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  2. Backbone Mountain - Wikipedia

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    Backbone Mountain is a ridge of the Allegheny Mountains of the central Appalachian Mountain Range. It is situated in the U.S. states of West Virginia and Maryland and forms a portion of the Eastern Continental Divide. Within the state of Maryland, Backbone Mountain reaches an elevation of 3,360 feet or 1,024 metres, making it Maryland's highest ...

  3. Hoye-Crest - Wikipedia

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    The trail ascends Backbone Mountain along an old logging road on Monongahela National Forest property to the West Virginia-Maryland state line. The distance is about one mile each way. The trail then heads north along the state line to the high point. Hoye-Crest sits on private property (Western Pocahontas Properties), though access is permitted.

  4. List of mountains in Maryland - Wikipedia

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    Backbone Mountain (3,360 ft.) . Hoye-Crest; Blossom Hill (2,620 ft.) Contrary Knob (2,680 ft.) Conway Hill (2,760 ft.) Dung Hill (2,732 ft.) Elder Hill (2,826 ft.)

  5. Allegheny Mountains - Wikipedia

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    The Allegheny Mountain Range (/ ˌ æ l ɪ ˈ ɡ eɪ n i / AL-ig-AY-nee) — also spelled Alleghany or Allegany, less formally the Alleghenies — is part of the vast Appalachian Mountain Range of the Eastern United States and Canada. Historically it represented a significant barrier to westward land travel and development.

  6. List of mountains of West Virginia - Wikipedia

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    Backbone Mountain: 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 Cherokee Mountain (McDowell County, West Virginia) 3190 / 1001 New Creek Mountain: 3094 / 940

  7. Olson Observation Tower - Wikipedia

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    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.

  8. Backbone solar facility to get second public hearing

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    The 175 Megawatt CPV Backbone Solar facility would be made up of 406,000 solar panels and is slated to be placed on about 1,170 acres of former mine land at 5187 Kitzmiller Road. CPV Backbone ...

  9. Mountaineer Wind Energy Center - Wikipedia

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    Mountaineer Wind Energy Center is a wind farm on Backbone Mountain in Preston and Tucker counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. [1] When it came online in December 2002, Mountaineer was the first wind farm in West Virginia, and the largest east of the Mississippi River. [2] Mountaineer Wind Energy Center is owned and operated by Florida ...