Cooper Mountain runs southwest northeast through
Hampshire County in
West Virginia's
Eastern Panhandle, rising to its greatest elevation of above
sea-level at Bens Knob. The mountain's other knob, Butchers Knob, has an elevation of . Cooper Mountain is flanked to its west by
North River Mountain
North River Mountain is a mountain ridge that runs southwest to northeast in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. Named for the North River that parallels its western flanks for its entire length, North River Mountain reaches its hi ...
and to its east by Parks Valley and
Dillons Run
Dillons Run is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map , accessed August 15, 2011 tributary stream of the Cacapon River, belonging to the Potomac River and Chesapeake Bay watersheds. Th ...
. The
Northwestern Turnpike (
U.S. Route 50
U.S. Route 50 or U.S. Highway 50 (US 50) is a major east–west route of the U.S. Highway system, stretching from Interstate 80 (I-80) in West Sacramento, California, to Maryland Route 528 (MD 528) in Ocean City, Maryland, on the Atlanti ...
) crosses Cooper Mountain at
Loom
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between
Hanging Rock Hanging Rock may refer to:
Australia
* Hanging Rock, New South Wales, a mining village on the Northern Tablelands
* Hanging Rock, Victoria, a rock formation
**''Picnic at Hanging Rock (novel)'', a 1967 novel by Australian author Joan Lindsay
** ...
and
Capon Bridge. Tourists and travelers on U.S. Route 50 pull off at the Cooper Mountain overlook for the views over Parks Valley, Capon Bridge, and the ridges of
Virginia.
Historical sites
* Cooper Mountain Stone Fountain, along US Route 50
Mountains of Hampshire County, West Virginia
Mountains of West Virginia
Northwestern Turnpike
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