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Whitetop Mountain, Virginia

Elevation: 5520+ feet, 1682+ meters

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 5520 - 5560 ft (40-foot closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation: 5520 ft / 1682 m (Range 5520 - 5560 ft)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	36° 38' 20'' N; 81° 36' 20'' W 36.638795, -81.605694 (Dec Deg) 445854E 4054975N Zone 17 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	Virginia
County/Second Level Region	Washington (Highest Point) Grayson Smyth
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Whitetop Mountain": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites CoHP.org Trip Report for Washington, VA by Michael Schwartz CoHP.org Trip Report for Washington, VA by Hans Haustein Lists that contain Whitetop Mountain: Virginia 4500-foot Peaks (Rank #2) Virginia County/Ind. City High Points (Rank #3) High Points of Counties Crossed by the Appalachian Trail (Rank #14) Fifty Highest Eastern CoHPs (Rank #16) Eastern U.S. County High Points over 4500 feet (Rank #20) Southern USA CoHPs (Rank #25) CoHP High Five List (Rank #85) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 2003-05-07 by Alan Beck 2007-03-24 by John Hasch 2008-05-29 by Terry Wheeler 2009-05-16 by Kenith Threatte 2010-10-17 by Tom Layton 2011-02-20 by Jay Kell (Unsuccessful) 2011-09-14 by Scott Parkins 2012-08-12 by James Barlow View ascents of peak by registered Peakbagger.com members. Nearby Peak Searches: Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Whitetop Mountain Elevation Ladder from Whitetop Mountain Prominence Ladder from Whitetop Mountain

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Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Appalachian Mountains
Range3: Blue Ridge Mountains
Range4: Western Blue Ridge Ranges
Range5: Iron Mountains-Mount Rogers
Range6: Mount Rogers Range

Drainage Basins

New
Kanawha
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

South Fork Holston
Holston
Tennessee
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

Ownership

Land: George Washington-Jefferson National Forest/Mount Rogers National Recreation Area
Wilderness/Special Area: Mount Rogers NRA

Topo Map

Whitetop Mountain O36081f5 1:24,000

Prominence

Clean Prominence: 1040 ft/316 m
Optimistic Prominence: 1120 ft/340 m
Key Col: Elk Garden 4480 ft/1366 m  (40 foot contour)
Col elevation in range between 4440 and 4480 feet.
    Topo Map: Whitetop Mountain O36081f5 1:24,000
    Key Col Lat/Long: 36° 38' 47'' N; 81° 34' 58'' W
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Isolation

3.68 mi/5.93 km
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
Mount Rogers (ENE)
Not verified: May be a major NHN that is not in the database.

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