Blue Ridge Parkway · North Carolina, Virginia

Roanoke Mountain Summit Trail

0.4 mi of trail, end to end · about 70 ft of climbing · 2,109 ft–2,169 ft · trail class Developed · hiking

ViewsPeaks

2,143 ft 2,139 ft · 0.4 mi high 2,169 ft

Along the way Roanoke Mountain Roanoke Mountain Overlook

Trailhead Trailhead 2,142 ft Drive there

On the parks map

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About this trail's facts

The lines are the National Park Service's public trails layer, the trailheads and the waterfalls, views, peaks and historic places along them the Service's public points of interest, read 2026-10-16 and simplified for the map; the length is the line's, end to end. The write-ups are the Service's own "things to do" text, unedited. Heights come from USGS 3DEP through Terrain Tiles on AWS (Mapzen/Tilezen), read along each line and rounded; a short trail on steep ground can be off by a few tens of feet. Closures change: check the park's own site before you go.