Mount Rogers, Virginia

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 5729 ft / 1746 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	36° 39' 36'' N, 81° 32' 42'' W 36.660052, -81.5449 (Dec Deg) 451302 E 4057300 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Virginia (Highest Point)
County/Second Level Region	Grayson (Highest Point) Smyth (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Mount Rogers":      Wikipedia Search      Microsoft Bing Search      Google Search      Yahoo Search Other Web Sites      Mount Rogers at SummitPost.org      Mount Rogers at ListsOfJohn.com      Weather for Mount Rogers at Mountain-Forecast.com      CoHP.org Trip Report for Grayson, VA by Don Desrosiers      CoHP.org Trip Report for Grayson, VA by Ron Tagliapietra      CoHP.org Trip Report for Grayson, VA by Thomas Harper      CoHP.org Trip Report for Grayson, VA by Julie Shoemaker Weather and Snow      National Weather Service Forecast      NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Mount Rogers:      Contiguous 48 U.S. State High Points (Rank #17)      U.S. State High Points (Rank #19)      United States State/Territory High Points (Rank #19)      Eastern USA Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #35)      EPIC List - States of the USA (Rank #28)      Eastern U.S. County High Points over 4500 feet (Rank #15)      Combined USA-Canada-Mexico State/Province High Points (Rank #52)      Fifty Highest Eastern CoHPs (Rank #12)      Southeast/Ozark USA Peaks with 2000 feet of Prominence (Rank #12)      2000-foot Prominence CoHPs - 48 States (Rank #195)      CoHP High Five List (Rank #82)      High Points of Counties Crossed by the Appalachian Trail (Rank #10)      100 Highest Eastern CoHPs (Rank #12)      U.S. National Forest High Points (Rank #84)      Southeast USA Top 50 by Prominence (Rank #12)      Eastern USA 5000-foot Peaks (Rank #61)      USA Lower 48 Range5 High Points (Rank #428)      Virginia 4500-foot Peaks (Rank #1)      High Points of Counties in 13 Original States (Rank #12)      Virginia County/Ind. City High Points (Rank #1)      Virginia 4000-foot peaks (Rank #1) (Peak is on over 20 lists; Not all shown here.) Selected Guidebook(s) for this Peak:        Fifty State Summits, Guide with Maps to State Highpoints (Zumwalt)        Highpoints of the United States: A Guide to the Fifty State Summits (Holmes)        Highpoint Adventures: The Complete Guide to the 50 State Highpoints (Winger)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 904      Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 831) Selected Trip Reports from this site:      2000-05-25 by Scott Surgent      2006-08 by Victor Zhou      2007-03-24 by John Hasch (Unsuccessful)      2007-06-22 by John Hasch      2010-05-12 by Clarence Mayo      2010-07-18 by Keith Turner      2011-02-06 by Lee Newton      2011-03-19 by Tom Layton      2011-04-02 by Marlin Thorman (GPS Track)      2011-06-04 by Micah Stiegler      2012-06-26 by Alan Barber      2013-06-21 by Boyd Harter      2013-07-17 by Peter Stone      2013-08-05 by Bill Reese      2013-09-15 by Ryan Turner (GPS Track)      2014-11-24 by Wayne Snyder      2015-05-22 by William Musser      2016-09-10 by Ronald Land      2016-10-08 by Walter Blume (GPS Track)      2017-05-26 by Coby King (GPS Track)      2017-07-16 by Eric Davidson      2018-04-05 by Alden Holmes      2018-05-27 by Kyle Lundberg      2018-07-10 by Mike Gourley (GPS Track)      2018-07-27 by Paul McClellan (GPS Track)
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The summit of Mount Rogers is a clearing in deep forest (1984-08-18).
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Prominence	Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)   Clean Prominence: 2449 ft/746 m   Optimistic Prominence: 2489 ft/758 m   Line Parent: Grandfather Mountain   Key Col: Payne Gap    3280 ft/1000 m
Isolation	Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)    Distance: 40.5 mi/65.19 km    Isolation Limit Point: 36.113063, -81.809822 Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:     Grandfather Mountain  (SSW)
Ranges	Continent: North America Range2: Appalachian Mountains Range3: Blue Ridge Mountains Range4: Western Blue Ridge Ranges Range5: Iron Mountains-Mount Rogers (Highest Point) Range6: Mount Rogers Range (Highest Point)
Drainage Basins	New (HP) Kanawha (HP) Ohio Mississippi Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean South Fork Holston Holston Tennessee Ohio Mississippi Gulf of Mexico Atlantic Ocean
Ownership	Land: George Washington-Jefferson National Forest (Highest Point)/Mount Rogers National Recreation Area
Topo Map	Whitetop Mountain O36081f5 1:24,000
Route #1	Maintained Hiking Trail Trailhead: 4450 ft/1356 m Vertical Gain: 1279 ft/390 m Distance (one way): 2.5 mi/4.02 km
Data Source	1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map
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Other Photos

On the way to the VA State HP summit, hiking along Wilburn Ridge, there are many open vista with wild Shetland Ponies (2015-05-22). Photo by Karen Musser. Click here for larger-size photo.

Daughter and I sitting near the geological marker for the summit of Mount Rogers (2015-07-29). Photo by Jason Miles. Click here for larger-size photo.

Sunset at Thomas Knob Shelter (2015-10-10). Photo by John Kriz. Click here for larger-size photo.

The forested summit of Rogers (2016-01-03). Photo by Josh Brooks. Click here for larger-size photo.

Mount Rogers (2017-02-02). Photo by Shawn Dunn. Click here for larger-size photo.

3 Year old taking a break on Wilburn Ridge (2018-06-07). Photo by Graham Poteet. Click here for larger-size photo.

Mount Rogers HP # 5 (2012-05-09). Photo by Iwan Auderset. Click here for larger-size photo.

Very hard climb only to have the huge letdown of standing in the forest. No views. Wife injured hip when taking a gainer on the trail. (2019-03-17). Photo by PETER GRAFTON. Click here for larger-size photo.

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