The County Highpoints of
Virginia

ALBEMARLE
Big Flat Mountain

APPOMATTOX
Kyles Mountain

AUGUSTA
Elliott Knob

BATH
Paddy Knob

BEDFORD
Apple Orchard Peak

BOTETOURT
Apple Orchard Peak

CAROLINE
Goose Hill Road

CLARKE
Paris Benchmark

FAUQUIER
Blue Mountain

FLUVANNA
Zion Croassroads

GRAYSON
Mount Rogers

JAMES CITY
Old Stage Road

KING WILLIAM
Calno Crossroads

LOUDOUN
Blue Mountains

LOUISA
Jordan Store Road

MADISON
Hawksbill Mountain

NELSON
Maintop & The Priest

NORTHAMPTON
Butler's Bluff

PAGE
Hawksbill Mountain

POWHATAN
Red Lane

PRINCE EDWARD
Lyle Mountain

PRINCE WILLIAM
Bull Run Mountains

RAPPAHANNOCK
The Pinnacles

ROCKBRIDGE
Rocky Mountain

ROCKINGHAM
Flagpole Knob

SMYTH
Mount Rogers

WARREN
Hog Back Mountain

YORK
Lightfoot Shell

Big House Mountain
Classic Lexington-area hike

The Independent City Highpoints
Buena Vista, Hampton, Lexington,
Manassas,Newport News, Richmond,
Staunton, Williamsburg & Winchester

  L I N K S

Virginia County Highpoints
www.cohp.org

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Main Highpoints Page

In 2001 I visited the southern bit of Virginia and bagged the state highpoint, Mount Rogers. This may have been it for me regarding Virginia if I hadn't met and married my wife Beth, whose folks live in northern Virginia. We visit (or try to) about once a year, so whenever possible we work in a few highpoints in Virginia, nearby West Virginia, and even Maryland. The Appalachian peaks are great fun and some of the best hiking I have ever experienced. This was Beth's old stomping grounds; she hiked the trails here for years before moving west.

One thing to note about Virginia: Apparently the state allows its cities the option to "secede" from the surrounding county and attain "independent city" status. Whereas some states may have at most one independent city, Virginia has 40 such cities. For county highpoints, they count as a county-like civil subdivision. They count as county (equivalent) highpoints, and we do them on a convenience basis only. Sometimes they're interesting hills, but mostly they are in a street or someone's alleyway.

The Census Bureau has a tidy little website that details the various changes in county and county-like changes over the last 40+ years. Most of these have to do with Virginia's independent cities. Check it out here.


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