Mill Creek Mountain

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Mill Creek Mountain
Elevation	807 metres (2,648 feet)
Location	West Virginia, USA
Range	Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
Coordinates	39°17′35″N, 78°49′58″W
Easiest route	drive

Mill Creek Mountain is a continuous mountain ridge that runs northeast through Hampshire and Hardy counties in the Eastern Panhandle region of the U.S. state of West Virginia. Rising to its greatest elevation of 2,648 feet (807 m) above sea-level at High Knob, Mill Creek is a folded mountain ridge, belonging to the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians. Mill Creek Mountain forms the western edge of the South Branch Potomac River Valley and is named for Mill Creek that carves through it at Mechanicsburg Gap allowing the Northwestern Turnpike (U.S. Route 50) to pass through as well. Along with Sawmill Ridge (1,716 feet/523 m), Mill Creek Mountain forms the Trough along the South Branch.

Hanging Rocks at Wappocomo, south of Springfield, are located on the northern edge of the gap in Mill Creek Mountain formed by the South Branch.

[edit] Summits and Knobs

Although Mill Creek Mountain is a continuous mountain ridge, it is made up of a number of summits and knobs with individual names. These are listed from south to north.

River Ridge, 1,906 feet (581 m)
High Knob, 2,648 feet (807 m)
Unnamed Knob, 2,066 feet (629 m)
Unnamed Knob, 1,993 feet (607 m)
Unnamed Knob, 1,968 feet (599 m)
Thrasher Knob, 2,142 feet (653 m)
Merrit Knob, 1,952 feet (595 m)
Long Knob, 1,725 feet (525 m)
Green Knob, 1,620 feet (500 m)
Island Ridge, 1,500 feet (457 m)
Fairview Mountain, 2,351 feet (716 m)
Fort Mill Ridge, 1,100 feet (335 m)
Mill Creek Ridge at Romney, 1,771 feet (539 m)

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	Hampshire County, West Virginia
Municipalities	Capon Bridge \| Romney
Unincorporated communities	Augusta \| Barnes Mill \| Bloomery \| Blues Beach \| Bubbling Spring \| Capon Lake \| Capon Springs \| Capon Springs Station \| Cold Stream \| Creekvale \| Davis Ford \| Delray \| Dillons Run \| Donaldson \| Forks of Cacapon \| Frenchburg \| Glebe \| Good \| Grace \| Green Spring \| Hainesville \| Hanging Rock \| Hanging Rocks \| Higginsville \| High View \| Hooks Mills \| Hoy \| Intermont \| Jericho \| Junction \| Kirby \| Largent \| Lehew \| Levels \| Little Cacapon \| Loom \| Mechanicsburg \| Millbrook \| Millen \| Millesons Mill \| Neals Run \| Nero \| North River Mills \| Okonoko \| Pancake \| Pin Oak \| Pleasant Dale \| Points \| Purgitsville \| Rada \| Raven Rocks \| Ridgedale \| Ruckman \| Sector \| Sedan \| Shanks \| Shiloh \| Slanesville \| South Branch Depot \| Springfield \| Three Churches \| Vance \| Vanderlip \| Wappocomo \| Yellow Spring
Natural features and areas	Baker Mountain \| Bear Garden Mountain \| Bearwallow Creek \| Big Run \| Cacapon Mountain \| Cacapon River \| Capon Springs Run \| Castle Mountain \| Caudy's Castle \| Cooper Mountain \| The Devil's Nose \| Dillons Run \| Edwards Run \| Edwards Run Wildlife Management Area \| Fort Mill Ridge Wildlife Management Area \| George Washington National Forest \| Grassy Lick Run \| Great North Mountain \| Green Spring Run \| High Knob \| Ice Mountain \| Little Cacapon Mountain \| Little Cacapon River \| Mechanicsburg Gap \| Mill Branch \| Mill Creek \| Mill Creek Mountain \| Mill Run \| Nathaniel Mountain \| Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area \| Patterson Creek Mountain \| North Branch Potomac River \| North River \| North River Mountain \| Potomac River \| Short Mountain \| Short Mountain Wildlife Management Area \| Sideling Hill \| South Branch Mountain \| South Branch Potomac River \| South Branch Wildlife Management Area \| Spring Gap Mountain \| Tearcoat Creek \| The Trough \| Timber Ridge \| Wacousta Hill

	Hardy County, West Virginia
Municipalities	Moorefield \| Wardensville
Unincorporated communities	Arkansaw \| Baker \| Basore \| Bass \| Baughman Settlement \| Bean Settlement \| Brake \| Cunningham \| Durgon \| Fisher \| Flats \| Fort Run \| Inkerman \| Kessel \| Lost City \| Lost River \| Mathias \| McCauley \| McNeill \| Milam \| Needmore \| Old Fields \| Perry \| Peru \| Rig \| Rock Oak \| Rockland \| Tannery \| Taylor \| Walnut Bottom
Natural features and areas	Cacapon River \| George Washington National Forest \| Grassy Lick Run \| Great North Mountain \| Kettle Creek \| Lost River \| Lost River State Park \| Mill Creek Mountain \| North River \| Patterson Creek Mountain \| Short Mountain \| South Branch Potomac River \| South Branch Wildlife Management Area \| South Fork South Branch Potomac River \| Trout Pond \| Trout Run \| Warden Lake