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Rogers Ridge is a protected wildland in the Appalachian Mountains spanning western Virginia and eastern Tennessee within the George Washington and Jefferson and Cherokee National Forests. Recognized by The Wilderness Society as a Mountain Treasure and part of the Mount Rogers Cluster, it is valued for open high country, expansive balds, broad views, waterfalls on Gentry Creek, and an unusually open woodland character. Its rich natural history includes mountain bogs, old-growth forest, diverse wildflowers, trout streams, and the last authenticated sighting of an eastern cougar. Protected through federal roadless and scenic area management, it remains a remote landscape prized for quiet ridges and backcountry scenery.
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Damascus, Virginia · United States