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Spruce Mountain, located in eastern West Virginia, is the highest ridge of the Allegheny Mountains. The whale-backed ridge extends for only 16 miles (26 km) from northeast to southwest, but several of its peaks exceed 4,500 feet (1,400 m) in elevation. The summit, Spruce Knob (4,863 ft; 1,482 m), [1] is the highest Allegheny Mountain point both ...
3684 / 1123. Flat Top Mountain. 3560 / 1085. Highest elevation achieved at Huff Knob. Castle Mountain (Pendleton) 3410 / 1039. There are two Castle Mountains in West Virginia. Crumpler Mountain (McDowell County, West Virginia) 3377 / 1020.
Laurel Mountain (West Virginia) / 39.14222°N 79.83333°W / 39.14222; -79.83333. Laurel Mountain, also called Laurel Hill, is a long ridge in north-central West Virginia, US. Along with Rich Mountain to the south, it is considered to be the westernmost ridge of the Allegheny Mountains and the boundary between the Alleghenies and the ...
The national recreation area protects three prominent West Virginia landmarks: Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia (and the highest of the Allegheny Mountains) with a summit elevation of 4,863 feet (1482 m). Seneca Rocks, a 900-foot (270 m) high quartzite crag popular with rock climbers. Smoke Hole Canyon, a canyon along the South ...
Bald Knob is the highest summit of Back Allegheny Mountain in Pocahontas County, West Virginia and is part of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park.At an altitude of 4,843 feet (1,476 m) above sea level, Bald Knob is the third-highest point in West Virginia and the Allegheny Mountains.
The Dolly Sods Wilderness (DSW, originally simply Dolly Sods) is a U.S. Wilderness Area in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia and is part of the Monongahela National Forest of the U.S. Forest Service. Dolly Sods is a rocky, high-altitude plateau with sweeping vistas and lifeforms normally found much farther north in Canada.
Allegheny Mountains. Coordinates: 38°41′59″N 79°31′58″W. Allegheny Mountains. View from atop Spruce Mountain in eastern West Virginia, the highest point in the Alleghenies. Highest point. Peak. Spruce Knob of Spruce Mountain, Pendleton County, West Virginia. Elevation.
The average elevation of West Virginia is approximately 1,500 feet (460 m) above sea level, which is the highest of any U.S. state east of the Mississippi River. On the eastern state line with Virginia , high peaks in the Monongahela National Forest region give rise to an island of colder climate and ecosystems similar to those of northern New ...