Spruce Mountain, located in eastern West Virginia, is the highest ridge of the Allegheny Mountains. The whale-backed ridge extends for only 16 miles from northeast to southwest, but several of its peaks exceed 4,500 feet in elevation. The summit, Spruce Knob, is the highest point both in West Virginia and in the entire Allegheny range, which spans four sta…
Spruce Mountain, located in eastern West Virginia, is the highest ridge of the Allegheny Mountains. The whale-backed ridge extends for only 16 miles from northeast to southwest, but several of its peaks exceed 4,500 feet in elevation. The summit, Spruce Knob, is the highest point both in West Virginia and in the entire Allegheny range, which spans four states.
Elevation: 4,863 ft (1,482 m)
Peak: Spruce Knob, Pendleton County, West Virginia
Length: 16 mi (26 km)approximately
Country: United States
State: West Virginia
County: Pendleton
Parent range: Allegheny Mountains, part of the · Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
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