Allegheny Mountains
The Allegheny Mountain Range —also spelled Alleghany or Allegany, less formally the Alleghenies—is part of the vast Appalachian Mountain Range of the Eastern United States and Canada.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Mountain with an elevation of 4,862 feet
- Description: Subrange of the Appalachian Mountains
- Also known as: “Aligany Mountain”, “Allegany”, “Allegany Mountains”, “Alleghany Mountains”, “Alleghenies”, “Allegheny Front”, “Allegheny Front Mountains”, “Alligani Hills”, and “Monongehaly Mountains”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Spruce Knob.
Spruce Knob
Peak
Photo: Black and White, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Spruce Mountain, located in eastern West Virginia, is the highest ridge of the Allegheny Mountains. The whale-backed ridge extends for only 16 miles from northeast to southwest, but several of its peaks exceed 4,500 feet in elevation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Circleville and Simoda.
Circleville
Hamlet
Circleville is an unincorporated community located in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States. Circleville was originally named Zirkleville after John Zirkle, who ran a dry goods store in the town. Circleville is situated 3 miles southeast of Allegheny Mountains.
Simoda
Hamlet
Simoda is an unincorporated community located in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States. The community's name is an amalgamation of the name of Simon Dolly, who was instrumental in securing a post office for the town. Simoda is situated 3½ miles northeast of Allegheny Mountains.
Cherry Grove
Hamlet
Cherry Grove is an unincorporated community located in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States. Cherry Grove lies within the Monongahela National Forest at the confluence of Big Run with the North Fork South Branch Potomac River. Cherry Grove is situated 4 miles south of Allegheny Mountains.
Allegheny Mountains
- Categories: mountain range and landform
- Location: Pendleton, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Venetian—“Allegheny Mountains” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جبال أليغني”
- Basque: “Allegheny mendiak”
- Bulgarian: “Алегейни”
- Catalan: “muntanyes Allegheny”
- Catalan: “Muntanyes Allegheny”
- Cebuano: “Allegheny Mountains”
- Chinese: “亞利加尼山脈”
- Chinese: “阿勒格尼山岭”
- Chinese: “阿勒格尼山嶺”
- Chinese: “阿勒格尼山脉”
- Chinese: “阿勒格尼山脈”
- Czech: “Allegheny Mountains”
- Danish: “Allegheny bjergene”
- Danish: “Allegheny Mountains”
- Danish: “Allegheny-bjergene”
- Danish: “Alleghenybjergene”
- Dutch: “Allegheny”
- Dutch: “Alleghenygebergte”
- Egyptian Arabic: “جبال الليجنى”
- Esperanto: “Alegana Montaro”
- Esperanto: “Aleganoj”
- Finnish: “Allegheny”
- Finnish: “Alleghenyvuoret”
- French: “Allegheny Mountains”
- French: “monts Allegheny”
- French: “Monts Allegheny”
- French: “Spruce Mountain”
- German: “Alleghenies”
- German: “Allegheny Mountains”
- Greek: “Όρη Αλιγκάνυ”
- Greek: “Όρη Αλιγκέινυ”
- Greek: “Οροσειρά Αλιγκέινυ”
- Hebrew: “אזור הרי אליגייני ונהר הססקווהאנה”
- Indonesian: “Pegunungan Allegheny”
- Irish: “Sléibhte Allegheny”
- Italian: “Allegani”
- Italian: “Monti Allegheny”
- Japanese: “アリゲーニー山脈”
- Japanese: “アリゲイニー山脈”
- Japanese: “アレゲーニー山脈”
- Kannada: “ಅಲಘನಿ ಪರ್ವತಗಳು”
- Korean: “앨러게니산맥”
- Ladin: “Allegheny Mountains”
- Lithuanian: “Aleganai”
- Lithuanian: “Alegenio kalnai”
- Lithuanian: “Alegenų kalnai”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Allegheny Mountains”
- Persian: “کوههای آلگنی”
- Polish: “Allegheny”
- Portuguese: “Montanhas Allegheny”
- Portuguese: “Montes Allegheny”
- Russian: “Аллеганские горы”
- Russian: “Аллеганы”
- Russian: “Аллегейни”
- Russian: “Аллегени”
- Slovak: “Allegheny”
- Slovenian: “Aligeni”
- Spanish: “Allegheny”
- Spanish: “Meseta Allegheny”
- Spanish: “Montanas Allegheny”
- Spanish: “Montañas Allegheny”
- Spanish: “Montes Alleghenies”
- Spanish: “Montes Allegheny”
- Spanish: “Montes de Allegheny”
- Swedish: “Allegheny Mountains”
- Tamil: “அலிகனி மலைகள்”
- Ukrainian: “Аллегани”
- Venetian: “Allegani”
Places with the Same Name
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Judy Gap and Monkeytown.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Spruce Mountain and Spruce Mountain Spring.
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