Spruce Knob–Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area
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, 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 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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- 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