An exciting drive up to the trailhead (from the Virginia side), but the FAA tower was really strange.
mad maximus - May 28, 2009 5:08 pm Date Climbed: May 22, 2009
Nothing to see ...
Boring HP. Not much to see... short walk uphill.
Redwic - May 27, 2009 2:32 am Date Climbed: May 24, 2009
Nice Way To End The Day...
After having already summited multiple other peaks and hiked many miles of trails earlier in the day, this was a pleasant way to end the day. Rather than drive to the summit, I walked the final 0.1-mile up to the summit area (What a workout!!! lol). I then looked for, and found, the USGS Benchmark.
This was State Highpoint #37 for me, overall.
LMatallana - Apr 3, 2009 11:50 pm Date Climbed: Mar 14, 2009
Amazing Race
Justin Boyle HP #6, Luis Matallana HP #7
3 of 6 HPs for the weekend. This HP does look like a construction site.
skinnywhitecomic - Sep 1, 2008 4:34 pm Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2008
HP #5
This took forever to find, because GoogleMaps got me lost. I eventually made it to the tower at 9:30 at night. But since I couldn't see anything, and it was scary being up there by myself at night, I stayed just long enough to get a picture in front of the tower and get the hell out of there. I do wish I had gotten a picture of the USGS marker.
Chinigo - Aug 19, 2008 1:59 pm Date Climbed: Jun 8, 2003
HP #8 - short walk
I (with my wife (Tracy) and son (Alex), then almost 3 yrs old) did this as part of our second family HP trip.
Not exactly a beautiful mountaintop.
kavak - Jul 1, 2008 10:17 am Date Climbed: Sep 23, 1985
Appalachia Route
My wife and son were with me on this one. They did not have any interest in the summit at the time, so I hiked the short distance on my own. When I returned there was a pickup next to my car. I went over to talk with them and they told me it wasn't safe to leave my family in the car there. I wasn't completely sure what they meant by that but we left there with somewhat of a loss of innocence in the highpointing world.
2skinners - Jun 29, 2008 11:44 pm Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2008
HP # 14
Originally planned to do 3 Highpoints this weekend but weather and time became a factor. Originally was going to forget this one for VA & TN but ended up doing this one when thunderstorms and lots of rain were called for VA. My wife and I had just avoided a thunderstorm in TN and drove our way to the top of this HP. The drive was pretty, the summit was not. It still was better than Delewares' (mainly because nobody was watching me take a picture of myself up here, so I didn't have to be embarrassed) Found the benchmark under the tower. Glad to be done with this one. Alot of driving for 2 days!!
Ilafan - Jun 25, 2008 8:46 pm Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2008
Milk snake and coal
I liked this HP despite breaking my damn camera while climbing the fire tower. I saw my first ever poisonous snake here...a beautiful copperhead. Ooops. Not a copperhead, but still beautiful. It was a milk snake.
Tracy - Jun 7, 2008 12:06 am Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2008
19th state highpoint
I drove to the top and found a survey marker (benchmark) under the rickety old tower on what has been described as the true highpoint. Views from the top of the old tower are pretty good (the bottom ten feet of stairs are missing). There was country music blaring from inside one of the equipment shelter buildings, but no one else was around.
Climbed up from Rt 160 along the paved service road. Saw a van with a Nebraska license coming down as I was going up. I'm sure they were highpointers, as I am. The top was a little disgusting, but the walk through the woods reminding me a lot of Northern PA, where I am from. Everything was still dead and spring had not yet sprung on the higher elevations of these mountains.
jimegan - Feb 7, 2008 12:28 pm Date Climbed: Oct 25, 2007
BLACK MTN
HARD PART WAS FINDING IT ON DRIVE FROM MT ROGERS, VA. YOU SHOULD GET PRIOR PERMISSION FROM OWNERS. HP#46
eric-griz - Nov 9, 2007 8:17 pm Date Climbed: Oct 8, 2006
Illegal visit
I didn't sign the waiver! Take that King Coal!!!
weeds19 - Sep 27, 2007 12:47 am Date Climbed: May 22, 2003
Litter central
The summit was quite trashed on my visit, but the views were nice and litter can be picked up easily.
