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Hanging Rock, West Virginia
Prominence: 185 ft, 56 m
Elevation: 3840+ feet, 1170+ meters
True Isolation: 0.76 mi, 1.22 km
Elevation Info:
Elevation range: 3840 - 3880 ft
(40-foot closed contour)
NAVD88 Elevation
: 3840 ft / 1170 m
(Range 3840 - 3880 ft)
Latitude/Longitude (WGS84)
38° 16' 4'' N, 80° 26' 11'' W
38.267693, -80.436273 (Dec Deg)
549313 E 4235667 N, Zone 17 (UTM)
Country
United States
State/Province
West Virginia
County/Second Level Region
Greenbrier
Nicholas (Highest Point)
Webster
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Hanging Rock at ListsOfJohn.com
CoHP.org Trip Report for Nicholas, WV by Michael Schwartz
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Lists that contain Hanging Rock:
100 Highest Eastern CoHPs
(Rank #89)
Northeastern USA CoHPs
(Rank #30)
West Virginia County High Points
(Rank #11)
Ascent Info
Total successful ascents logged by registered Peakbagger.com users:
11
Show all viewable ascents/attempts
(Total: 10)
Selected Trip Reports from this site:
2012-03-03 by Richard Oestreicher
2016-05-29 by Ben Lostracco
2017-05-07 by Erik Hamilton
2021-04-10 by Steven Fishback (GPS Track)
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Hanging Rock on blue-diamond trail #263. Cool rock but not the actual high point goal location (2021-04-10). Photo by
Steven Fishback
.
Click here for larger-size photo.
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Prominence
Key Col Page
(Detailed prominence information)
Clean Prominence
: 185 ft/56 m
Optimistic Prominence
: 225 ft/68 m
Key Col
: 3655 ft/1114 m
Isolation
Isolation Page
(Detailed isolation information)
Distance: 0.76 mi/1.22 km
Isolation Limit Point
: 38.2733, -80.4483
Nearest Higher Neighbor
in the
PBC database
:
Peak 3880
(WNW)
Ranges
Continent:
North America
Range2:
Appalachian Mountains
Range3:
Appalachian Plateaus
Range4:
Allegheny Mountains
Range5:
Yew Mountains Area
Drainage Basins
Gauley
Kanawha
Ohio
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
Ownership
Land: Monongahela National Forest
Topo Map
Webster Springs SW O38080c4 1:24,000
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