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A scenic view of the New River Valley from Lover's Leap, in Hawk's Nest State Park, Ansted, West Virginia Location of Hawk's Nest. Hawk's Nest, the site of Hawks Nest State Park, is a peak on Gauley Mountain in Ansted, West Virginia, USA. The cliffs at this point rise 585 ft (178 m) above the New River.
Cacapon Mountain (/ k ə ˈ k eɪ p ən / kə-KAY-pən) runs northwest through Morgan and Hampshire Counties in West Virginia's eastern panhandle, rising to its greatest elevation of 2,618 feet (798 m) above sea-level at High Point. Cacapon Mountain is a folded mountain ridge, belonging to the Appalachian Ridge and Valley Province.
One of the best-known scenic attractions in West Virginia, the sheer rock faces are a popular challenge for rock climbers. Seneca Rocks is easily visible from, and accessible by way of, West Virginia Route 28, West Virginia Route 55 and U.S. Route 33 in the Spruce Knob–Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area of the Monongahela National Forest.
Main overlook in October 2012. The forest is best known for its scenic overlooks of the Cheat River in Cheat Canyon. The main overlook is accessible by car and was developed as a CCC project. It provides excellent views of the Cheat, Snake Hill Wildlife Management Area across the river, and Morgantown to the west. The overlook is located on a ...
Overlook, also known as the William Douglass Harlan House, is a historic home located near Martinsburg, Berkeley County, West Virginia. It was built in 1917 and is a two-story, stucco finished, wood frame Colonial Revival-style dwelling. It sits on a limestone foundation and has a slate-covered gable roof.
Olson is located at the southern end of Backbone Mountain northeast of Parsons in Tucker County, West Virginia. The southern end of Backbone Mountain is the site of West Virginia's first fire tower, originally built by the state in 1922. [1] This tower was later given to Monongahela National Forest, which replaced it in 1963 with the current tower.
Keith Wasserman, co-founder of real estate investment firm Gelt Venture Partners, took to X to apparently request “access to private firefighters” to “protect our home.” The fires have led ...
Cheat Mountain traverses the entire length of central Randolph County, West Virginia, from a northern point just west of Parsons to a southern point about 5.5 miles (8.9 km) south of the Randolph/Pocahontas county line, near the community of Stony Bottom, where it impinges upon Back Allegheny Mountain. All but the northernmost 4 miles (6.4 km ...