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  2. Smoke Hole Canyon - Wikipedia

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    Over the next 12 days, more than 190 personnel were dedicated to fire suppression efforts. The fire grew through the first night, despite rapid response efforts by the Franklin, Seneca Rocks, and Upper Tract Volunteer Fire Departments, as well as crews from the USFS. Several crews, engines, and a helicopter worked to suppress the fire.

  3. Seneca Rocks - Wikipedia

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    Seneca Rocks is a popular location for recreational rock climbing. There are 375 major mapped climbing routes, varying in degree from 5.0 (the easiest) to 5.14b (the hardest). There are two climbing schools located in Seneca Rocks that train prospective climbers in beginning and advanced rock climbing: Seneca Rocks Climbing School and Seneca ...

  4. River Knobs (West Virginia) - Wikipedia

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    Champe Rocks, at the northern end of the River Knobs Seneca Rocks Judy Rocks. The exposed rock of the River Knobs is a tough quartzite, Tuscarora Sandstone, an extremely hard sedimentary rock, ranging in color from a nearly translucent white, to gray, pink or orange. Laid down as sediment on a sea floor 440 million years ago, in West Virginia ...

  5. List of rock formations in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Valley of Fire State Park. Elephant Rock; Fire Wave (similar to but smaller than The Wave in Arizona) ... Seneca Rocks. Cooper's Rock; Seneca Rocks, Pendleton County ...

  6. Which landmarks are affected by the wildfires in Los Angeles ...

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    The Getty Villa art museum is threatened by the flames of the wind-driven Palisades Fire in Pacific Palisades, California, Jan. 7, 2025. A fast-moving brushfire in a Los Angeles suburb burned ...

  7. Spruce Knob–Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area

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    Seneca Rocks, a 900-foot (270 m) high quartzite crag popular with rock climbers. Smoke Hole Canyon , a canyon along the South Branch Potomac River . Spruce Knob–Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area was established by an act of the U.S. Congress on September 28, 1965, as the first national recreation area in a United States National Forest ...

  8. 'It's like Armageddon.' Restaurant owner describes fire that ...

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    It rocks your world.” Winter was preparing pastries from the kitchen of her bakery Tuesday for the weekly Topanga Farmers Market when she saw a plume of black smoke: Something wasn't right, she ...

  9. Dolly Sods Wilderness - Wikipedia

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    A rock formation on Bear Rocks showing ventifact etching due to the high winds present. [ citation needed ] In 1943-44, as part of the West Virginia Maneuver Area , the U.S. Army used the area as a practice artillery and mortar range and maneuver area before troops were sent to Europe to fight in World War II , with Cabin Mountain and Blackbird ...