Third Hill Mountain is both the highest and most

topographically prominent In topography, prominence (also referred to as autonomous height, relative height, and shoulder drop in US English, and drop or relative height in British English) measures the height of a mountain or hill's summit relative to the lowest contou ...

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in Berkeley County within the

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. Third Hill Mountain reaches its highest elevation of above sea-level southeast of the "Locks-of-the-Mountain" where it "locks" with

Sleepy Creek Mountain Sleepy Creek Mountain is a mountain ridge in the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians on the border between Morgan and Berkeley counties in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. The long-distance Tuscarora Trail traverses the southern ridge and north ...

. The long distance

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passes along ridge and bench of the mountain.

Adjacent area

Together with

, the two mountains contain between them

Sleepy Creek Lake Sleepy Creek Lake is a impoundment of the Meadow Branch of Sleepy Creek in Berkeley County, West Virginia, Berkeley County in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. The reservoir is located entirely within the Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area. ...

and the

Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area is located in Morgan County, West Virginia, Morgan and Berkeley County, West Virginia, Berkeley Counties in West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. It encompasses , mostly covered with mixed oak and pine forest, a ...

. Sleepy Creek and Third Hill Mountains are distinctive for their height in the relatively level terrain of the far Eastern Panhandle region of West Virginia.

References

Landforms of Berkeley County, West Virginia Mountains of West Virginia {{BerkeleyCountyWV-geo-stub