This article comprises three sortable tables of the major mountain peaks of Virginia. This article defines a significant summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence, and a major summit as a summit with at least of topographic prominence. All summits in this article have at least 500 meters of topographic prominence. An ultra-prominent summit is a summit with at least of topographic prominence.
The summit of a mountain or hill may be measured in three principal ways: The topographic elevation of a summit measures the height of the summit above a geodetic sea level. The first table below ranks the major summits of Virginia by elevation. The topographic prominence of a summit is a measure of how high the summit rises above its surroundings. The second table below ranks the 50 most prominent summits of Virginia. The topographic isolation (or radius of dominance) of a summit measures how far the summit lies from its nearest point of equal elevation. The third table below ranks the 11 most isolated major summits of Virginia.
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Highest major summits
Of these 11 peaks, 2 in Augusta County, 2 are located in Tazewell County, 2 in Giles County, and the 5 other mountains lie on 9 different counties. +The 11 highest summits of Virginia with over 500 meters of topographic prominenceRankMountain peakCountyMountain rangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation1Grayson CountySmyth County, VirginiaBlue Ridge Mountains2Tazewell CountyRidge-and-Valley Appalachians3Augusta CountyRidge-and-Valley Appalachians4Tazewell CountyRidge-and-Valley Appalachians5Augusta County US Geological Survey, Feature Detail Report for: Reddish Knob, https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:0::NO::P3_FID:1486547Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians6Bald KnobBald Knob is the highest summit of Giles County, VirginiaGiles CountyRidge-and-Valley Appalachians7Bedford CountyBotetourt CountyBlue Ridge Mountains8Wise CountyCumberland Mountains9Giles CountyRidge-and-Valley Appalachians10Rocky MountainRocky Mountain is the highest summit of both Amherst and Rockbridge County, VirginiaAmherst CountyRockbridge CountyBlue Ridge Mountains11Madison CountyPage CountyBlue Ridge Mountains
Most prominent summits
+The 11 most topographically prominent summits of VirginiaRankMountain peakCountyMountain rangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation1Bedford CountyBotetourt CountyBlue Ridge Mountains2Grayson CountySmyth County, VirginiaBlue Ridge Mountains3Augusta CountyRidge-and-Valley Appalachians4Rocky MountainRocky Mountain is the highest summit of both Amherst and Rockbridge County, VirginiaAmherst CountyRockbridge CountyBlue Ridge Mountains5Madison CountyPage CountyBlue Ridge Mountains6Tazewell CountyRidge-and-Valley Appalachians7Wise CountyCumberland Mountains8Bald KnobBald Knob is the highest summit of Giles County, VirginiaGiles CountyRidge-and-Valley Appalachians9Augusta County US Geological Survey, Feature Detail Report for: Reddish Knob, https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:0::NO::P3_FID:1486547Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians10Tazewell CountyRidge-and-Valley Appalachians11Giles CountyRidge-and-Valley Appalachians
Most isolated major summits
+The 11 most topographically isolated summits of Virginia with at least 500 metres of topographic prominenceRankMountain peakCountyMountain rangeElevationProminenceIsolationLocation1Bald KnobBald Knob is the highest summit of Giles County, VirginiaGiles CountyRidge-and-Valley Appalachians2Grayson CountySmyth County, VirginiaBlue Ridge Mountains3Wise CountyCumberland Mountains4Madison CountyPage CountyBlue Ridge Mountains5Bedford CountyBotetourt CountyBlue Ridge Mountains6Tazewell CountyRidge-and-Valley Appalachians7Augusta CountyRidge-and-Valley Appalachians8Rocky MountainRocky Mountain is the highest summit of both Amherst and Rockbridge County, VirginiaAmherst CountyRockbridge CountyBlue Ridge Mountains9Augusta County US Geological Survey, Feature Detail Report for: Reddish Knob, https://geonames.usgs.gov/apex/f?p=gnispq:3:0::NO::P3_FID:1486547Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians10Giles CountyRidge-and-Valley Appalachians11Tazewell CountyRidge-and-Valley Appalachians
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