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477 acres (193 ha) [2] Elevation. 3,999 ft (1,219 m) [3] Website. Bear Rocks Preserve. Bear Rocks is a widely recognized symbol of West Virginia wilderness and among the most frequently photographed places in the state. It is a well-known landmark on the eastern edge of the plateau that includes the Dolly Sods Wilderness.
Blackwater Falls State Park. / 39.10889°N 79.49611°W / 39.10889; -79.49611. Blackwater Falls State Park is located in the Allegheny Mountains of Tucker County, West Virginia, US. The centerpiece of the park is Blackwater Falls, a 62-foot (19 m) cascade where the Blackwater River leaves its leisurely course in Canaan Valley and enters ...
3410 / 1039. There are two Castle Mountains in West Virginia. Crumpler Mountain (McDowell County, West Virginia) 3377 / 1020. Cherokee Mountain (McDowell County, West Virginia) 3190 / 1001. New Creek Mountain. 3094 / 940. Plumley Mountain.
The New River Gorge National Park and Preserve is a unit of the United States National Park Service (NPS) designed to protect and maintain the New River Gorge in southern West Virginia in the Appalachian Mountains. Established in 1978 as a national river and redesignated in 2020, the park and preserve stretches for 53 miles (85 km) from just ...
The Monongahela National Forest is a national forest located in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia, USA.It protects over 921,000 acres (3,727 km 2; 1,439 sq mi) of federally managed land within a 1,700,000 acres (6,880 km 2; 2,656 sq mi) proclamation boundary that includes much of the Potomac Highlands Region and portions of 10 counties.
February 25, 2024 at 8:00 AM. It's Almost Time for Bald Eagle Baby Watch 2024!Friends of Big Bear Valley. In California's San Bernardino Mountains, two bald eagles, Jackie and Shadow, have been ...
This list of peaks of the Blue Ridge in Virginia is listed starting from north to south. Blue Mountain. Loudoun Heights. Purcell Knob. Mount Weather. Paris Mountain. Brushy Mountain. Lost Mountain. Naked Mountain – Elevation 1,470 ft (450 m)
The Virginia opossum ( Didelphis virginiana) The eastern coyote ( Canis latrans var.) is expanding its range in West Virginia. The American, or northern, short-tailed shrew ( Blarina brevicauda) The woodland vole ( Microtus pinetorum) The snowshoe hare ( Lepus americanus ), typical of Canada, reaches its southernmost distribution in West Virginia.