Devils Backbone (Highland County, Virginia)

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Devils Backbone
The Devils Backbone rock formation
Devils Backbone in 2009
Highest point
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Geography
Parent range Ridge-and-valley Appalachians
Topo map USGS Snowy Mountain, Monterey

Devils Backbone (also Devil's Backbone) is a ridge and rock outcrop located in Highland County, Virginia, United States. The ridge is located approximately 7.6 miles (12.2 km) north-northeast of Monterey, Virginia near the village of Blue Grass.[2]

Along the crest of the ridge line is a near vertical outcrop of Tuscarora Sandstone approximately 84 feet (26 m) thick.[3][4][5] This formation gives the ridge its name of Devils Backbone, as the outcrop has been described "like the vertebrae of some monstrous prehistoric animal".[6] The formation has also been described as resembling that of "the comb on the head of a domestic fowl".[3]

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