Scott Shoemaker and I climbed to KY's highest point on behalf of the law enforcement climbing team, "COPS ON TOP". This was done in honor of the people who died in the 9-11 attacks as well as the law enforcement officers who lost their lives in 2007.
rkrevald - Jun 14, 2007 7:23 am Date Climbed: Jun 12, 2007
Our Sixteenth HP
My dog Spanky and I made it to the top of Black Moutain, KY on a beutiful sunny day. The summit is a little dissapointing - basically an antenna farm. However, the hike up through the dense, green hardwood forest was enjoyable. Not much of a view from the top. The drive up from VA was extremely scenic.
Please check out our trip report at http://50summits.blogspot.com
chilkoot - Apr 15, 2007 11:14 pm Date Climbed: Feb 16, 1992
Not a pretty peak.
Absolutely the ugliest of the state highpoints I've been on (35). Interesting drive up from Virginia.
The edge - Mar 14, 2007 3:32 pm Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2002
HP #24
Second of two... in the same day!!;
lizrdboy - Mar 7, 2007 3:32 am Date Climbed: Nov 21, 1998
Fun to find
Nice part of the country. It was good to have an excuse to go there.
CRiedel2 - Dec 24, 2006 5:59 am Date Climbed: Dec 22, 2006
Highpoint #4
Drove to Black Mountain from Gloucester, Virginia. Nice, scenic drive from Abingdon, Virginia. Summit leaves a lot to be desired; A small industrial wasteland up there unfortunately. Highpoint #4.
mlandau3 - Jul 19, 2009 12:14 pm Date Climbed: Jul 2, 2009
A Weird PlaceAn exciting drive up to the trailhead (from the Virginia side), but the FAA tower was really strange.
mad maximus - May 28, 2009 5:08 pm Date Climbed: May 22, 2009
Nothing to see ...Boring HP. Not much to see... short walk uphill.
Redwic - May 27, 2009 2:32 am Date Climbed: May 24, 2009
Nice Way To End The Day...After having already summited multiple other peaks and hiked many miles of trails earlier in the day, this was a pleasant way to end the day. Rather than drive to the summit, I walked the final 0.1-mile up to the summit area (What a workout!!! lol). I then looked for, and found, the USGS Benchmark.
This was State Highpoint #37 for me, overall.
LMatallana - Apr 3, 2009 11:50 pm Date Climbed: Mar 14, 2009
Amazing RaceJustin Boyle HP #6, Luis Matallana HP #7
3 of 6 HPs for the weekend. This HP does look like a construction site.
skinnywhitecomic - Sep 1, 2008 4:34 pm Date Climbed: Aug 30, 2008
HP #5This took forever to find, because GoogleMaps got me lost. I eventually made it to the tower at 9:30 at night. But since I couldn't see anything, and it was scary being up there by myself at night, I stayed just long enough to get a picture in front of the tower and get the hell out of there. I do wish I had gotten a picture of the USGS marker.
Chinigo - Aug 19, 2008 1:59 pm Date Climbed: Jun 8, 2003
HP #8 - short walkI (with my wife (Tracy) and son (Alex), then almost 3 yrs old) did this as part of our second family HP trip.
Not exactly a beautiful mountaintop.
kavak - Jul 1, 2008 10:17 am Date Climbed: Sep 23, 1985
Appalachia RouteMy wife and son were with me on this one. They did not have any interest in the summit at the time, so I hiked the short distance on my own. When I returned there was a pickup next to my car. I went over to talk with them and they told me it wasn't safe to leave my family in the car there. I wasn't completely sure what they meant by that but we left there with somewhat of a loss of innocence in the highpointing world.
