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Seneca Rocks, a 900-foot (270 m) high quartzite crag popular with rock climbers. Smoke Hole Canyon , a canyon along the South Branch Potomac River . Spruce Knob–Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area was established by an act of the U.S. Congress on September 28, 1965, as the first national recreation area in a United States National Forest ...
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.
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.
Seneca Creek is a 19.6-mile-long (31.5 km) [5] tributary of the North Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River located entirely within Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA. Seneca Creek lies within the Appalachian Mountains , in the Spruce Knob–Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area of the Monongahela National Forest .
Spruce Knob is within the Spruce Knob–Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area, which in turn is part of Monongahela National Forest. Established in 1965, it was the first National Recreation Area designated by the U.S. Forest Service and includes more than 100,000 acres (40,000 ha).
Cabins is an unincorporated community on the North Fork South Branch Potomac River in Grant County, West Virginia, United States. [2] Cabins lies within the Spruce Knob–Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area of the Monongahela National Forest.
Initially developed as a state forest in 1926. One of West Virginia's first CCC camps was established here in 1933. The largest of West Virginia's state parks, it contains the 11-acre (4 ha) Watoga Lake. A historic district containing the park's 103 CCC resources is listed on the NRHP. [124] [196] [198] [199] Watters Smith Memorial
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".