Hanging Rocks
Hanging Rocks are perpendicular cliffs rising nearly 300 feet above the South Branch Potomac River in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia.Photo: Quercus montana, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Washington Bottom Farm.
Washington Bottom Farm
House
Photo: Its N8 Again, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Ridgedale is a 19th-century Greek Revival plantation house and farm on a plateau overlooking the South Branch Potomac River north of Romney, West Virginia, United States. Washington Bottom Farm is situated 1 mile north of Hanging Rocks.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Wapocomo and Ridgedale.
Wapocomo
Hamlet
Photo: Quercus montana, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Wappocomo is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The community is located south of Springfield on West Virginia Route 28 at Hanging Rocks along the South Branch Potomac River.
Ridgedale
Hamlet
Ridgedale is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located within a horseshoe bend in the South Branch Potomac River between the communities of Blues Beach and Wappocomo.
Vance
Hamlet
Vance is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Vance lies on the South Branch Potomac River. Most of its residents reside along West Virginia Route 28. Buffalo Creek empties into the South Branch at Vance. Vance is situated 1½ miles south of Hanging Rocks.
Hanging Rocks
- Type: Cliff with an elevation of 1,040 feet
- Description: perpendicular cliffs in Hampshire County, West Virginia
- Categories: mountain pass and landform
- Location: Hampshire, West Virginia, South, United States, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
39.40026° or 39° 24′ 1″ northLongitude
-78.74138° or 78° 44′ 29″ westElevation
1,040 feet (317 metres)Open location code
87F3C725+4COpenStreetMap ID
node 5411379752OpenStreetMap feature
natural=cliffWikidata ID
Q5648017
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