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Seneca Rocks is a large crag and local landmark in Pendleton County in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, United States.The south peak is the only peak inaccessible except by technical rock climbing techniques on the East Coast of the United States.
As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,143, [1] making it the second-least populous county in West Virginia. Its county seat is Franklin . [ 2 ] The county was created by the Virginia General Assembly in 1788 [ 3 ] from parts of Augusta , Hardy , and Rockingham counties and was named for Edmund Pendleton (1721–1803), a distinguished ...
Seneca Rocks is an unincorporated community located in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States. [2] The community of Seneca Rocks — formerly known as Mouth of Seneca — lies at the junction of US 33, WV 28 and WV 55 near the confluence of Seneca Creek and the North Fork South Branch Potomac River.
Champe Rocks are a pair of large crags in Pendleton County in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia.Easily visible from West Virginia Route 28, they are situated within the Spruce Knob–Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area.
The U.S. state of West Virginia has 55 counties. Fifty of them existed at the time of the Wheeling Convention in 1861, during the American Civil War, when those counties seceded from the Commonwealth of Virginia to form the new state of West Virginia. [1] West Virginia was admitted as a separate state of the United States on June 20, 1863. [2]
Germany Valley is situated in the upper reaches of the North Fork South Branch Potomac River in northeastern Pendleton County, West Virginia.The Valley floor is at an elevation of approximately 2,100 feet (640 m) with the surrounding mountaintops about 500 to 1,200 feet (150 to 370 meters) higher.
Grant County Route 28/11 also proceeds from this intersection and traverses the northern half of the Canyon well above the river level for about 12 miles (19 km) where it exits the Canyon at WV Route 55/28. (NB: Both Grant County Route 28/11 and Pendleton County Route 2 are indicated on maps as "Smoke Hole Road".
Paved access is from U.S. Route 33/West Virginia Route 28 about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Riverton. Briery Gap Road (County Route 33/4), Forest Road 112 and Forest Road 104 have been reconstructed and paved to provide a hard-surfaced road to the summit. [12] [13] Forest Roads 104 and 112 are not maintained in the winter. [14]