Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks Recreation Area has a lot to it. You could visit this part of the Monongahela National Forest numerous times and not see all of it.
I am showing only some of it.
The US Forest Service takes care of it.
I’ll use WC for the pictures from Wikimedia Commons.
The Maps.
US map of the states by the Environmental Protection agency. I drew a red line around the state of West Virginia.
This map shows the Monongahela National forest in West Virginia by, Kmusser.
This is the Spruce Knob Summit, the highest mountain in the forest by, Wonderer04, WC.
These are boulders on Spruce Knob by, Jerek Tuszyski, WC.
Spruce Knob Lake by, Wyatt Greene, WC.
Spruce Knob at sunset by, Forest Wander, WC.
Red Spruce Forest in the area of Spruce Knob by, Kenneth P. James, WC.
This is North Fork Mountain by, Forest Wander, WC.
The next pictures are of Seneca Rocks.
These two pictures show the front of Seneca Rocks.
By, Anete Kaluzna, WC.
By, Forest Wander, WC.
Seneca Rocks Summit by, lavorche, English Wikipedia.
Seneca Rocks by, Forest Wander, WC.
By, Thomas M. Parsons, WC.
These two pictures are of Seneca Creek.
By, Brian M. Powell, WC.
By, Forest Wander, WC.
These next pictures were taken at Smoke Hole.
Smoke Hole Creek by, Jerek Tuszynski, WC.
A plant by, Jerek Tuszynski, WC.
White Tailed Deer by, Kerek, WC.
The next three pictures were taken by, Jerek Tuszynski, WC.
A snail.
Two pictures of butterflies.
These are pictures of wildlife you might see in the Monongahela National Forest.
American Woodcock by, Guizmo 68, WC.
A Grouse by, Mdf, WC.
A black bear by, HBarrison, WC.
A black bear that is blond by, Jackmont, English Wikipedia.
A Snowshoe Hare in warm weather by, Walter Siegmund, WC.
A Snowshoe Hare in Winter by, D. Gordon E. Robertson, WC.
This last picture is of an Easter Newt, red eft stage by, Jason Quinn, WC.
