rogers Scenic Byway passes 1.7 miles off.
The story
Mount Rogers is the highest natural point in Virginia, United States, with a summit elevation of 5,729 ft (1,746 m) above mean sea level. The summit straddles the border of Grayson and Smyth Counties, Virginia, about 6.45 mi (10.38 km) WSW of Troutdale, Virginia. Most of the mountain is contained within the Lewis Fork Wilderness, while the entire area is part of the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area, which itself is a part of the Jefferson National Forest. The mountain is named for William Barton Rogers, a Virginian educated at the College of William & Mary, who taught at William & Mary and the University of Virginia, became Virginia's first State Geologist, and went on to found the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The summit is most easily accessed from Grayson Highlands State Park by following the Appalachian Trail southbound for 3.5 mi (5.6 km) to a blue-blazed trail leading to the summit, which is covered by trees and marked with four National Geodetic Survey triangulation station disks; a standard station disk marked with an equilateral triangle and three standard reference disks marked with arrows pointing towards the station disk. One reference disk has been obscured by dense overgrowth. Because the Appalachian Trail passes within a half mile of the summit, the area is especially popular with hikers.
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Wikidata Q688645, referenced by the OpenStreetMap record.
What the record says
- Elevation
- 1744 m
How to reach it
- 1.7 mi off the Mount Rogers Scenic Byway
- 17.0 mi off the New River Valley Byway
- 22.6 mi off the Blue Ridge Parkway, National
- 28.7 mi off the US 421 Scenic Byway
Overlooks nearby
- Jumpinoff Rock Overlook · 26 mi
- Alligator Back Overlook · 26 mi
- Wildcat Rock Overlook · 26 mi
- Mount Jefferson View · 26 mi
Named places within 25 miles
- Pine Mountain: 1.3 mi
- Wilburn Ridge: 1.6 mi
- Balsam Mountain: 2.1 mi
- Grave Mountain: 2.8 mi
- Haw Orchard Mountain: 2.9 mi
- Laurel Creek Park: 13.7 mi
- Backbone Rock Recreation Area: 15.6 mi
- Ashe County Park: 15.9 mi
- Family Central: 17.0 mi
- Paddy Mountain Park: 17.6 mi
- Smyth County Museum: 12.1 mi
- Mountain Farm Life Museum: 15.8 mi
- Museum of Ashe County History: 17.0 mi
- Museum Of The Middle Appalachians: 19.5 mi
- Welcome Center and Museum: 19.6 mi
- Comer’s Creek Falls: 5.4 mi
- Straight Branch Falls: 9.5 mi
- Gentry Creek Falls: 10.9 mi
- Whitetop Laurel Falls: 11.5 mi
- Sharpes Falls: 13.9 mi
- Paddy Mountain Plant Conservation Preserve: 16.8 mi
- Clinch Mountian: 20.2 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 20.5 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 20.6 mi
- Clinch Mountain WMA: 20.8 mi
- AT2020: 13.0 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 13.0 mi
- Wheel of Freedom: 13.8 mi
- Another Way (ShortCut): 16.9 mi
- Johnson County Veterans Memorial Wall: 19.2 mi
- Big Pinnacle: 2.8 mi
- Listening Rock: 3.5 mi
- Where Trails Cross: 13.4 mi
- Virginia Creeper Trail Visitor Ctr: 13.8 mi
- Brig Spring: 9.8 mi
- Cave Spring: 11.1 mi
- Boiling Spring: 11.6 mi
- Big Spring: 19.4 mi
- Mount Jefferson Picnic Area: 18.2 mi
- Trials Playground: 22.1 mi
- Elk Knob Picnic Area: 23.8 mi
- Newman Basket Company: 13.6 mi
- Wooly: 19.5 mi
- Backbone Rock: 15.7 mi
- Morrison Cliff: 23.6 mi
- Shady Grove Gardens & Nursery: 18.2 mi
- Elk Shoals: 21.2 mi
Other summits around it
The highest named summits within 9.4 miles of Mount Rogers. Elevation from each summit’s own record; bearing measured between the two coordinates.
| Summit | Bearing | Elevation | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wilburn Ridge | ESE 109° | 1,689 m | 1.6 mi |
| Pine Mountain | E 99° | 1,684 m | 1.3 mi |
| Whitetop Mountain | WSW 247° | 1,684 m | 3.7 mi |
| Buzzard Rock | WSW 247° | 1,553 m | 4.3 mi |
| Little Pinnacle | SE 136° | 1,551 m | 3.2 mi |
| Grave Mountain | NNW 339° | 1,540 m | 2.8 mi |
| Haw Orchard Mountain | SE 137° | 1,526 m | 2.9 mi |
| Beech Mountain | WSW 250° | 1,513 m | 4.8 mi |
When to go
Light through the year
| Date | Sunrise | Golden hour | Sunset |
|---|---|---|---|
| March equinox | 07:31 | 19:04 | 19:38 |
| June solstice | 06:09 | 20:10 | 20:49 |
| September equinox | 07:15 | 18:51 | 19:25 |
| December solstice | 07:36 | 16:34 | 17:15 |
Local time (America/New_York).
Climate normals
Months averaging 50–80 °F: May–Oct.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg °F | 33 | 35 | 41 | 50 | 58 | 66 | 70 | 68 | 63 | 52 | 42 | 36 |
| Precip in | 3.9 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.8 | 5.3 | 4.4 | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 4.0 |
1991–2020 U.S. Climate Normals, NOAA NCEI — Jefferson 2 E, 18 mi away.
Where this comes from
Location and category confirmed against OpenStreetMap.
OpenStreetMapWikipediaWikidataOpenStreetMap element node/356573522
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