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The Monongahela National Forest includes a number of Recreation Areas on the Appalachian Plateau, including: Bear Heaven RA, Bickle Knob RA, Big Bend RA, Bird Run RA, Bishop Knob RA, Cranberry RA, Gaudineer Knob RA, Horseshoe RA, Lake Buffalo RA, Laurel Fork RA, Old House Run RA, Pocahontas RA, Red
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The George Washington National Forest includes six Recreation Areas within the Potomac Highlands' Ridge and Valley region: Brandywine RA, Camp Run RA, Rock Cliff RA, Shenandoah Mountain RA, Trout Pond RA, and Wolf Gap RA.
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Among notable scenic features or wild areas within the Ridge and Valley portion of the Potomac Highlands are:
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While much of the land in the Potomac Highlands is privately owned, large portions of the area are within the
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Within the region's three western counties, landscapes of the Appalachian Plateau include such features as:
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The Potomac Naturalist: The Natural History of the Headwaters of the Historic Potomac
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The following nine West Virginia counties are included within the Potomac Highlands:
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history make the Potomac Highlands one of the most scenic areas within the central
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region which includes the relatively high and rugged mountains along and near the
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The Potomac Highlands broadly overlaps, but is not identical with, the four-state
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Creek RA, Red Lick RA, Spruce Knob Lake RA, Stuart RA, and Tea Creek RA.
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counties (Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, and Pendleton) in the upper
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Monongahela National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan
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West Virginia Division of Tourism Potomac Highlands Website
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General Information, The Wonders of WV, 2007 Note, modern
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The Allegheny Front provides the setting for various high,
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The eastern part of the region is within the 55:watershed in the western portion of the state's 2497: 983: 485:regions do not necessarily match traditional 8: 889:Letter to Jerry Payne, Ripley, West Virginia 415:(within the Gaudineer Knob Recreation Area) 238:North Fork Mountain Red Pine Botanical Area 224:Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area 197:on the western slope of North Fork Mountain 2504: 2490: 2482: 2352: 2276: 2184: 2069: 1673: 1371: 1089: 990: 976: 968: 866: 280:Short Mountain Wildlife Management Area 2828:Washington–Baltimore