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Bald Knob, Monongahela National Forest

#29 among attractions in Monongahela National Forest

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Elevation: 4843 ftProminence: 902 ftCoordinates: 38°26'52"N, 79°55'52"W
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Monongahela National Forest United States

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Bald Knob – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, Green Bank Telescope, Green Bank Interferometer, Shavers Fork Mountain Complex.

  • cass scenic railroad state park monongahela national forest3.6 miS
    Museum

    Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, Monongahela National Forest

    93 min walk • Cass Scenic Railroad State Park is a state park and heritage railroad located in Cass, Pocahontas County, West Virginia. It consists of the Cass Scenic Railroad, an 11-mile long heritage railway owned by the West Virginia State Rail Authority and operated by the Durbin and Greenbrier Valley Railroad.

  • green bank telescope monongahela national forest5.1 miE
    Observatories and planetariums

    Green Bank Telescope, Monongahela National Forest

    129 min walk • The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia, US is the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope, surpassing the Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope in Germany.

  • green bank interferometer monongahela national forest5.1 miE
    Observatories and planetariums

    Green Bank Interferometer, Monongahela National Forest

    130 min walk • The Green Bank Interferometer is a former radio astronomy telescope located at Green Bank, West Virginia and operated by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.

  • shavers fork mountain complex snowshoe4.7 miSW
    Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

    Shavers Fork Mountain Complex, Snowshoe

    121 min walk • Shavers Fork Mountain Complex is the name given to the mountains on either side of Shavers Fork in the highlands portions of Randolph County, Pocahontas County, and Tucker County in West Virginia, USA.

  • thorny flat snowshoe location map
    4.7 miSW
    Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain

    Thorny Flat, Snowshoe

    121 min walk • Thorny Flat is the second highest peak in the U.S. state of West Virginia, after Spruce Knob. Thorny Flat is the high point of the ridge known as Cheat Mountain.

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