Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area

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Coordinates: 38°50′02″N 79°22′04″W / 38.83389, -79.36778
Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area
Part of Monongahela National Forest
National Recreation Area
none Seneca Rocks
Country Flag of the United States United States
State Flag of West Virginia West Virginia
Counties Grant, Pendleton
Location Seneca Rocks
 - elevation 1,923 ft (586.1 m)
 - coordinates 38°50′02″N 79°22′04″W / 38.83389, -79.36778
Highest point Spruce Knob
 - location northwest of Circleville
 - elevation 4,863 ft (1,482.2 m)
 - coordinates 38°41′59″N 79°31′58″W / 38.69972, -79.53278
Lowest point South Branch Potomac River
 - location west of Petersburg
 - elevation 968 ft (295 m)
 - coordinates 39°00′05″N 79°09′46″W / 39.00139, -79.16278
Area 100,000 acres (40,468.6 ha) [1]
Established 1965-09-28
Management Monongahela National Forest
Owner USDA Forest Service
Nearest city Seneca Rocks, West Virginia
Location of Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area in West Virginia
Location of Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area in West Virginia
Website: Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area

Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area is a U.S. National Recreation Area (NRA) located within the Monongahela National Forest of eastern West Virginia, USA.

The NRA protects two prominent West Virginia landmarks: Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia (and the highest of the Allegheny Mountains) with a summit elevation of 4,863 feet (1482 m), and Seneca Rocks, a 900 foot (270 m) high quartzite crag popular with rock climbers.

Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks NRA was established by an act of the U.S. Congress on September 28, 1965 as the first National Recreation Area in a United States National Forest. It is therefore administered by the US Forest Service rather than the National Park Service, as most other National Recreation Areas are.

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