metropolitan area 379:Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge 2229:South Fork South Branch Potomac River 2201:North Fork South Branch Potomac River 408:Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park 254:Seneca Caverns, in the Germany Valley 7: 1060:Streams shown as: Major tributaries 315:areas atop massive outcrops of the 354:Big Ditch Wildlife Management Area 29:Potomac Highlands of West Virginia 25: 18:Potomac Highlands of West Virginia 958:Stewards of the Potomac Highlands 419:Greenbrier River Trail State Park 286:Smoke Hole (or Smoke Hole Canyon) 158:George Washington National Forest 3254: 424:Handley Wildlife Management Area 102:and West Virginia into adjacent 1357:Tuscarora Creek (West Virginia) 1138:South Fork Little Cacapon River 1131:North Fork Little Cacapon River 587:Minerals located in the county 393:Cranberry Glades Botanical Area 388:Cass Scenic Railroad State Park 383:Canaan Valley Resort State Park 326:, West Virginia's highest point 260:and such similar near-vertical 75:watersheds and not that of the 906:U.S. Department of Agriculture 1: 2813:Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians 430:High Falls of the Cheat River 2788:Huntington metropolitan area 2768:Charleston metropolitan area 914:; Chapter III, pp 46 and 62. 837: 817: 797: 777: 757: 737: 717: 682:Henry St. George Tucker, Sr. 672: 650: 620: 598: 578: 556: 533: 511: 2871:Parkersburg–Marietta–Vienna 2314:South Fork Shenandoah River 2293:North Fork Shenandoah River 369:Blackwater Falls State Park 154:Monongahela National Forest 3334: 2190:South Branch Potomac River 2075:North Branch Potomac River 1415:Tuscarora Creek (Maryland) 1313:Little Conococheague Creek 1114:South Branch Potomac River 1107:North Branch Potomac River 853: 850: 845: 838: 833: 830: 825: 818: 813: 810: 805: 798: 793: 790: 785: 778: 773: 770: 765: 758: 753: 750: 745: 738: 733: 730: 725: 718: 688: 685: 680: 673: 666: 663: 658: 651: 644: 641: 628: 621: 614: 611: 606: 599: 592: 589: 586: 579: 572: 569: 564: 557: 550: 547: 541: 534: 527: 524: 519: 512: 3250: 2670:Colleges and universities 2523: 2362: 2351: 2288: 2275: 2196: 2183: 2081: 2068: 1685: 1672: 1410:Catoctin Creek (Maryland) 1405:Catoctin Creek (Virginia) 1383: 1370: 1101: 1088: 1006: 162:U.S. National Park System 3313:Regions of West Virginia 3261:West Virginia portal 2570:Census-designated places 931:McClain Printing Company 660:Edmund Jennings Randolph 298:Wildlife Management Area 233:Wills Mountain Anticline 231:, along the axis of the 459:The Valley Bend Wetland 191:Germany Valley Overlook 175:Ridge and Valley region 2856:Hagerstown–Martinsburg 2417:Jennings Randolph Lake 2392:Breckenridge Reservoir 2036:Popes Creek (Virginia) 1996:Popes Creek (Maryland) 1257:Little Tonoloway Creek 927:Parsons, West Virginia 490: 444:Otter Creek Wilderness 438:Kumbrabow State Forest 214:The Nature Conservancy 212:, a preserve owned by 205:The Nature Conservancy 203:, a preserve owned by 131:physiographic province 94:from extreme southern 2565:Magisterial districts 2452:Stony River Reservoir 1559:Little Monocacy River 1400:Little Catoctin Creek 877:(ret. 