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Spruce Knob Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area

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- elevation
  
1,923 ft (586.1 m)

- location
  
west of Petersburg

Phone
  
+1 304-567-2827

Established
  
September 28, 1965

- elevation
  
4,863 ft (1,482.2 m)

- elevation
  
968 ft (295.0 m)

Owner
  
US Forest Service

Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area

- location
  
northwest of Circleville

Address
  
Monongahela National Forest, Riverton, WV 26814, USA

Management
  
United States Forest Service

Similar
  
Yokum's Riding Stables, Seneca Shadows Campgro, Yokum's Grocery and Deli, Seneca Rocks Discovery, Appalach Cabins

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.

    References

    Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area Wikipedia