Mount Rogers National Recreation Area

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Mount Rogers National Recreation Area
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Mount Rogers National Recreation Area, with Mount Rogers in the background
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Location of Mount Rogers National Recreation Area in Virginia
LocationVirginia, United States
Coordinates 36°38′46″N81°34′58″W / 36.64611°N 81.58278°W / 36.64611; -81.58278
Area154,816 acres (626.52 km2)
Elevation4,475 ft (1,364 m)
Established1966-05-31
Operator George Washington and Jefferson National Forests
Website Mount Rogers National Recreation Area

Mount Rogers National Recreation Area is a United States national recreation area (NRA) in southwestern Virginia near the border with Tennessee and North Carolina. It centerpiece is the Lewis Fork Wilderness containing Mount Rogers, the highest point in the state of Virginia with a summit elevation of 5,729 feet (1746 m). The recreation area is under the jurisdiction of the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests. The recreation area was established by an act of the United States Congress on May 31, 1966.

Contents

Grayson Highlands State Park adjoins the recreation area on the south, near Mount Rogers, and the park provides the best known access to the peak and the NRA.

The recreation area is within the Mount Rogers Cluster .

Hiking

There are nearly 500 miles (800 kilometers) of hiking trails within Mount Rogers NRA making it one of the premier hiking hotspots in the Appalachian Mountains. Some of the trails in Mount Rogers NRA include:

Wilderness

There are four federally designated wilderness areas in Mount Rogers NRA: [1]

Together, these four wilderness areas comprise about 18,500 acres of forest. [1]

Other activities

References

  1. 1 2 "Wildernesses". George Washington & Jefferson National Forests. Retrieved November 9, 2018.