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Lawrence, 399:Cranberry Wilderness 317:Pottsville sandstone 245:, west of Petersburg 243:North Fork Water Gap 3285: /  2753:Allegheny Mountains 2617:Tourist attractions 1679:Tidal Potomac River 1660:Little Falls Branch 1606:Little Seneca Creek 1377:Lower Potomac River 1318:Conococheague Creek 1151:Sideling Hill Creek 1095:Upper Potomac River 1069:(subsubtributaries) 449:Seneca State Forest 349:Beartown State Park 340:Appalachian Plateau 262:Tuscarora quartzite 229:North Fork Mountain 84:Allegheny Highlands 2861:Huntington–Ashland 2803:Northern Panhandle 2778:Cumberland Plateau 2432:McMillan Reservoir 2427:Little Seneca Lake 2382:Lake Bernard Frank 2139:Little Wills Creek 1991:Port Tobacco River 1754:Washington Channel 1622:Great Seneca Creek 908:(September 2006), 570:December 10, 1785 548:December 13, 1753 525:February 14, 1866 491: 473:County information 291:Smoke Hole Caverns 47:) centers on five 3289:38.867°N 79.367°W 3268: 3267: 2818:Shenandoah Valley 2808:Potomac Highlands 2783:Eastern Panhandle 2758:Allegheny Plateau 2479: 2478: 2475: 2474: 2447:Sleepy Creek Lake 2347: 2346: 2271: 2270: 2179: 2178: 2064: 2063: 1957:Chopawamsic Creek 1668: 1667: 1502:Big Hunting Creek 1487:Little Pipe Creek 1471:Double Pipe Creek 1366: 1365: 1176:Capon Springs Run 1146:Fifteenmile Creek 947:978-0-87012-023-7 858: 857: 695: 694: 612:December 4, 1787 590:February 1, 1866 463:Watoga State Park 434:Hills Creek Falls 360:Blackwater Canyon 139:Allegheny Plateau 98:southward across 69:Monongahela River 57:Eastern Panhandle 33:Potomac Highlands 16:(Redirected from 3325: 3300: 3299: 3297: 3296: 3295: 3290: 3286: 3283: 3282: 3281: 3278: 3259: 3258: 3257: 2506: 2499: 2492: 2483: 2437:Mount Storm Lake 2397:Brushy Fork Lake 2353: 2338: 2331: 2322: 2308: 2301: 2282:Shenandoah River 2277: 2237: 2223: 2216: 2209: 2185: 2171:Green Spring Run 2160: 2141: 2134: 2070: 2006:Piccowaxen Creek 1980: 1942:Chicamuxen Creek 1937:Mattawoman Creek 1921: 1914: 1907: 1883: 1860:Piscataway Creek 1839: 1813: 1806: 1804:Northeast Branch 1797: 1790: 1788:Northwest Branch 1783: 1776: 1769: 1739:Boundary Channel 1733: 1674: 1655:Cabin John Creek 1624: 1617: 1608: 1601: 1599:Dry Seneca Creek 1572: 1553: 1546: 1539: 1532: 1525: 1518: 1511: 1504: 1497: 1490: 1481: 1467: 1458: 1451: 1444: 1437: 1430: 1394:Shenandoah River 1372: 1359: 1352: 1345: 1338: 1326: 1309: 1302: 1295: 1273: 1259: 1235: 1231:Bearwallow Creek 1224: 1215: 1206: 1199: 1192: 1185: 1178: 1171: 1164: 1140: 1133: 1090: 1079: 1070: 1065: 1011:Cities and towns 992: 985: 978: 969: 915: 899: 893: 892: 884: 878: 871: 708:2005 (estimate) 702: 608:Edmund Pendleton 545:County, England 521:Ulysses S. 