Knobly Mountain

Knobly Mountain
Highest point
Elevation 1,808[1] ft (551 m)
Coordinates 39°20′49″N 79°00′40″W / 39.34694°N 79.01111°W / 39.34694; -79.01111Coordinates: 39°20′49″N 79°00′40″W / 39.34694°N 79.01111°W / 39.34694; -79.01111
Geography
Location Grant / Mineral counties, West Virginia, U.S.
Parent range Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians
Topo map USGS Antioch

Knobly Mountain is a ridge and part of the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, located east of New Creek Mountain in Mineral and Grant counties, West Virginia, in the United States.

The summit was so named on account of its uneven outline.[2]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Knobly Mountain
  2. ↑ Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 355.


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