List of mountains of West Virginia

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Mountains of West Virginia is a list of mountains in the U.S. state of West Virginia. This list includes mountains in the Appalachian range, which covers the entirety of the state. West Virginia's official state nickname is the Mountain State.^[1]

Mountain	Height (ft. / m)	Notes
Spruce Mountain	4863 / 1482	Tallest mountain in the state,^[2] highest elevation achieved at Spruce Knob
Cheat Mountain	4848 / 1478	Highest elevation achieved at Thorny Flat
Back Allegheny Mountain	4843 / 1476	Highest elevation achieved at Bald Knob
Mount Porte Crayon	4770 / 1454
Yew Mountains	4705 / 1434	Highest elevation achieved at Red Spruce Knob; highest point along the Highland Scenic Highway-Route 150
North Fork Mountain	4588 / 1398	Highest elevation achieved at Kile Knob
Allegheny Mountain	4478 / 1365	Highest elevation achieved at Paddy Knob
Shavers Mountain	4432 / 1351	Highest elevation achieved at Gaudineer Knob
Shenandoah Mountain	4397 / 1340	Highest elevation achieved at Reddish Knob
Backbone Mountain	3684 / 1123
Flat Top Mountain	3560 / 1085	Highest elevation achieved at Huff Knob
Castle Mountain (Pendleton)	3410 / 1039	There are two Castle Mountains in West Virginia
Crumpler Mountain (McDowell County, West Virginia)	3377 / 1020
Cherokee Mountain (McDowell County, West Virginia)	3190 / 1001
New Creek Mountain	3094 / 940
Plumley Mountain	3078 / 938	Named after the Plumley Family and highest elevation achieved at Plumley Knob
Saddle Mountain	3074 / 937
South Branch Mountain	3028 / 923
Big Schloss	2964 / 903
Short Mountain	2872 / 875
Nathaniel Mountain	2739 / 835
Patterson Creek Mountain	2723 / 830
Mill Creek Mountain	2650/ 810
Cacapon Mountain	2619 / 798
Horsepen Mountain	2500 / 762
Powell Mountain	2417 / 737
Blue Ridge Mountain	2388 / 728
Sideling Hill	2310 / 704	Syncline mountain
Spring Gap Mountain	2237 / 682
Third Hill Mountain	2165 / 660
North River Mountain	2149 / 655
Baker Mountain	2060 / 628
Cooper Mountain	2028 / 618
Blair Mountain	1952 / 595	The location of the Battle of Blair Mountain
Sleepy Creek Mountain	1903 / 580
North Mountain	1673 / 510
Little Cacapon Mountain	1575 / 480
Bear Garden Mountain	1566 / 477
Ice Mountain	1509 / 460
Schaffenaker Mountain	1488 / 454
Castle Mountain (Hampshire)	1260 / 384	There are two Castle Mountains in West Virginia

References

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^ "West Virginia Department of Commerce State Facts". Archived from the original on 2013-01-17. Retrieved 2013-02-20.
^ "Spruce Knob : Climbing, Hiking & Mountaineering : SummitPost". Summitpost.org. Retrieved 23 April 2019.

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v t e Mountains of West Virginia
Allegheny Mountains	Allegheny Mountain Back Allegheny Mountain Bald Knob Barton Knob Cheat Mountain Droop Mountain Elleber Ridge Gaudineer Knob Knobly Mountain Laurel Mountain Mount Porte Crayon North Fork Mountain North Mountain Peters Mountain River Knobs Reddish Knob Shavers Fork Mountain Complex Shavers Mountain Shenandoah Mountain Sleepy Creek Mountain Snowshoe Mountain Spring Gap Mountain Spruce Knob Spruce Mountain Thorny Flat White Top
Blue Ridge Mountains	Blue Ridge Mountain Raven Rocks
Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians	Baker Mountain Bear Garden Mountain Big Schloss Cacapon Mountain Castle Mountain (Hampshire County) Castle Mountain (Pendleton County) Cooper Mountain Great North Mountain High Knob Horsepen Mountain Keeney Knob Little Cacapon Mountain Mill Creek Mountain Nathaniel Mountain New Creek Mountain North River Mountain Patterson Creek Mountain Saddle Mountain Schaffenaker Mountain Short Mountain South Branch Mountain Third Hill Mountain
Others	Bickett Knob Bickle Knob Black Mountain Black Rock Buffalo Bull Knob Burner Mountain Caesar Mountain Calders Peak Camp Hill Close Mountain Cottle Knob Day Mountain Dorsey Knob Evick Knob Greenwood Mountain Gregg Knob Gunstock Knob Gwinn Mountain Honsocker Knob Hump Mountain Ice Mountain Limestone Mountain Michael Mountain Paddy Knob Pifer Mountain Pinnickinnick Mountain See All Sewell Mountain Socrates Mountain Tallery Mountain Twin Sugars Ugly Mountain Viney Mountain Weaver Knob

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