Whitetop, Virginia

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Whitetop is an unincorporated community in Grayson County, Virginia, United States. [1] It is the southern terminus of the Virginia Creeper Trail. Whitetop is named for nearby Whitetop Mountain, the second-tallest independent mountain in the State of Virginia, behind Mount Rogers. The town is about four miles northeast of the North Carolina–Tennessee–Virginia Corners.

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References

  1. "Whitetop". Geographic Names Information System . United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior . Retrieved March 1, 2014.

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