Roanoke: Mount Rogers

MTR01

Dist: 3.61 mi	Points: 90	Calories: none
Time: none	Speed: 0.0 mph	Pace: 0:00 / mi

A pony waits for hand-outs

Location: 36.654121°, -81.519745°
© Shannon Davis

Pony #1

Location: 36.654293°, -81.518761°
Grayson Highlands Pony -- they're friendly, but have been known to nip curiously at passersby. © Shannon Davis

Pony #2

Location: 36.654636°, -81.519363°
The ponies aren't technically wild, but free-roaming. © Shannon Davis

Spur trail

Location: 36.658234°, -81.537338°
Take this side trail off the AT into the woods of the summit. © Shannon Davis

Summit

Location: 36.659817°, -81.544655°
There's no view up here, but look down to find the official high point benchmark. © Shannon Davis

Thomas Knob Shelter

Location: 36.656391°, -81.535110°
Two-level shelter boasts a solar powered privy nearby. © Shannon Davis

Trailhead

Location: 36.633835°, -81.508705°
Rhododendron Trail trailhead. © Shannon Davis

MTR001

Location: 36.633331°, -81.508781°
Head N from parking lot on blue-blazed Rhododendron Trail

MTR002

Location: 36.634499°, -81.509354°
Straight at 4-way, following Rhododendron Trail

MTR003

Location: 36.639183°, -81.509415°
L @ T onto white-blazed Appalachian Trail

MTR004

Location: 36.641743°, -81.515106°
Head N, crossing four other trails within next 400 ft.; follow white blazes, leaving time to take in views to S

MTR005

Location: 36.654099°, -81.519150°
If you’re lucky, you’ll see friendly but wild ponies grazing in highlands

MTR006

Location: 36.657600°, -81.522202°
Pass thickets of purple-flowered Catawba rho-dodendron; head W on Appalachian Trail, away from Crest Trail and Pine Mountain Trail to NE

MTR007

Location: 36.655315°, -81.525703°
Look S along Cabin Ridge for excellent views of the valleys below; on a clear day, the Blue Ridge Parkway may be visible 70 mi. away

MTR008

Location: 36.656631°, -81.535118°
Thomas Knob Shelter, a 2-story open cabin with solar-powered privy. White-tailed deer graze in nearby meadows

MTR009

Location: 36.658150°, -81.537636°
R @ T onto Mt. Rogers spur trail; gentle 300 ft. climb to summit

MTR010

Location: 36.660049°, -81.544884°
Mt. Rogers (5,729 ft.). VA’s densely wooded high point lacks the wide-angle views of surrounding ridgelines and balds. Return to car