Spruce Knob–Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area
38°50′02″N 79°22′04″W / 38.83389°N 79.36778°W / 38.83389; -79.36778Area 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.
Popular culture
- Spruce Knob–Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area is a location in Fallout 76[2]
See also
- Ketterman, West Virginia
References
External links
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Monongahela National Forest
- Spruce Knob–Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area
- Allegheny Front
- Allegheny Mountain
- Back Allegheny Mountain
- Backbone Mountain
- Barton Knob
- Burner Mountain
- Bickle Knob
- Champe Rocks
- Cheat Mountain
- Gaudineer Knob
- Mount Porte Crayon
- North Fork Mountain
- River Knobs
- Seneca Rocks
- Shavers Mountain
- Spruce Knob
- Spruce Mountain
- Big Run
- Black Fork
- Blackwater River
- Cheat River
- Cranberry River
- Dry Fork
- Elk River
- Gauley River
- Glady Fork
- Greenbrier River
- Laurel Fork
- Seneca Creek
- South Branch Potomac River
- Shavers Fork
- Tygart Valley River
- Williams River
- Lake Sherwood
- Spruce Knob Lake
- Summit Lake
- Cranberry Glades
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