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2215: 2211: 2208: 2204: 2203: 2202: 2199: 2198: 2195: 2191: 2186: 2182: 2172: 2169: 2167: 2164: 2159: 2155: 2154: 2153: 2150: 2148: 2145: 2140: 2136: 2133: 2129: 2128: 2127: 2124: 2122: 2119: 2117: 2116:Limestone Run 2114: 2112: 2109: 2107: 2104: 2102: 2101:Georges Creek 2099: 2097: 2094: 2092: 2089: 2087: 2084: 2083: 2080: 2076: 2071: 2067: 2057: 2054: 2052: 2049: 2047: 2044: 2042: 2039: 2037: 2034: 2032: 2029: 2027: 2024: 2022: 2019: 2017: 2016:Cuckold Creek 2014: 2012: 2009: 2007: 2004: 2002: 1999: 1997: 1994: 1992: 1989: 1987: 1984: 1979: 1975: 1974: 1973: 1972:Potomac Creek 1970: 1968: 1965: 1963: 1960: 1958: 1955: 1953: 1950: 1948: 1945: 1943: 1940: 1938: 1935: 1933: 1932:Powells Creek 1930: 1928: 1927:Neabsco Creek 1925: 1920: 1916: 1913: 1909: 1906: 1902: 1901: 1900: 1897: 1895: 1892: 1890: 1887: 1882: 1878: 1877: 1876: 1873: 1871: 1868: 1866: 1863: 1861: 1858: 1856: 1853: 1851: 1848: 1846: 1843: 1838: 1834: 1833: 1832: 1831:Hunting Creek 1829: 1827: 1824: 1822: 1821:Four Mile Run 1819: 1812: 1808: 1807: 1805: 1801: 1796: 1792: 1791: 1789: 1785: 1782: 1778: 1775: 1771: 1768: 1764: 1763: 1762: 1761: 1757: 1755: 1752: 1750: 1747: 1745: 1742: 1740: 1737: 1732: 1728: 1727: 1726: 1723: 1721: 1718: 1716: 1713: 1711: 1708: 1706: 1705:Maddox Branch 1703: 1701: 1700:Donaldson Run 1698: 1696: 1693: 1691: 1688: 1687: 1684: 1680: 1675: 1671: 1661: 1658: 1656: 1653: 1651: 1648: 1646: 1643: 1641: 1640:Difficult Run 1638: 1636: 1633: 1631: 1628: 1623: 1619: 1615: 1614:Tenmile Creek 1610: 1607: 1603: 1600: 1596: 1595: 1594: 1591: 1589: 1586: 1584: 1583:Sugarland Run 1581: 1579: 1576: 1571: 1567: 1566: 1565: 1562: 1560: 1557: 1552: 1551:Bennett Creek 1548: 1545: 1541: 1538: 1534: 1531: 1527: 1524: 1520: 1517: 1516:Carroll Creek 1513: 1510: 1506: 1503: 1499: 1496: 1492: 1488: 1483: 1479: 1474: 1472: 1469: 1465: 1460: 1457: 1453: 1450: 1446: 1443: 1442:Alloway Creek 1439: 1436: 1432: 1429: 1425: 1424: 1423: 1422: 1418: 1416: 1413: 1411: 1408: 1406: 1403: 1401: 1398: 1396: 1395: 1391: 1389: 1386: 1385: 1382: 1378: 1373: 1369: 1358: 1354: 1351: 1347: 1344: 1340: 1337: 1333: 1331: 1330:Opequon Creek 1328: 1325: 1321: 1319: 1316: 1314: 1311: 1308: 1304: 1301: 1297: 1294: 1290: 1288: 1285: 1283: 1280: 1278: 1277:Licking Creek 1275: 1272: 1271:Meadow Branch 1268: 1266: 1263: 1258: 1254: 1253: 1252: 1249: 1247: 1244: 1242: 1241:Sir Johns Run 1239: 1233: 1232: 1226: 1222: 1217: 1213: 1208: 1205: 1201: 1198: 1194: 1191: 1187: 1184: 1180: 1177: 1173: 1170: 1166: 1163: 1159: 1158: 1157: 1156:Cacapon River 1154: 1152: 1149: 1147: 1144: 1139: 1135: 1132: 1128: 1127: 1126: 1123: 1121: 1118: 1116: 1115: 1111: 1109: 1108: 1104: 1103: 1100: 1096: 1091: 1087: 1077: 1072: 1067: 1062: 1061: 1059: 1057: 1056:West Virginia 1054: 1052: 1049: 1047: 1044: 1042: 1039: 1037: 1034: 1032: 1031:Variant names 1029: 1027: 1024: 1022: 1019: 1017: 1014: 1012: 1009: 1008: 1005: 1000: 999:Potomac River 993: 988: 986: 981: 979: 974: 973: 970: 964: 961: 959: 956: 955: 951: 949: 948: 944: 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172: 170: 169:Fairfax Stone 165: 163: 159: 155: 150: 148: 145:'s prominent 144: 140: 136: 132: 129: 125: 121: 117: 114:The region's 109: 107: 105: 101: 97: 93: 89: 85: 80: 78: 77:Potomac River 74: 70: 66: 62: 58: 54: 53:Potomac River 50: 43: 34: 31:(or just the 30: 19: 3270: 3252: 2807: 2720:Coat of arms 2655:Demographics 2525: 2422:Kingman Lake 2328:Middle River 2243:Lunice Creek 2235:Kettle Creek 2221:Seneca Creek 2147:Evitts Creek 2096:Savage River 2031:Mattox Creek 2026:Monroe Creek 1952:Little Creek 