Seneca Rocks Discovery Center

Seneca Rocks Discovery Center is a museum in Pendleton, West Virginia. Seneca Rocks Discovery Center is situated near the museum Sites Homestead, as well as near the hamlet Teterton.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Sites Homestead and Seneca Rocks.

Sites Homestead

Museum

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The Sites Homestead, also known as the Wayside Inn or the Sites Inn, is located near Seneca Rocks, West Virginia. The log house was built by Jacob Sites circa 1839 below the Seneca Rocks ridge. Sites Homestead is situated 840 feet north of Seneca Rocks Discovery Center.

Seneca Rocks

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Seneca Rocks is a large crag and local landmark in Pendleton County in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, United States. The south peak is the only peak inaccessible except by technical rock climbing techniques on the East Coast of the United States. Seneca Rocks is situated 2,300 feet east of Seneca Rocks Discovery Center.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Seneca Rocks and Teterton.

Seneca Rocks

Village

Photo: Valerius Tygart, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Seneca Rocks is an unincorporated community located in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States. The community of Seneca Rocks — formerly known as Mouth of Seneca — lies at the junction of US 33, WV 28 and WV 55 near the confluence of Seneca Creek and the North Fork South Branch Potomac River.

Teterton

Hamlet

Teterton is an unincorporated community located in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States. Teterton lies within the Monongahela National Forest. The community was named after the local Teter family. Teterton is situated 1½ miles west of Seneca Rocks Discovery Center.

Macksville

Hamlet

Macksville is an unincorporated community in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States. Macksville is located along U.S. Route 33/West Virginia Route 28 on the North Fork South Branch Potomac River. Macksville is situated 2½ miles southwest of Seneca Rocks Discovery Center.

Seneca Rocks Discovery Center

Type: Museum
Categories: building, tourism, and tourist attraction
Location: Pendleton, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
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Latitude

38.83377° or 38° 50′ 2″ north

Longitude

-79.37441° or 79° 22′ 28″ west

Elevation

1,558 feet (475 metres)

Open location code

87C2RJMG+G6

OpenStreetMap ID

way 264241935

OpenStreetMap feature

building=yes

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

GeoNames ID

10300957

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