Powell Valley Overlook In Big Stone Gap Virginia (Outside of Norton, VA)

I didn't record this video with the intent of uploading it, as it was the wrong time of day, cloudy, and hazy due to the altitude and forest fires in Kentucky and surrounding areas. Anyway, it's still beautiful enough to share! The video is mostly a raw video, minus two cuts. Hope you enjoy.

The valley begins between Powell Mountain and Little Stone Mountain where the waters of the Powell River flow down from the rugged mountains of western Wise County. The immense exposed rock face where Stone Mountain and Powell Mountain come together near Grindstone Ridge to the southeast from the overlook, yields a striking visual change in altitude. Within only 0.8 mile the vertical elevation changes by 2,000 feet ( 610 meters ) across the northern face of the Grindstone Ridge Dome of the High Knob Massif, to mark one of the greatest short-distance vertical elevation changes in the southern Appalachians ( the greatest found west of the Blue Ridge in Virginia ).

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