: ''See ''
Rocky Mountain'' for other mountains of the same name.''
Rocky Mountain is a
peak of the
Blue Ridge Mountains in
Virginia.
It is located about 2 miles (3.5 km) east of
Irish Gap, on the border of
Rockbridge County
Rockbridge County is a county in the Shenandoah Valley on the western edge of the Commonwealth of Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 22,650. Its county seat is the city of Lexington. Rockbridge County completely surrounds the ...
and
Amherst County
Amherst County is a county, located in the Piedmont region and near the center of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The county is part of the Lynchburg Metropolitan Statistical Area, and its county seat is also named Amherst. ...
; it is the highest point of both counties.
Rocky Mountain is flanked to the northeast by
Elk Pond Mountain, to the southwest by Grapevine Ridge, and to the south by
Tar Jacket Ridge (3,860 ft / 1,180 m).
Rocky Mountain stands within the
watershed
Watershed is a hydrological term, which has been adopted in other fields in a more or less figurative sense. It may refer to:
Hydrology
* Drainage divide, the line that separates neighbouring drainage basins
* Drainage basin, called a "watershe ...
of the
James River
The James River is a river in the U.S. state of Virginia that begins in the Appalachian Mountains and flows U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed April 1, 2011 to Chesapea ...
, which drains into
Chesapeake Bay.
The northwest side of Rocky Mtn. drains into the Nettle Springs Branch of Nettle Creek, thence into Irish Creek, the
South River, the
Maury River, and the James River.
The southwest side of Rocky Mtn. drains into Statons Creek, thence into the
Pedlar River and the James.
The east side of Rocky Mtn. drains into the Greasy Spring Branch of the South Fork of the
Piney River, thence into the
Tye River and the James.
Rocky Mountain is located in the
George Washington National Forest.
The summit of Rocky Mtn. is occupied by several radio towers, accessed by a dead-end dirt road. A VDEN packet node, ROCKND, is also located on this mountaintop.
The
Appalachian Trail, a 2,170-mile (3,500-km)
National Scenic Trail from
Georgia to
Maine, passes 0.3 miles (0.5 km) to the southeast of the summit, while the
Blue Ridge Parkway passes . (1 km) to the northwest.
Notes
External links
*
PeakBagger.com: Rocky Mountain
Mountains of Virginia
Blue Ridge Mountains
Mountains of Rockbridge County, Virginia
Mountains of Amherst County, Virginia
Mountains on the Appalachian Trail
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