New Creek Mountain

New Creek Mountain
Highest point
Elevation 3,084 ft (940 m)  NAVD 88[1]
Coordinates 39°13′40.91″N 79°07′43.59″W / 39.2280306°N 79.1287750°W / 39.2280306; -79.1287750Coordinates: 39°13′40.91″N 79°07′43.59″W / 39.2280306°N 79.1287750°W / 39.2280306; -79.1287750 [1]
Geography
Location Grant / Mineral counties, West Virginia, U.S.
Parent range Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
Topo map USGS Greenland Gap
Climbing
Easiest route Hike
Saddle Mountain, part of New Creek Mountain, as viewed at sunrise from Skyline on U.S. Route 50 in West Virginia

New Creek Mountain is a mountain ridge of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians in Grant and Mineral counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The mountain is named for New Creek which rises and flows along its western flanks. It is part of the Wills Mountain Anticline, with Knobly Mountain along its eastern flank. The Allegheny Front rises steeply to the west of New Creek Mountain. Oriskany (Ridgeley) sandstone cliffs ring the entire mountain.

Saddle Mountain, prominent in the view eastward from the Skyland Overlook on U.S. 50, is a saddle-shaped dip in the mountain's ridgecrest.

The New Creek Mountain Cliffs are 800 feet (240 m) high, lining a great cleft in the mountain that rivals the famed Franconia Notch of New England.

References

  1. 1 2 "Evans". NGS data sheet. U.S. National Geodetic Survey. Retrieved 2008-12-06.
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