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 Return To The 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. Click on the image for a full-size version