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[[Image:Seneca Rocks West Virginia USA.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Seneca Rocks, West Virginia]] |
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* [http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/mnf/sp/sksrnra.html Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area official site] |
* [http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/mnf/sp/sksrnra.html Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area official site] |
Revision as of 13:35, 5 December 2007
Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area | |
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape) | |
Location | West Virginia, USA |
Nearest city | Elkins, West Virginia |
Area | approximately 100,000 acres (400 km²) |
Established | September 28, 1965 |
Governing body | United States Forest Service |
Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area is a U.S. National Recreation Area (NRA) located within the Monongahela National Forest of eastern West Virginia, USA.
The NRA protects two 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), and Seneca Rocks, a 900 foot (270 m) high quartzite crag popular with rock climbers.
Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks NRA 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. It is therefore administered by the US Forest Service rather than the National Park Service, as most other National Recreation Areas are.
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