Allegheny Mountain (West Virginia–Virginia)
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Allegheny Mountain | |
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![]() Camp Allegheny battlefield at Top of Allegheny. | |
Highest point | |
Peak | Paddy Knob, Pocahontas County, WV and Highland County, VA |
Elevation | 4,478 ft (1,365 m)[1] |
Coordinates | 38°15′56″N 79°47′46″W / 38.26556°N 79.79611°W |
Geography | |
Location | Tamarack Ridge in Highland County, VA |
Country | United States |
States | Virginia and West Virginia |
Counties | Greenbrier WV, Alleghany VA, Pocahontas WV, Bath VA and Highland VA |
Range coordinates | 38°28′47″N 79°41′37″W / 38.47972°N 79.69361°W[2] |
Parent range | Allegheny Mountains |
Allegheny Mountain (spelling as Alleghany Mountain in Virginia) is a major mountain ridge in the southern range of the Allegheny Mountains, part of the Appalachian Mountains. It forms the Eastern Continental Divide along part of its course and also serves as part of the Virginia–West Virginia state line.
Elevations of 4,000 feet (1,200 m) are exceeded along much of Allegheny Mountain.
Major peaks
[edit]Listed from southwest to northeast:
- Hickory Knob – 3,309 feet (1,009 m)
- Smith Knob
- Chestnut Knob
- High Top (Lookout Tower)
- Chestnut Levels
- Mad Tom
- Mad Sheep – 4,225 feet (1,288 m)
- Paddy Knob – 4,477 feet (1,365 m)
- Bald Knob
- Watering Pond Knob
- Bear Mountain
- Top of Allegheny (site of Camp Allegheny battlefield)
- Tamarack Ridge
- Grassy Knob
Principal gaps
[edit]- Rucker Gap
- Ryder Gap
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Paddy Knob". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. 1979-09-28. Retrieved 2009-10-12.
- ^ Hightown, Virginia-West Virginia quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. 7.5-minute series (topographic). U.S. Geological Survey. 1994.
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Categories:
- Allegheny Mountains
- Ridges of West Virginia
- Ridges of Virginia
- Ridges of Pocahontas County, West Virginia
- Landforms of Greenbrier County, West Virginia
- Landforms of Alleghany County, Virginia
- Landforms of Bath County, Virginia
- Landforms of Highland County, Virginia
- Monongahela National Forest
- Borders of Virginia
- Borders of West Virginia
- West Virginia placenames of Native American origin