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Seneca Rocks, West Virginia

2400+ feet, 732+ meters

Elevation	Elevation in range between 2400 and 2440 feet. (40-foot closed contour)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	38° 50' N; 79° 22' W 38.835809, -79.365676 (Dec Deg) 641850E 4299825N Zone 17 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	West Virginia
County/Second Level Region	Pendleton
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The knife-blade of Seneca Rocks offers some of the best rock climbing in the central Appalachians.

Web Map Links

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Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Appalachian Mountains
Range3: Appalachian Ridges
Range4: Central Appalachian Ridges
Range5: Central Virginia Appalachian Ridges
Range6: North Fork Mountain

Drainage Basins

South Branch Potomac
Potomac
Chesapeake Bay
Atlantic Ocean

Ownership

Land: Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area
Wilderness/Special Area: Seneca Rocks Unit NRA

Topo Map

Upper Tract 38079-G3 1:24,000

Prominence

Clean Prominence: 40 ft/13 m
Optimistic Prominence: 120 ft/37 m
Key Col: 2360 ft/719 m  (40 foot contour)
Col elevation in range between 2320 and 2360 feet.
    Topo Map: Upper Tract 38079-G3 1:24,000
    Key Col Lat/Long: 38° 50' N; 79° 22' W
    Key Col Map Links:

Terraserver-USA	Acme Mapper	TopoQuest	MyTopo
Bing Maps	MSN/Encarta	Google Maps

Isolation

6.02 mi/9.69 km
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
Green Knob (NW)
Not verified: May be a major NHN that is not in the database.

Route #1

Scramble
Trailhead: Seneca Rocks Visitor Center (Paved Road) 1500 ft/457 m
Vertical Gain: 900 ft/275 m

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