Gaudineer Knob

Gaudineer Knob
View from Gaudineer Knob
Highest point
Elevation4,449 ft (1,356 m)[1]
Prominence720 ft (220 m)[2]
Coordinates38°36′55″N 79°50′39″W / 38.61528°N 79.84417°W / 38.61528; -79.84417
Geography
Gaudineer Knob is located in West Virginia
Gaudineer Knob
Gaudineer Knob
Location of Gaudineer Knob in West Virginia
LocationPocahontas, West Virginia, United States
Parent rangeShavers Mountain
Climbing
Accessdrive-up via FR 27A

Gaudineer Knob is a mountain summit on the Randolph/Pocahontas County line in eastern West Virginia, US. It is the highest elevation (4,449 ft; 1,356 m) of Shavers Mountain, a ridge of the Alleghenies, and is located about 1.7 miles (2.7 km) east of Cheat Bridge. The Gaudineer Knob Lookout Tower, an important US Forest Service (USFS) fire tower, formerly occupied the crown of the knob.

  1. ^ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Gaudineer Knob
  2. ^ "West Virginia Summits". PeakList.org. Archived from the original on 2008-12-24. Retrieved 2008-04-20.