Subject: Re: VA Tri-County Points and County Highpoints
Date: Oct 14, 2004 @ 16:25
Author: aletheiak ("aletheiak" <aletheiak@...>)
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--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, spookymike@a... wrote:
> For Mike Donner: I missed your message, I believe when I went
outside to
> retrieve empty garbage pails.
>
> Here's some info on the county tripoint you just visited, as well
as some
> others further south along the Skyline Drive that are presumably on
your
> itinerary:
>
> Page-Warren-Rappahannock: Tripoint is an unnamed, unmarked bump,
3440+ ft.

aha
yesss

but which of the 3 tits

> Warren CHP is the Hogback, approx. 0.7 miles east along the ridge,
marked
> with 3474' BM.
> Page CHP is Hawksbill Mountain 4050', accessible by trail from the
Skyline
> Drive. It's also the highpoint of Madison County.
> Rappannock CHP is The Pinnacle, 0.5 miles east of:
> Madison-Page-Rappannock tripoint, which looks to be almost directly
on the
> Drive.

yup
been there in the meantime

>
> Next: Green-Madison-Page tripoint, on the ridgeline, 0.2 miles SSW
of 3812'
> Hazeltop. This unmarked (at least not on the topo) tri-point is
the highest
> point of Green County. A county highpointer has built a cairn at
his best
> guess for the tripoint, and another cohp'er with GPS felt the cairn
was pretty
> close to the tripoint, but you need to walk up and down the
ridgeline to be more
> confident of having passed over the tripoint.

aha
then maybe this gives me enough reason to go for it

after my shower

many thanxxx

> Piece of trivia: The only triple county highpoint in the US is
Blanca Peak,
> CO, highpoint of Alamosa, Costilla, and Huerfano. Topo makes it
looks as if
> Huerfano "stops" 150' NE of the summit, but county authorities
verify the three
> counties meet at the summit.
>
> Mike Schwartz