Nelson Rocks, Monongahela National Forest

Name: Nelson Rocks
Address: Monongahela National Forest, United States

#11 among attractions in Monongahela National Forest

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Nelson Rocks, Monongahela National Forest

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Nelson Rocks is a large privately owned rock formation located in the North Fork Valley of Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States. The area is operated under the name of NROCKS Outdoor Adventures, and was previously known as Nelson Rocks Outdoor Center. ()

Coordinates: 38°41'47"N, 79°27'53"W

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Monongahela National Forest United States

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Day trips

Nelson Rocks – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Spruce Mountain, Seneca Caverns, Germany Valley, Allegheny Mountains.

3.7 miW
Natural attraction, Mountain, Park
Spruce Mountain, Monongahela National Forest
94 min walk • Spruce Mountain, in eastern West Virginia, USA, is the highest ridge of the Allegheny Mountains. The "whale-backed" ridge extends for only about 16 miles, from northeast to southwest, but several of its peaks exceed 4,500 feet in elevation.
6.1 miNE
Natural attraction, Cave, Park
Seneca Caverns, Monongahela National Forest
157 min walk • Seneca Caverns is a karst show cave in Germany Valley near Riverton, West Virginia, USA. It has been commercially used since 1930. The largest room inside the cave is the Teter Hall, which is 60 feet tall by 60 feet wide in some areas.
6.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Valley
Germany Valley, Monongahela National Forest
159 min walk • Germany Valley is a scenic upland valley high in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia originally settled by German farmers in the mid-18th century.
3.7 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Natural feature
Allegheny Mountains, Monongahela National Forest
94 min walk • The Allegheny Mountain Range, informally the Alleghenies, is part of the vast Appalachian Mountain Range of the Eastern United States and Canada and posed a significant barrier to land travel in less developed eras.
3.2 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
River Knobs, Monongahela National Forest
83 min walk • The River Knobs — formerly known as East Seneca Ridge — are a ridge and series of knobs in western Pendleton County, West Virginia, USA, along a stretch of the North Fork South Branch Potomac River.
4.3 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Castle Mountain, Monongahela National Forest
110 min walk • Castle Mountain is a forested mountain ridge in Pendleton County, West Virginia, in the United States. Running from the southwest to the northeast, the mountain is bounded to its west by North Fork Mountain and to its east by a series of rolling hills.