Smoke Hole Canyon
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Smoke Hole Canyon — traditionally called The Smoke Holes and later simply Smoke Hole — is a rugged 20 miles long gorge carved by the South Branch Potomac River in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern We
View of Smoke Hole Canyon from atop Cave Mountain. Visible are the South Branch Potomac River and the Big Bend (bottom), as well as Castle Rock and North Fork Gap (distance).
The Cave Mountain Anticline exposed as a cliff-face in Cave Mountain Gap
Live bluegrass music and dancing at Shreves Country Store
Palestine (St. George's) Church (built c. 1850)
Pendleton County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of the 2020 census, the population was 6,143, making it the second-least populous county in West Virginia. Its county seat i
Smoke Hole Canyon
…part of the greater Smoke Hole-North Mountain Bioreserve during its "Last Great Places" campaign. Smoke Hole is situated in southern Grant and northern Pendleton Counties. It is defined by North Fork Mountain to the west and Cave Mountain to the east. At places the Canyon is over 1,000 feet (300 m) deep with nearly…
Pendleton County Courthouse
Germany Valley lies west of North Fork Mountain
Climbing near Ketterman, West Virginia
Pendleton County Courthouse