Gaudineer Knob | |
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Highest point | |
Elevation | 4,449 ft (1,356 m)[1] |
Prominence | 720 ft (220 m)[2] |
Coordinates | 38°36′55″N 79°50′39″W / 38.61528°N 79.84417°W |
Geography | |
Location | Pocahontas, West Virginia, United States |
Parent range | Shavers Mountain |
Climbing | |
Access | drive-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.