Little Cacapon Mountain ( or ) is a
mountain
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ridge of the
Ridge-and-valley Appalachians
The Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, also called the Ridge and Valley Province or the Valley and Ridge Appalachians, are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian division and are also a belt within the Appalachian Mountains extending ...
in
Hampshire County,
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian, Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States.The Census Bureau and the Association of American Geographers classify West Virginia as part of the Southern United States while the B ...
,
United States
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. The mountain takes its name from the
Little Cacapon River
The Little Cacapon River is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map, accessed August 15, 2011 free-flowing tributary of the Potomac River in the center of Hampshire County, West Virgini ...
, a
Potomac River
The Potomac River () drains the Mid-Atlantic United States, flowing from the Potomac Highlands into Chesapeake Bay. It is long,U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map. Retrieved Augu ...
tributary
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that lies on its western flanks. Little Cacapon Mountain reaches its highest point of in the vicinity of
Barnes Mill. It spans from the
Frenchburg area, where it is joined by Chestnut Oak Ridge, to the
Slanesville Pike where Crooked Run forms a gap between Little Cacapon Mountain and Queens Ridge near
Higginsville.
Gallery
Image:Little Cacapon Mountain Little Cacapon WV 2008 10 13 01.jpg, Little Cacapon Mountain viewed from Ginevan Cemetery near Little Cacapon
Image:Little Cacapon Mountain Little Cacapon WV 2008 10 13 02.jpg, Little Cacapon Mountain viewed from Ginevan Cemetery near Little Cacapon
Image:Little Cacapon Mountain Little Cacapon WV 2008 10 13 03.jpg, Little Cacapon Mountain viewed from Ginevan Cemetery near Little Cacapon
References
External links
Ridges of Hampshire County, West Virginia
Ridges of West Virginia
West Virginia placenames of Native American origin
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