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Peters Mountain

Mountain in Virginia and West Virginia, United States

Field	Value
name	Peters Mountain
topo_maker	USGS
parent	Allegheny Mountains
photo	Peters Mountain at the West Virginia state line.jpg
photo_caption	At the state line along Route 311
country	United States
subdivision1_type	States
subdivision1
subdivision2_type	Counties
subdivision2
range_coordinates
length_mi	52
highest	Monroe County High Point
highest_location	Monroe County, WV/Giles County, VA
coordinates
elevation_ft	4073
elevation_ref
map	West Virginia
map_caption	Location of WV 311/VA 311 Crossing in West Virginia

Peters Mountain is a 52 mi mountain in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia. It is located on the border between Alleghany County, VA, Monroe County, WV, Giles Co.,VA, and Craig Co.,VA. Its elevation ranges from 4073 ft on the mountaintop to a low of 2300 ft. It produces some of the water supply for Monroe County.

There are numerous sandstone outcroppings along the crest of the Peters Mountain and a number of high mountain bogs on Pine Swamp Ridge. The Mountain is primarily forested with upland oak, yellow poplar, red oak, and hickory. Iliamna corei, the Peters Mountain Mallow, is unique to this area and one of the rarest plants in North America, with only a few individual plants.

The mountain was named for Peter Wright, who settled by the mountain in Covington, Virginia in 1746.

The Appalachian Trail traverses part of the crest of Peters Mountain. The Allegheny Trail also reaches its southern terminus here at the state boundary.

The Peters Mountain Wilderness, lying on the east slope of Peters Mountain in Virginia and designated in 1984, now has a total of 4531 acre. It is managed by Jefferson National Forest.

References

Geology studies By M. S. Meadows.

References

"West Virginia Summits". PeakList.org.
"Wilderness Connect".
Morton, Oren F. (1980) ''History of Monroe County West Virginia'', Regional Publishing Company pg. 280

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