1889:Pohick Creek 1850:Henson Creek 1811:Paint Branch 1774:Watts Branch 1758: 1731:Piney Branch 1635:Watts Branch 1630:Muddy Branch 1593:Seneca Creek 1570:Little River 1530:Israel Creek 1464:Middle Creek 1419: 1392: 1350:Middle Creek 1336:Abrams Creek 1300:Isaacs Creek 1265:Sleepy Creek 1229: 1112: 1105: 1075: 1046:Pennsylvania 922: 920: 910: 897: 888: 882: 869: 846: 839: 826: 819: 806: 799: 786: 779: 766: 759: 746: 739: 726: 719: 674: 652: 622: 600: 580: 566:Samuel Hardy 558: 535: 513: 492: 467: 343: 310: 301: 270:Nelson Rocks 266:Champe Rocks 264:outcrops as 258:Seneca Rocks 249:Reddish Knob 210:Ice Mountain 178: 166: 151: 113: 96:Pennsylvania 87: 83: 81: 59:, bordering 32: 28: 26: 3292: / 2944:Parkersburg 2934:Martinsburg 2838:Metro areas 2798:Ohio Valley 2682:LGBT rights 2590:Delegations 2575:Environment 2467:Warden Lake 2457:Tidal Basin 2336:South River 2320:North River 2306:Smith Creek 2299:Cedar Creek 2207:Laurel Fork 2132:Brush Creek 2126:Wills Creek 2121:Warrior Run 2091:Abram Creek 2086:Stony River 2001:Gambo Creek 1967:Aquia Creek 1881:Daniels Run 1870:Dogue Creek 1845:Broad Creek 1837:Cameron Run 1795:Sligo Creek 1767:Pope Branch 1744:Tiber Creek 1695:Gulf Branch 1564:Goose Creek 1495:Owens Creek 1449:Piney Creek 1435:Marsh Creek 1293:Hogue Creek 1204:North River 1197:Mill Branch 1190:Edwards Run 1183:Dillons Run 1026:Tributaries 874:by Citynet 854:Pocahontas 324:Spruce Knob 141:, with the 3307:Categories 3157:Pocahontas 3122:Monongalia 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2545:Outline 2258:Big Run 1021:Islands 1016:Bridges 834:Tucker 821:Parsons 714:County 690:Parsons 639:people 632:of the 582:Mineral 499:County 483:tourism 195:U.S. 33 3227:Wetzel 3212:Upshur 3202:Tucker 3197:Taylor 3167:Putnam 3132:Morgan 3127:Monroe 3107:Mercer 3087:Marion 3022:Gilmer 2997:Cabell 2992:Brooke 2607:People 2550:Cities 2537:Topics 1001:system 945:  937:  851:1,204 831:1,463 811:1,940 801:Romney 794:Hardy 791:2,375 774:Grant 771:2,423 751:5,303 741:Keyser 731:7,032 721:Elkins 676:Tucker 668:Elkins 594:Keyser 552:Romney 272:, and 156:, the 41:listen 3217:Wayne 3207:Tyler 3187:Roane 3117:Mingo 3097:Mason 3082:Logan 3072:Lewis 3047:Hardy 3027:Grant 2982:Boone 2730:Motto 2697:Radio 2650:Crime 2555:Towns 2513:State 847:1,247 827:1,400 807:1,975 787:2,408 767:2,634 747:5,410 727:7,109 711:2000 705:City 686:1856 664:1787 642:1821 560:Hardy 515:Grant 508:Seat 367:, in 193:, on 3237:Wood 3232:Wirt 3142:Ohio 3007:Clay 2735:Seal 2725:Flag 943:ISBN 935:ISBN 453:The 442:The 428:The 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Index

Potomac Highlands of West Virginia
listen
West Virginian
Potomac River
Eastern Panhandle
Maryland
Virginia
Monongahela River
New River
Potomac River
Allegheny Front
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Virginia
geologic setting
landscape
Appalachian Mountains
Ridge and Valley
physiographic province
Water gaps
Allegheny Plateau
Allegheny Front
escarpment
Monongahela National Forest
George Washington National Forest
U.S. National Park System
Fairfax Stone
Germany Valley
Germany Valley Overlook
U.S. 33

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