summit, Spruce Knob (4,863 ft; 1,482 m), is the highest Allegheny Mountain point both in the state and the entire range, which spans four states. Spruce Mountain...
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Spruce Knob–Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area is a national recreation area in the Monongahela National Forest of eastern West Virginia. The national...
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highest mountain peaks in the state, including the highest, Spruce Knob (4,863 ft). Spruce Knob is also the highest point in the Allegheny Mountains. Approximately...
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been stripped of nearly all virgin red spruce. The last harvest of red spruce and eastern hemlock on Bald Knob was in 1960. The summit was one of the...
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atop Spruce Knob, at 4,863 feet (1,482 m), and is covered in a boreal forest of dense spruce trees at altitudes above 4,000 feet (1,200 m). Spruce Knob lies...
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Spruce Knob Lake is a 23-acre (0.093 km2) reservoir located within the Monongahela National Forest in Randolph County, West Virginia, USA. The recreation...
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Picea rubens (redirect from Red spruce)
Dolly Sods Wilderness, Spruce Mountain and Spruce Knob all also in West Virginia and all sites of former extensive red spruce forest. Some areas of this...
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Facts". Archived from the original on 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2013-02-20. "Spruce Knob : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost". Summitpost.org. Retrieved...
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Virginia, more than 150 peaks rise above 4,000 ft (1,200 m), including Spruce Knob 4,863 ft (1,482 m), the highest point in the Allegheny Mountains. A number...
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the west such as Spruce Knob and Dolly Sods, with pines (Pinus) abundant on the mountain's ridgecrest, in contrast with the spruces (Picea) so characteristic...
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New York 22. Mount Katahdin in Maine 23. Black Mesa in Oklahoma 24. Spruce Knob in West Virginia (background mountain) 25. Brasstown Bald in Georgia...
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established in 1754, and the newest is Mingo, established in 1895. Spruce Knob, located in Pendleton County, is the state's highest point at 4,863 feet...
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River Knobs, West Virginia Shenandoah Mountain, West Virginia, Virginia Elleber Ridge, West Virginia Spruce Mountain, West Virginia Spruce Knob, West...
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Seneca Rocks, the crag from which it takes its name. Both lie within the Spruce Knob–Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area of the Monongahela National Forest...
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Prong Trail Boars Nest Trail Roaring Plains Trail Flatrock Run Trail The Spruce Knob–Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area is adjacent to Dolly Sods–Flatrock–Roaring...
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range. The highest point in the Allegheny Mountains is Spruce Knob (4,863 ft; 1,482 m), on Spruce Mountain in West Virginia. Other notable Allegheny highpoints...
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pockets of Unionists who supported the state government in Wheeling. Spruce Knob, located in Pendleton County, is the highest point in the state and in...
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Hamilton County Spruce Mountain (Vermont) in Plainfield, Vermont Spruce Mountain (West Virginia), with the highest point (Spruce Knob) in the state and...
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highest point is 4,703 feet (1,433 m) at Red Spruce Knob near its northern edge, named for the stand of red spruce at its summit, which is also the highest...
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railroad soon reached to the top of Gobblers Knob, and then a location on top of the mountain known as 'Spruce'. The railroad built a small town at that...
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West Virginia Route 28, West Virginia Route 55 and U.S. Route 33 in the Spruce Knob–Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area of the Monongahela National Forest...
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Retrieved May 3, 2016. "SPRUCE". Datasheet for NGS Station HW3569. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved May 3, 2016. "Spruce Knob". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved...
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areas atop massive outcrops of the Pottsville sandstone, including: Spruce Knob, West Virginia's highest point Dolly Sods, including the Dolly Sods Recreation...
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southward; this ridge reaches an elevation of 4,863 feet (1,482 m) at Spruce Knob, West Virginia's highest point. Similarly steep escarpments sharing much...
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eastern West Virginia, and in Pendleton County near the eastern border, Spruce Knob, is officially regarded as the tallest mountain in the Allegheny Mountains...
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Blue Knob include: Herman Point 3,034 feet (925 m), Spruce Knob 2,475 ft (754 m), Round Knob 2,791 ft (851 m), Cattle Knob 2,842 ft (866 m), Pine Knob 2...
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Lake Plum Orchard Lake R.D. Bailey Lake Lake Sherwood Sleepy Creek Lake Spruce Knob Lake Stephens Lake Stonecoal Lake Stonewall Jackson Lake Stony River...
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is the second highest peak in the U.S. state of West Virginia, after Spruce Knob. Thorny Flat is the high point of the ridge known as Cheat Mountain....
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Knob is used in the name of many geographical features: Knob Creek can refer to any of several streams by that name Knob Fork, West Virginia, an unincorporated...
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those at reservoirs. The first new NRA under USFS administration was Spruce Knob–Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area, established in 1965. Congress...
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