Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area

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name = Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area
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other_name = Part of Monongahela National Forest
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category = National Recreation Area
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image_caption = Seneca Rocks
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country = United States
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state = West Virginia
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region_type = Counties
region = Grant
region1 = Pendleton
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location = Seneca Rocks
lat_d = 38
lat_m = 50
lat_s = 02
lat_NS = N
long_d = 79
long_m = 22
long_s = 04
long_EW = W
elevation_imperial = 1923
elevation_round = 1
area_unit = acre
area_imperial = 100000
area_note = [http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/mnf/sp/sksrnra.html Monongahela National Forest: Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area] , accessed April 12, 2008.]
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highest = Spruce Knob
highest_location = northwest of Circleville
highest_lat_d = 38
highest_lat_m = 41
highest_lat_s = 59
highest_lat_NS = N
highest_long_d = 79
highest_long_m = 31
highest_long_s = 58
highest_long_EW = W
highest_elevation_imperial = 4863
lowest = South Branch Potomac River
lowest_location = west of Petersburg
lowest_lat_d = 39
lowest_lat_m = 00
lowest_lat_s = 05
lowest_lat_NS = N
lowest_long_d = 79
lowest_long_m = 09
lowest_long_s = 46
lowest_long_EW = W
lowest_elevation_imperial = 968
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established_type = Established
established = 1965-09-28
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owner = USDA Forest Service
management = Monongahela National Forest
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free_type = Nearest city
free_label = Nearest city
free = Seneca Rocks, West Virginia
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map_caption = Location of Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area in West Virginia
map_locator = West Virginia
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website = [http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/mnf/sp/sksrnra.html 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.

External links

* [http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/mnf/sp/sksrnra.html Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area official site]