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The Priest, Virginia

Prominence: 783 ft, 238 m

Elevation: 4063 feet, 1238 meters

True Isolation: 6.68 mi, 10.75 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 4062 ft / 1238 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	37° 49' 11'' N, 79° 3' 45'' W 37.819774, -79.062543 (Dec Deg) 670527 E 4187587 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Virginia
County/Second Level Region	Nelson (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "The Priest": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites The Priest at SummitPost.org The Priest at ListsOfJohn.com Weather for The Priest at Mountain-Forecast.com CoHP.org Trip Report for Nelson, VA by Dale Millsap and Ryan Bowles CoHP.org Trip Report for Nelson, VA by Don Desrosiers CoHP.org Trip Report for Nelson, VA by Roy Schweiker CoHP.org Trip Report for Nelson, VA by Scott Surgent CoHP.org Trip Report for Nelson, VA by Michael Schwartz Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain The Priest: Virginia County/Ind. City High Points (Rank #19) High Points of Counties Crossed by the Appalachian Trail (Rank #47) Southern USA CoHPs (Rank #74) Southeastern Wilderness High Points (Rank #26) Virginia 4000-foot peaks (Rank #81) High Points of Counties in 13 Original States (Rank #53)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 126 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 113) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 2003-05-28 by Alan Beck 2004-08-07 by Joseph Hirniak 2006 by Norman Ouellette 2006-08-03 by Scott Surgent 2007-07-21 by Ben Lostracco 2008-12-06 by Ken Grover (Unsuccessful) 2011-06-25 by Scott Parkins 2012-03-25 by Rickey Shortt 2012-08-18 by James Barlow (GPS Track) 2014-01-18 by Alex Houpt 2015-03-28 by Tomoko Nakajima 2016-04-02 by James E. Tetazoo, III (GPS Track) 2017-07-24 by Mike Stinson 2017-10-08 by Cassidy Stinson 2018-08-04 by John Kriz (GPS Track)
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The Priest, with it's peak shrouded in clouds (2015-04-07). Photo by Roland Ryan. Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence	Key Col Page (Detailed prominence information) Clean Prominence: 783 ft/238 m Optimistic Prominence: 823 ft/250 m Key Col: 3280 ft/1000 m
Isolation	Isolation Page (Detailed isolation information) Distance: 6.68 mi/10.75 km Isolation Limit Point: 37.7958, -79.1808 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database: Rocky Mountain (WSW)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Appalachian Mountains Range3: Blue Ridge Mountains Range4: Northern Blue Ridge Range5: South Central Virginia Blue Ridge
Drainage Basins	James Chesapeake Bay Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: George Washington-Jefferson National Forest Wilderness/Special Area: Priest Wilderness Area (Highest Point)
Topo Map	Massies Mill O37079g1 1:24,000
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Great view from the ridge (2018-08-05). Photo by John Kriz.
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