Shavers Lake Dam

Shavers Lake Dam is a dam in Pocahontas, West Virginia and has an elevation of 4,019 feet. Shavers Lake Dam is situated nearby to the hamlet Spruce, as well as near the peak Bald Knob.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Bald Knob.

Bald Knob

Peak

Photo: Scochran4, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Bald Knob is the highest summit of Back Allegheny Mountain in Pocahontas County, West Virginia and is part of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park. At an altitude of 4,843 feet above sea level, Bald Knob is the third-highest point in West Virginia and the Allegheny Mountains. Bald Knob is situated 2 miles east of Shavers Lake Dam.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Spruce and Snowshoe.

Spruce

Hamlet

Spruce is a ghost town in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. Spruce is 9.5 miles southwest of Durbin.

Snowshoe is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States, centering on the Snowshoe Mountain ski resort. It is situated in the Allegheny Mountains at a bowl shaped convergence of two high mountain ridges — Cheat and Back Allegheny Mountains — at the head of the Shavers Fork of the Cheat River. Snowshoe is situated 2½ miles southwest of Shavers Lake Dam.

Snowshoe

Photo: Wikimedia, CC0.

Snowshoe Mountain is a ski resort in West Virginia. Snowshoe Mountain bills itself as an all-year destination, with skiing and snowboarding in the winter, and golf, mountain biking, hiking, horseback riding, and other outdoor activities the rest of the year.

Shavers Lake Dam

Type: Dam
Description: dam in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States of America
Location: Pocahontas, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.44178° or 38° 26′ 30″ north

Longitude

-79.96645° or 79° 57′ 59″ west

Elevation

4,019 feet (1,225 metres)

Open location code

87C2C2RM+PC

GeoNames ID

4821896

Wikidata ID

Q31516933

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In Other Languages

“Shavers Lake Dam” goes by many names.

Cebuano: “Shavers Lake Dam”

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