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
Seneca Rocks
Country	United States
State	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
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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v • d • e Monongahela National Forest

National Recreation Areas	Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area

Wilderness Areas	Cranberry Wilderness • Dolly Sods Wilderness • Laurel Fork North Wilderness • Laurel Fork South Wilderness • Otter Creek Wilderness

Observation Towers	Bickle Knob • Olson Tower

Lakes	Lake Sherwood • Spruce Knob Lake • Summit Lake

Mountains	Allegheny Mountain • Back Allegheny Mountain • Backbone Mountain • Bickle Knob • Cheat Mountain • Gaudineer Knob • Mount Porte Crayon • River Knobs • Seneca Rocks • Shavers Mountain • Spruce Knob

Other Major Areas	Blackwater Canyon • Camp Allegheny • Canaan Valley • Cheat Summit Fort • Cranberry Glades Botanical Area • Gaudineer Scenic Area • Germany Valley • Highland Scenic Highway • Sinks of Gandy

Rivers and Creeks	Black Fork (Cheat River) • Blackwater River • Cheat River • Cranberry River • Dry Fork (Cheat River) • Elk River • Gauley River • Greenbrier River • Laurel Fork (Cheat River) • Seneca Creek • South Branch Potomac River • Shavers Fork • Tygart Valley River • Williams River

USDA Forest Service

v • d • e Protected Areas of West Virginia

Federal protected areas	Appalachian National Scenic Trail • Bluestone National Scenic River • Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge • Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park • Cranberry Wilderness • Dolly Sods Wilderness • Gauley River National Recreation Area • George Washington National Forest • Harpers Ferry National Historical Park • Jefferson National Forest • Laurel Fork North Wilderness • Laurel Fork South Wilderness • Monongahela National Forest • Mountain Lake Wilderness • New River Gorge National River • Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge • Otter Creek Wilderness • Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area

State parks	Audra • Babcock • Beartown • Beech Fork • Berkeley Springs • Blackwater Falls • Blennerhassett Island • Bluestone • Cacapon Resort • Camp Creek • Canaan Valley Resort • Carnifex Ferry Battlefield • Cass Scenic Railroad • Cathedral • Cedar Creek • Chief Logan • Droop Mountain Battlefield • Fairfax Stone • Greenbrier River Trail • Hawks Nest • Holly River • Little Beaver • Lost River • Moncove Lake • North Bend Rail Trail • North Bend • Pinnacle Rock • Pipestem Resort • Prickett's Fort • Stonewall Jackson Lake • Tomlinson Run • Tu-Endie-Wei • Twin Falls Resort • Tygart Lake • Valley Falls • Watoga • Watters Smith Memorial

State forests	Cabwaylingo • Calvin Price • Camp Creek • Coopers Rock • Greenbrier • Kanawha • Kumbrabow • Panther • Seneca

Wildlife management areas	Allegheny • Amherst-Plymouth • Anawalt Lake • Bear Rock Lakes • Becky Creek • Beech Fork Lake • Berwind Lake • Beury Mountain • Big Ditch • Big Ugly • Bluestone Lake • Briery Mountain • Burches Run Lake • Burnsville Lake • Castleman Run Lake • Cecil H. Underwood • Center Branch • Chief Cornstalk • Conaway Run Lake • Cross Creek • Dunkard Fork • East Lynn Lake • Edwards Run • Elk Creek • Elk River • Fork Creek • Fort Mill Ridge • Frozen Camp • Green Bottom • Handley • Hilbert • Hillcrest • Horse Creek • Hughes River • Huttonsville State Farm • Lantz Farm and Nature Preserve • Laurel Lake • Lewis Wetzel • Little Indian Creek • McClintic • Meadow River • Mill Creek • Moncove Lake • Morris Creek • Nathaniel Mountain • Pedlar • Pleasant Creek • Plum Orchard Lake • Pruntytown • R.D. Bailey Lake • Ritchie Mines • Sand Hill • Shannondale Springs • Short Mountain • Slatyfork • Sleepy Creek • Smoke Camp • Snake Hill • South Branch • Stonecoal Lake • Stonewall Jackson Lake • Stumptown • Summersville Lake • Tate Lohr • Teter Creek Lake • The Jug • Thorn Creek • Tug Fork • Turkey Run • Upper Deckers Creek • Upper Mud River • Valley Bend • Wallback • Widmeyer • Woodrum

West Virginia Division of Forestry • West Virginia Division of Natural Resources

v • d • e National Recreation Areas of the United States

Administered by the National Park Service	Amistad • Big South Fork • Bighorn Canyon • Boston Harbor Islands • Chattahoochee River • Chickasaw • Curecanti • Delaware Water Gap • Gateway • Gauley River • Glen Canyon • Golden Gate • Lake Chelan • Lake Mead • Lake Meredith • Lake Roosevelt • Mississippi • Ross Lake • Santa Monica Mountains • Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity

Administered by other agencies	Allegheny • Angel Peak • Arapaho • Datil Well • Flaming Gorge • Grand Island • Hells Canyon • Land Between The Lakes • Mount Baker • Mount Rogers • Oregon Dunes • Orilla Verde • Pine Ridge • Rattlesnake • Sawtooth • Smith River • Spring Mountains • Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks • Valley of Fires • White Mountains • White Rocks • Wild Rivers • Winding Stair Mountain