2skinners - Jun 29, 2008 11:44 pm Date Climbed: Jun 29, 2008
HP # 14Originally planned to do 3 Highpoints this weekend but weather and time became a factor. Originally was going to forget this one for VA & TN but ended up doing this one when thunderstorms and lots of rain were called for VA. My wife and I had just avoided a thunderstorm in TN and drove our way to the top of this HP. The drive was pretty, the summit was not. It still was better than Delewares' (mainly because nobody was watching me take a picture of myself up here, so I didn't have to be embarrassed) Found the benchmark under the tower. Glad to be done with this one. Alot of driving for 2 days!!
Ilafan - Jun 25, 2008 8:46 pm Date Climbed: Jun 21, 2008
Milk snake and coalI liked this HP despite breaking my damn camera while climbing the fire tower. I saw my first ever poisonous snake here...a beautiful copperhead. Ooops. Not a copperhead, but still beautiful. It was a milk snake.
Tracy - Jun 7, 2008 12:06 am Date Climbed: Jun 6, 2008
19th state highpointI drove to the top and found a survey marker (benchmark) under the rickety old tower on what has been described as the true highpoint. Views from the top of the old tower are pretty good (the bottom ten feet of stairs are missing). There was country music blaring from inside one of the equipment shelter buildings, but no one else was around.
tioga - Apr 21, 2008 1:39 pm Date Climbed: Apr 20, 2008
DeadClimbed up from Rt 160 along the paved service road. Saw a van with a Nebraska license coming down as I was going up. I'm sure they were highpointers, as I am. The top was a little disgusting, but the walk through the woods reminding me a lot of Northern PA, where I am from. Everything was still dead and spring had not yet sprung on the higher elevations of these mountains.
jimegan - Feb 7, 2008 12:28 pm Date Climbed: Oct 25, 2007
BLACK MTNHARD PART WAS FINDING IT ON DRIVE FROM MT ROGERS, VA. YOU SHOULD GET PRIOR PERMISSION FROM OWNERS. HP#46
eric-griz - Nov 9, 2007 8:17 pm Date Climbed: Oct 8, 2006
Illegal visitI didn't sign the waiver! Take that King Coal!!!
weeds19 - Sep 27, 2007 12:47 am Date Climbed: May 22, 2003
Litter centralThe summit was quite trashed on my visit, but the views were nice and litter can be picked up easily.
Tbacon251 - Sep 18, 2007 11:20 pm Date Climbed: Sep 11, 2007
9-11 MemorialScott Shoemaker and I climbed to KY's highest point on behalf of the law enforcement climbing team, "COPS ON TOP". This was done in honor of the people who died in the 9-11 attacks as well as the law enforcement officers who lost their lives in 2007.
rkrevald - Jun 14, 2007 7:23 am Date Climbed: Jun 12, 2007
Our Sixteenth HPMy dog Spanky and I made it to the top of Black Moutain, KY on a beutiful sunny day. The summit is a little dissapointing - basically an antenna farm. However, the hike up through the dense, green hardwood forest was enjoyable. Not much of a view from the top. The drive up from VA was extremely scenic.
Please check out our trip report at http://50summits.blogspot.com
chilkoot - Apr 15, 2007 11:14 pm Date Climbed: Feb 16, 1992
Not a pretty peak.Absolutely the ugliest of the state highpoints I've been on (35). Interesting drive up from Virginia.
The edge - Mar 14, 2007 3:32 pm Date Climbed: Jul 26, 2002
HP #24Second of two... in the same day!!;
lizrdboy - Mar 7, 2007 3:32 am Date Climbed: Nov 21, 1998
Fun to findNice part of the country. It was good to have an excuse to go there.
CRiedel2 - Dec 24, 2006 5:59 am Date Climbed: Dec 22, 2006
Highpoint #4Drove to Black Mountain from Gloucester, Virginia. Nice, scenic drive from Abingdon, Virginia. Summit leaves a lot to be desired; A small industrial wasteland up there unfortunately. Highpoint #4.