Allegheny Mountain (West Virginia – Virginia)
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Allegheny Mountain | |
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File:Camp Allegheny-Battlefield.jpg
Camp Allegheny battlefield at Top of Allegheny.
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Highest point | |
Peak | Paddy Knob (Pocahontas County, WV and Highland County, VA) |
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Geography | |
Location | Tamarack Ridge in Highland County, VA |
Country | United States |
States | Virginia and West Virginia |
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Parent range | Allegheny Mountains |
- For other mountains with a similar name, see Allegheny Mountain (disambiguation).
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
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
- Rucker Gap
- Ryder Gap
See also
References
Categories:
- Pages with broken file links
- Allegheny Mountains
- Ridges of West Virginia
- Ridges of Virginia
- Landforms 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