Allegheny Mountains
The Allegheny Mountain Range (also spelled Alleghany and Allegany) is a mountain range in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, and West Virginia. The Allegheny mountains are a part of the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States and Canada.
| File:View from the observation tower atop of Spruce Knob WV.jpg View from atop Spruce Mountain in eastern West Virginia, the highest point in the Alleghenies | |
| Elevation | 4,863 ft (1,482 m) |
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Allegheny Mountains Media
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Detail of a French map of 1671. The Alleghenies are in the lower center portion.
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The Fry-Jefferson Map (1751) prominently features "The Allagany Ridge of Mountains".
A 1775 map of the Allegheny Plateau and Mountain Range.
Actual and proposed routes of the C&O Canal through the Alleghenies
- North Fork Mountain - Looking South from Nelson Sods.jpg
North Fork Mountain in West Virginia, looking south
- Blue Knob Massif from Sproul.jpg
Blue Knob, the most northern 3,000 footer in the Allegheny Mountains
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The Homestead, Hot Springs, Virginia, has catered to spa enthusiasts since 1766
- Shenandoah Mountain - High Knob.jpg
Shenandoah Mountain, at the easternmost limit of the Alleghenies
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Laurel Mountain, West Virginia, at the westernmost limit of the Alleghenies
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Allegheny Mountain Tunnel, through Allegheny Mountain, services Interstate 76 in Pennsylvania