A photo story

Mount Rogers, Virginia

Laura and I made it to Mount Rogers, the highest point in Virginia, in May 2025. The top is all spruce and fir woods with no big view, so my summit shot ended up being the old Coast and Geodetic Survey benchmark disk set in the rock up there, with needles scattered around it. It was late morning and only around 46, with a breeze around 7 miles an hour.

Mount Rogers sits on the line between Grayson and Smyth counties, inside the Mount Rogers National Recreation Area, and the high point is in the trees rather than on a bare rock cap. Right after the benchmark, Laura and I took a selfie under the spruce with the sun coming through the branches. It was my 23rd state high point.

Same day: In the Blue Ridge Mountains