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President Lyndon B. Johnson created the Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area
Spruce Knob, 4,861 feet at its summit and the highest point in West Virginia, is located in Pendleton County on Spruce Mountain. The mountain, a dominant feature of the West Virginia highlands which averages 4,500 feet for its 12-mile length, peak...
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