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Thorny Flat, West Virginia

Prominence: 1688 ft, 515 m

Elevation: 4848 feet, 1478 meters

True Isolation: 32.5 mi, 52.31 km

Elevation Info:	NAVD88 Elevation: 4848 ft / 1478 m
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)	38° 23' 42'' N, 79° 59' 31'' W 38.395049, -79.991849 (Dec Deg) 588037 E 4250129 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country	United States
State/Province	West Virginia
County/Second Level Region	Pocahontas (Highest Point)
Links Search Engines - search the web for "Thorny Flat": Wikipedia Search Microsoft Bing Search Google Search Yahoo Search Other Web Sites Thorny Benchmark at ListsOfJohn Thorny Benchmark at Summits on the Air (Amateur Radio) CoHP.org Trip Report for Pocahontas, WV by Ron Tagliapietra CoHP.org Trip Report for Pocahontas, WV by Fred Lobdell CoHP.org Trip Report for Pocahontas, WV by Michael Schwartz CoHP.org Trip Report for Pocahontas, WV by Ryan Richardson CoHP.org Trip Report for Pocahontas, WV by Ken Oeser Weather and Snow National Weather Service Forecast NOAA Snow Depth Map Lists that contain Thorny Flat: Eastern U.S. County High Points over 4500 feet (Rank #35) Fifty Highest Eastern CoHPs (Rank #31) CoHP High Five List (Rank #98) 100 Highest Eastern CoHPs (Rank #31) Southeast USA Top 50 by Prominence (Rank #43) USA Lower 48 Range5 High Points (Rank #462) Northeastern USA CoHPs (Rank #6) Southern USA Peaks with 1000 feet of Prominence (Rank #43) West Virginia County High Points (Rank #2) West Virginia Peaks with 1000 feet of Prominence (Rank #3) West Virginia 4500-foot Peaks (Rank #2)
Ascent Info Total ascents/attempts logged by registered Peakbagger.com users: 44 Show all viewable ascents/attempts (Total: 35) Selected Trip Reports: 2006-01-15 by Derek English 2013-04-20 by William Musser 2016-05-31 by Ben Lostracco 2017-01-31 by Andrew Hollis 2018-09-02 by Tom Layton 2019-09-28 by Powen Ru (GPS Track) 2022-03-21 by Dennis Stewart 2022-06-19 by Chuck Bickes 2022-11-08 by Bill Meehan
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Marker is behind the posted sign - 38.393510N, 079.99184W (NAD83) (2021-01-02). Photo by Steven Fishback.
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Prominence

Key Col Page  (Detailed prominence information)
  Clean Prominence: 1688 ft/515 m
  Optimistic Prominence: 1728 ft/527 m
  Line Parent: Spruce Knob
  Key Col: 3160 ft/963 m

Isolation

Isolation Page  (Detailed isolation information)
   Distance: 32.5 mi/52.31 km
   Isolation Limit Point: 38.699211, -79.533563
Nearest Higher Neighbor in the PBC database:
    Spruce Knob  (NE)

Ranges

Continent: North America
Range2: Appalachian Mountains
Range3: Appalachian Plateaus
Range4: Allegheny Mountains
Range5: Shavers Fork Mountain Complex (Highest Point)
Range6: Cheat Mountain (Highest Point)

Drainage Basins

Major Triple Divide Point

Kanawha
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

Monongahela (HP)
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

Greenbrier (HP)
New
Kanawha
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean

Ownership

Land: Monongahela National Forest

Topo Map

Cass O38079d8 1:24,000

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