Peakbagger.com
Peak Lists	Climbers	Ranges	Geography	Help	Search	Log In

Backbone Mountain-Preston County High Point, West Virginia

Prominence: 100 ft, 30 m

Elevation: 3400+ feet, 1036+ meters

True Isolation: 3.06 mi, 4.93 km

Elevation Info:	Elevation range: 3400 - 3420 ft (20-foot closed contour) NAVD88 Elevation: 3400 ft / 1036 m (Range 3400 - 3420 ft)
Peak Type	Unnamed High Point
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	39° 13' 18'' N, 79° 30' 7'' W 39.221593, -79.50196 (Dec Deg) 629315 E 4342437 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	West Virginia
County/Second Level Region	Preston (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Backbone Mountain-Preston County High Point": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Preston County High Point at ListsOfJohn.com CoHP.org Trip Report for Preston, WV by Fred Lobdell CoHP.org Trip Report for Preston, WV by Michael Schwartz CoHP.org Trip Report for Preston, WV by Ken and Alexandra Oeser CoHP.org Trip Report for Preston, WV by Julie Kawa, Pat and Jobe Wymore CoHP.org Trip Report for Preston, WV by Ryan Richardson CoHP.org Trip Report for Preston, WV by Don Desrosiers and Chip Clark CoHP.org Trip Report for Preston, WV by Brennan Connelly CoHP.org Trip Report for Preston, WV by Shannon Dillmore Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Backbone Mountain-Preston County High Point: Northeastern USA CoHPs (Rank #43) West Virginia County High Points (Rank #16)
Ascent Info Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 50 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 45) Selected Trip Reports from this site: 2001-05-25 by Scott Surgent 2010-10-09 by Richard Oestreicher 2012-05-23 by Dennis Poulin (GPS Track) 2012-07-24 by Ryan Aschbrenner 2012-07-26 by Joe McGillian 2014-12-31 by Vanessa Arnold 2015-10-31 by Matt Horbal (GPS Track) 2015-12-27 by PJ Anderer 2017-07-03 by Andrew Hollis 2019-05-26 by Lane Jefferson (GPS Track) 2020-09-18 by Andy Hatzos (GPS Track) 2020-09-20 by Powen Ru (GPS Track) 2021-04-30 by Steven Fishback (GPS Track)
Nearby Peak Searches: Radius Search - Nearest Peaks to Backbone Mountain-Preston County High Point Elevation Ladder from Backbone Mountain-Preston County High Point Prominence Ladder from Backbone Mountain-Preston County High Point

Dynamic Map

Backbone Mountain-Preston County High Point

Other Peaks
Click Here for a Full Screen Map

Web Map Links

Peakfinder Panorama
GeoHack Links CalTopo MyTopo Bing Maps
Google Maps Open Street Map

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 100 ft/30 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 140 ft/42 m
  Key Col: 3300 ft/1006 m

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 3.06 mi/4.93 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 39.185, -79.5342
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Backbone Mountain  (SW)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Appalachian Mountains
Range3: Appalachian Plateaus
Range4: Allegheny Mountains
Range5: Northern Allegheny Mountains
Range6: Backbone Mountain

Ridges/Divides

Appalachian Divide

Drainage Basins

Potomac
Chesapeake Bay
Atlantic-Eastern USA
Atlantic Ocean

Monongahela
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

Ownership

Land: Monongahela National Forest

Topo Map

Lead Mine O39079b5 1:24,000

1:25,000 (or larger) Topographic Survey Map

This page has been served 9126 times since 2004-11-01.

Copyright © 1987-2021 by Peakbagger.com. All Rights Reserved.

Questions/Comments/Corrections? See the Contact Page

Terms of Service