At 4,233 feet, High Knob - Stone Mountain is Wise County’s tallest mountain. It is located at the intersection of Powel and Stone Mountains, parallel to Powell River Valley, above Big Stone Gap and Pennington in Virginia. The Nature Conservancy considers High Knob an important area of natural diversity, creating a dispute with logging interests. Once you reach the summit, you can see all the way to Kentucky, Tennessee, and even West Virginia. Camp Rock and one of the most popular overlooks are located 1.5 miles from the summit. High Knob is known as the location of the Omega Cave System, with the deepest cave this side of the Mississippi at 1,263 feet.

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