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Central Appalachian Ridges

Range Type	Geographically-defined sub-range
Highest Point	Elleber Knob (4595 ft/1401 m)
Countries	United States
States/Provinces	Virginia (60%), West Virginia (40%) (numbers are approximate percentage of range area)
Area	9,280 sq mi / 24,035 sq km Area may include lowland areas
Extent	177 mi / 284 km North-South 161 mi / 259 km East-West
Center Lat/Long	38° 24' N; 79° 20' W
Map Link	Microsoft Bing Map
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Map of Central Appalachian Ridges
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Other Ranges: To go to pages for other ranges either click on the map above, or on range names in the hierarchy snapshot below, which show the parent, siblings, and children of the Central Appalachian Ridges.

Appalachian Ridges	Level 3 (Parent)
Northern Appalachian Ridges	Level 4 (Sibling)
Central Appalachian Ridges	Level 4
North Central Appalachian Ridges	Level 5 (Child)
Central Virginia Appalachian Ridges	Level 5 (Child)
Shenandoah Mountain	Level 5 (Child)
Masanutten Mountain	Level 5 (Child)
Allegheny Mountain Ridge	Level 5 (Child)
North Mountain Area	Level 5 (Child)
South-Central Appalachian Ridges	Level 5 (Child)
Southern Appalachian Ridges	Level 4 (Sibling)

Major Peaks of the Central Appalachian Ridges

Ten Highest Peaks
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Elleber Knob	4595	1401	Allegheny Mountain Ridge
2.	Kile Knob	4588	1398	Central Virginia Appalachian Ridges
3.	Watering Pond Knob	4560+	1390+	Allegheny Mountain Ridge
4.	Little Ridge	4546	1386	Allegheny Mountain Ridge
5.	Panther Knob	4508	1374	Central Virginia Appalachian Ridges
6.	Snowy Mountain	4505	1373	Central Virginia Appalachian Ridges
7.	Bald Knob	4480+	1366+	Allegheny Mountain Ridge
8.	Bare Mountain	4480+	1366+	Allegheny Mountain Ridge
9.	Paddy Knob	4477	1365	Allegheny Mountain Ridge
10.	Elliott Knob	4463	1360	North Mountain Area
Sub-peaks are excluded from this list. List may not be complete, since only summits in the PBC Database are included.

Child Range High Points
Rank	Peak Name	ft	m	Range5
1.	Elleber Knob	4595	1401	Allegheny Mountain Ridge
2.	Kile Knob	4588	1398	Central Virginia Appalachian Ridges
3.	Elliott Knob	4463	1360	North Mountain Area
4.	Reddish Knob	4397	1340	Shenandoah Mountain
5.	Bald Knob	4361	1329	South-Central Appalachian Ridges
6.	Bears Hell	3327	1014	North Central Appalachian Ridges
7.	Lairds Knob	3282	1000	Masanutten Mountain

Photos of Peaks in the Central Appalachian Ridges

Reddish Knob View from the top of Reddish Knob looking South(ish) (2018-04-26). Photo by Jobe Wymore. Click here for larger-size photo.	Big Schloss Looking up at the rocky summit (2015-06-24). Photo by Jared Evans. Click here for larger-size photo.
Tibbett Knob The view from Tibbett Knob (2016-05-08). Photo by PJ Anderer. Click here for larger-size photo.	Pinnacle BM on top of the Pinnacle (2015-04-20). Photo by Wayne Snyder. Click here for larger-size photo.
Seneca Rocks The knife-blade of Seneca Rocks offers some of the best rock climbing in the central Appalachians (1984-06-02).	Third Hill Mountain ... at summit, Shanghai Beacon Tower (2015-05-07). Photo by Jean André Laverdure. Click here for larger-size photo.

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