Coopers Rock State Forest Dam
Coopers Rock State Forest Dam is a dam in Monongalia County, West Virginia. Coopers Rock State Forest Dam is situated nearby to the hamlet Pisgah, as well as near the locality Cheat Neck.- Type: Dam
- Description: dam in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States of America
- Also known as: “Coopers Rock Lake Dam”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Coopers Rock State Forest and Henry Clay Furnace.
Coopers Rock State Forest
Forest
Coopers Rock State Forest is a 12,747-acre state forest in Monongalia and Preston counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Its southern edge abuts Cheat Lake and the canyon section of Cheat River, a popular whitewater rafting river in the eastern United States.
Henry Clay Furnace
Archaeological site
Photo: Masneyb, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Henry Clay Furnace is an historic iron furnace located in Cooper's Rock State Forest near Cheat Neck, Monongalia County, West Virginia. It was built between 1834 and 1836 by Leonard Lamb. Henry Clay Furnace is situated 1½ miles southwest of Coopers Rock State Forest Dam.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pisgah and Cheat Neck.
Pisgah
Hamlet
Pisgah is an unincorporated community in Preston County, West Virginia, United States. Pisgah is situated 2 miles southeast of Coopers Rock State Forest Dam.
Cheat Neck
Locality
Cheat Neck is an unincorporated community in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States. Cheat Neck is situated 3 miles northwest of Coopers Rock State Forest Dam.
Cheat Lake
Village
Cheat Lake is a census-designated place in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States, surrounding the Cheat Lake reservoir. The population was 9,930 at the 2020 census. It is included in the Morgantown metropolitan area. Cheat Lake is situated 3½ miles west of Coopers Rock State Forest Dam.
Coopers Rock State Forest Dam
Latitude
39.65935° or 39° 39′ 34″ northLongitude
-79.79107° or 79° 47′ 28″ westElevation
2,044 feet (623 metres)Open location code
87F2M655+PHOpenStreetMap ID
node 356528753OpenStreetMap feature
waterway=dam
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In Other Languages
“Coopers Rock State Forest Dam” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Coopers Rock State Forest Dam”
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