Mount Rogers

OVERVIEW:
HEIGHT:	1,746 m
LOCATION:	Virginia, United States
MOUNTAINS:	Blue Ridge Mountains
FIRST ASCENT:	not known

General:

Mount Rogers is the highest point in the state of Virginia, USA with a height of 1746 m The mountain top can be easily reached via a well-marked trail from Grayson Highlands National Park.
The Appalachian Trail passes just below the summit, making it particularly popular with hikers.
The Mount Rogers area contains unique evidence of Virginia`s geological history.
Rocks proved that volcanoes used to be part of the landscape, but not in the last 200 million years.
About 750 million years ago, the volcanoes erupted and poured out along the median line that later became the Appalachian Mountains.
A remnant of this volcanic zone, with its volcanic rock, can still be seen on Mount Rogers today.