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Revision as of 03:16, 7 September 2022
Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area | |
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Location of Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area in West Virginia | |
Location | West Virginia, U.S. |
Coordinates | 38°50′02″N 79°22′04″W / 38.83389°N 79.36778°W |
Area | 100,000 acres (400 km2)[1] |
Elevation | 1,923 ft (586 m) |
Established | 1965-09-28 |
Operator | Monongahela National Forest |
Website | Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area |
Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area is a national recreation area in the Monongahela National Forest of eastern West Virginia.
The National Recreation Area protects three prominent West Virginia landmarks:
- Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia (and the highest of the Allegheny Mountains) with a summit elevation of 4,863 feet (1482 m).
- 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, so it is administered by the U.S. Forest Service.
See also
References
- ^ Monongahela National Forest: Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area, accessed July 23, 2013.
External links
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Categories:
- Protected areas of Grant County, West Virginia
- National Recreation Areas of the United States
- Protected areas of Pendleton County, West Virginia
- Protected areas of West Virginia
- Protected areas established in 1965
- 1965 establishments in West Virginia
- West Virginia geography stubs
- Southern United States protected area stubs
- Potomac Highlands geography stubs