Peaks of Otter

bedrock at the top of the Peaks of Otter is a billion years old
Source: Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy, Geologic Map of the Roanoke 30 X 60-minute Quadrangle (Publication 148)

Thomas Jefferson thought the Peaks of Otter could the highest mountains in North America:¹

The mountains of the Blue ridge, and of these the Peaks of Otter, are thought to be of a greater height, measured from their base, than any others in our country, and perhaps in North America. From data, which may found a tolerable conjecture, we suppose the highest peak to be about 4000 feet perpendicular

Links

• Peaks of Otter Lodge
• Virginia Department of Game and Inland Fisheries (DGIF)
• Abbott Lake



Sharp Top at dawn, viewed from the lodge across Abbott Lake


Peaks of Otter Lodge at Abbott Lake


Sharp Top and Abbott Lake

References

1. Thomas Jefferson, Notes on the State of Virginia, 1788, https://docsouth.unc.edu/southlit/jefferson/jefferson.html (last checked April 25, 2019)

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