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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.
The Allegheny Mountains have a northeast–southwest orientation, running for about 300 miles (480 km) from north-central Pennsylvania southward, through western Maryland and eastern West Virginia . The Alleghenies comprise the rugged western-central portion of the Appalachians. They rise to approximately 4,862 feet (1,482 m) in northeastern ...
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 ...
This list of peaks of the Blue Ridge in Virginia is listed starting from north to south. Blue Mountain. Loudoun Heights. Purcell Knob. Mount Weather. Paris Mountain. Brushy Mountain. Lost Mountain. Naked Mountain – Elevation 1,470 ft (450 m)
Geologic Map of West Virginia. West Virginia's geologic history stretches back into the Precambrian, and includes several periods of mountain building and erosion. At times, much of what is now West Virginia was covered by swamps, marshlands, and shallow seas, accounting for the wide variety of sedimentary rocks found in the state, as well as its wealth of coal and natural gas deposits.
The Monongahela National Forest is a national forest located in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia, USA. It protects over 921,000 acres (3,727 km 2; 1,439 sq mi) of federally managed land within a 1,700,000 acres (6,880 km 2; 2,656 sq mi) proclamation boundary that includes much of the Potomac Highlands Region and portions of 10 ...
Allegheny Mountain (spelling as Alleghany Mountain in Virginia) is a major mountain ridge in the southern range of the Allegheny Mountains, part of the Appalachian Mountains. It forms the Eastern Continental Divide along part of its course and also serves as part of the Virginia – West Virginia state line. Elevations of 4,000 feet (1,200 m ...
Environment of West Virginia. West Virginia is situated in the Appalachian Mountains, bounded by Allegheny Mountains to the east, Ohio river and its tributary Big Sandy River to the west and southwest and the Cumberland Mountains to the south. The environment of West Virginia encompasses terrain and ecosystems ranging from plateaus to mountains.