Reddish Knob of Shenandoah Mountain is the highest point in northern Virginia rising 4,397 feet (1,340 m). No other peak rises higher to the northeast before New York's Adirondacks. A narrow, paved road reaches the summit from Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Reddish Knob is located on the border between Augusta County, Virginia and Pendleton County, West Virginia, in the George Washington National Forest.
Reddish Knob stands within the watershed of the P...
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Reddish Knob of Shenandoah Mountain is the highest point in northern Virginia rising 4,397 feet (1,340 m). No other peak rises higher to the northeast before New York's Adirondacks. A narrow, paved road reaches the summit from Harrisonburg, Virginia.
Reddish Knob is located on the border between Augusta County, Virginia and Pendleton County, West Virginia, in the George Washington National Forest.
Reddish Knob stands within the watershed of the Potomac River, which drains into Chesapeake Bay. The northwest side of Reddish Knob drains into Stony Run, thence into the South Fork of the South Branch of the Potomac River. To the south, Reddish Knob drains into the North Fork of the Little River, thence into the North River, the South Fork of the Shenandoah River, and into the Potomac River. To the east, Reddish Knob drains into the Briery Branch of the North River.
From Reddish Knob, a scenic gravel road continues south along the ridge crest that forms the boundary between Virginia and...
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