Mount Rogers

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Mount Rogers
Elevation	5,729 feet (1,746 metres)
Location	Virginia, United States <tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">Range</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">Blue Ridge Mountains</td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">Prominence</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">2,469 ft (752m)<ref name="peakbagger.com">Mount Rogers on peakbagger.com</ref></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">Coordinates</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">36°39′35″N, 81°32′41″W</td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">Topo map</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">USGS Whitetop Mountain</td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">First ascent</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">unknown</td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">Easiest route</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">hike</td></tr>

Mount Rogers

5,729 feet (1,746 metres)

Location

<tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">Range</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">Blue Ridge Mountains</td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">Prominence</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">2,469 ft (752m)<ref name="peakbagger.com">Mount Rogers on peakbagger.com</ref></td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">Coordinates</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">36°39′35″N, 81°32′41″W</td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">Topo map</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">USGS Whitetop Mountain</td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">First ascent</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">unknown</td></tr><tr><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; border-right: 1px solid #999966; background: #e7dcc3; width: 85px">Easiest route</td><td style="border-top: 1px solid #999966; width: 220px">hike</td></tr>

Mount Rogers is the highest point in the state of Virginia, USA, with a summit elevation of 5,729 feet (1,746 metres) above mean sea level. It is in Grayson County near the town of Damascus within Mount Rogers National Recreation Area.

The summit is most easily accessed from Grayson Highlands State Park using a well marked trail system. The summit is covered by trees and marked with a National Geodetic Survey triangulation station disk. The Appalachian Trail passes right beneath the summit and thus the area is especially popular with hikers.