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Laurel Hill in
Ohiopyle State Park in
Pennsylvania ; the gorge is 1,700 ft, where the
Youghiogheny River cuts through the mountains.
Spruce Mountain , visible behind
Judy Rocks , in eastern
West Virginia ; the summit of Spruce Mountain,
Spruce Knob , is the highest point in the Alleghenies at 4,863 feet (1,482 meters).
Allegheny Mountains in the
Monongahela National Forest of
West Virginia seen from the slopes of
Back Allegheny Mountain looking east. Visible are
Allegheny Mountain (middle distance) and
Shenandoah Mountain (far distance).
The
Allegheny Front seen in the right of this photograph
Blue Knob in
Pennsylvania and its wintry valley below
This list of ridges and summits of the
Allegheny Mountains identifies geographic elevations for about 500 miles (800 km) from north central
Pennsylvania , through eastern
West Virginia and western
Maryland , to western
Virginia in the United States.
The range of the
Allegheny Mountains is part of the
Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians , a
physiographic region of the much larger
Appalachian Mountain Range.
From northeast to southwest, with ridges and summits of the
Eastern Continental Divide in italics:[
specify ]
Bald Eagle Mountain , Pennsylvania
Wopsononock Mountain , Pennsylvania
Brush Mountain , Pennsylvania
Pine Knob , Pennsylvania
Blue Knob , Pennsylvania
Tussey Mountain , Pennsylvania
Cattle Knob , Pennsylvania
Round Knob , Pennsylvania
Ritchey Knob , Pennsylvania
Schaefer Head , Pennsylvania
Herman Point , Pennsylvania
Laurel Highlands region (3 counties), Pennsylvania
Wills Mountain , Pennsylvania, Maryland
Laurel Mountain , Pennsylvania, Maryland
Sleepy Creek Mountain , West Virginia
Sideling Hill , West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland
Negro Mountain , Pennsylvania, Maryland
Allegheny Mountain (Pennsylvania) stratigraphic ridge, Pennsylvania
Savage Mountain stratigraphic ridge, Pennsylvania, Maryland
Allegheny Front (includes Dans Mountain)
Little Allegheny Mountain , Pennsylvania, Maryland
Dan's Mountain , Maryland: 2,898 feet (883 m)
39°34′54″N 78°53′52″W / 39.58167°N 78.89778°W / 39.58167; -78.89778
Backbone Mountain , West Virginia, Maryland
North Mountain , Virginia, West Virginia
Great North Mountain , Virginia, West Virginia
Tonoloway Ridge , Pennsylvania, Maryland, West Virginia
Cacapon Mountain , West Virginia
Third Hill Mountain , West Virginia
Sleepy Creek Mountain , West Virginia
Patterson Creek Mountain , West Virginia
South Branch Mountain , West Virginia
Ice Mountain , West Virginia
Knobly Mountain , West Virginia
Little Snaggy Mountain , Maryland
Snaggy Mountain , West Virginia
Briery Mountains , West Virginia
Laurel Mountain , West Virginia
Rich Mountain , West Virginia
Mount Porte Crayon , West Virginia
Canaan Mountain , West Virginia
Cabin Mountain , West Virginia
Brown Mountain , West Virginia
North Fork Mountain , West Virginia
River Knobs , West Virginia
Shenandoah Mountain , West Virginia, Virginia
Elleber Ridge, West Virginia
Spruce Mountain , West Virginia
Little Middle Mountain , West Virginia
Allegheny Mountain , West Virginia, Virginia
Middle Mountain , West Virginia
Little Beech Mountain , West Virginia
Beech Mountain , West Virginia
Little Mountain , West Virginia
Shaver's Fork Mountain Complex , West Virginia
Black Mountain , West Virginia
Gauley Mountain , West Virginia
Yew Mountains , West Virginia
Back Creek Mountain , Virginia
Peters Mountain , West Virginia, Virginia
See also