Timber Ridge
Appearance
Timber Ridge | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 413 m (1,355 ft) |
Coordinates | 39°21′55″N78°19′48″W/ 39.36528°N 78.33000°W |
Geography | |
Location | VirginiaandWest Virginia,U.S. |
Parent range | Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians |
Topo map | USGSGore, Capon Springs, Ridge, Great Cacapon |
Climbing | |
Easiest route | Drive |
Timber Ridgeis amountainridgeof theRidge-and-valley Appalachiansstraddling theU.S. statesofVirginiaandWest Virginia.Timber Ridge extends from the forks ofSleepy CreekatStotlers CrossroadsinMorgan County,West Virginia, toLehewinHampshire County,West Virginia. The ridge is predominantly forested, as its name suggests, with the exception of a number oforchardsand open fields. FromWV 127/VA 127atGoodto Lehew, Timber Ridge serves as the boundary line betweenHampshire County,West Virginia, andFrederick County,Virginia.
Summits and knobs
[edit]Although Timber Ridge is a continuous mountain ridge, it is made up of a number of summits and knobs with individual names. These include:
- Chine Spring Knob, 1,312 feet (400 m)
Categories:
- Landforms of Frederick County, Virginia
- Ridges of Hampshire County, West Virginia
- Ridges of Morgan County, West Virginia
- Ridges of Virginia
- Ridges of West Virginia
- Northwestern Turnpike
- Hampshire County, West Virginia geography stubs
- Eastern Panhandle geography stubs
- Frederick County, Virginia geography stubs