Mount Porte Crayon

Mount Porte Crayon
Mount Porte Crayon is located in West Virginia
Mount Porte Crayon
Mount Porte Crayon
Highest point
Elevation4,770 ft (1,450 m)[1]
Prominence1,590 ft (480 m)[2]
Parent peakAllegheny Front
Coordinates38°55′44″N 79°27′22″W / 38.92889°N 79.45611°W / 38.92889; -79.45611
Naming
EtymologyDavid Hunter Strother's pseudonym Porte Crayon
Geography
Parent rangeAllegheny Mountains
Climbing
Accessoff-trail hike
Mt Porte Crayon is indicated at the bottom of this USFS map.

Mount Porte Crayon is a mountain in the Roaring Plains Wilderness of the Monongahela National Forest in the northeastern corner of Randolph County, West Virginia, USA. It rises to an elevation of 4,770 feet (1,450 m), the elevational climax of the Allegheny Front.[citation needed] The mountain is named for 19th century writer and illustrator David Hunter Strother (1816–88), known as "Porte Crayon" (French, porte-crayon: "pencil/crayon holder"), who produced a wide array of early West Virginia landscapes in his work.

  1. ^ Laneville, West Virginia quadrangle (Map). 1:24,000. 7.5-Minute Series (Topographic). U.S. Geological Survey. 1995. ISBN 0-607-90826-2.
  2. ^ "West Virginia Summits". PeakList.org. Archived from the original on 2008-12-24. Retrieved 2008-04-22.