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| website = [http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/mnf/recarea/?recid=9915 Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area]
| website = [http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/mnf/recarea/?recid=9915 Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area]
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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 are most other NRAs.
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 are most other NRAs.

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==See also==
==See also==
*[[Ketterman, West Virginia]]
*[[Ketterman, West Virginia]]

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==External links==
==External links==
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* [http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/mnf/recarea/?recid=9915 Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area official site]
* [http://www.fs.usda.gov/recarea/mnf/recarea/?recid=9915 Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area official site]


Revision as of 17:07, 10 November 2018

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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 National Recreation Area protects three prominent West Virginia landmarks:

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 are most other NRAs.

See also

References

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