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Mount Rogers, Virginia
Prominence: 2449 ft, 746 m
Elevation: 5729 feet, 1746 meters
True Isolation: 40.5 mi, 65.19 km
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
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Mount Rogers at SummitPost.org
Rogers, Mount 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)
Combined USA-Canada-Mexico State/Province High Points
(Rank #52)
Eastern U.S. County High Points over 4500 feet
(Rank #15)
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 #427)
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:
994
Show all viewable ascents/attempts
(Total: 900)
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
2010-07-18 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
2016-10-08 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
2018-07-10 by Mike Gourley (GPS Track)
2018-07-27 by Paul McClellan (GPS Track)
2020-06-25 by David Odenwalder
2020-09-23 by Andy Hatzos (GPS Track)
2020-09-30 by Don Elwell
2020-10-27 by David Winston (GPS Track)
2021-03-27 by Anthony Wilkinson
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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
:
Calloway Peak-East Summit
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
:
Calloway Peak-East Summit
(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
Wilderness/Special Area: Lewis Fork Wilderness Area (Highest Point)
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
Dynamic 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
.
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Daughter and I sitting near the geological marker for the summit of Mount Rogers (2015-07-29). Photo by
Jason Miles
.
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Sunset at Thomas Knob Shelter (2015-10-10). Photo by
John Kriz
.
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The forested summit of Rogers (2016-01-03). Photo by
Josh Brooks
.
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Mount Rogers (2017-02-02). Photo by
Shawn Dunn
.
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3 Year old taking a break on Wilburn Ridge (2018-06-07). Photo by
Graham Poteet
.
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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
.
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Mount Rogers summit 2019-07-19 (2019-07-19). Photo by
Ryan Palmer
.
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Mount Rogers, VA (2020-12-06). Photo by
Mark Swiontek
.
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