Allegheny Mountain (West Virginia, Virginia)
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Allegheny Mountain is a major mountain ridge in the southern Allegheny Mountain Range. It forms West Virginia's southeastern border with Virginia, the eastern borders of Pocahontas and Greenbrier Counties, West Virgina and the western borders of ??????? and ???????? Counties, Virginia.
Elevations of 4,000 ft are exceeded along much of Allegheny Mountain. Among the important gaps and summits of the mountain are, from southwest to northeast, Hickory Knob (3,309 ft.), Smith Knob, Rucker Gap, Chestnut Knob, High Top (Lookout Tower), Ryder Gap, Chestnut Levels, Mad Tom, Mad Sheep (4,225 ft.), Paddy Knob (4,477 ft.), Bald Knob, Watering Pond Knob, Bear Mountain, Top of Allegheny (site of Allegheny Battlefield Historical Site), Tamarack Ridge, and Grassy Knob.
