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Devil's Backbone State Forest is a 705.5-acre (285.5 ha) state forest in Shenandoah County, Virginia. [1] It lies on the slope of North Mountain in the drainage area of Cedar Creek near Star Tannery west of Strasburg. The forest was established by a grant by John and Bernice Hoffman, who owned the land since 1950.
The historic Jordan Springs Hotel was built in 1893 at this location, building on the destination's appeal. Today it is located along Lick Run in Frederick County, Virginia, on Jordan Springs Road (VA 664) to the north of Devils Backbone. It followed two other hotels on the site, developed by the Jordan family. [4]
Devils Backbone (also Devil's Backbone) is a ridge and rock outcrop located in Highland County, Virginia, United States. The ridge is located approximately 7.6 miles (12.2 km) north-northeast of Monterey, Virginia near the village of Blue Grass .
The “backbone" is another narrow, high cliff, 100 feet high and 6 feet across. It can be intimidating to cross over it, but it’s an adventure as well. There are old carvings in the rock, some ...
Great North Mountain is a 50-mile (80 km) long mountain ridge within the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians in the U.S. states of Virginia and West Virginia.The ridge is located west of the Shenandoah Valley and Massanutten Mountain in Virginia, and east of the Allegheny Mountains and Cacapon River in West Virginia.
These early private facilities at Skyland Resort, Panorama Resort, and Swift Run Gap were operated only for whites. By 1937, the Park Service accepted a bid from Virginia Sky-Line Company to take over the existing facilities and add new lodges, cabins, and other amenities, including Big Meadows Lodge. Under their plan, all the sites in the ...
Devil's Backbone State Forest: Shenandoah: 517 acres (2.09 km 2) Public access not permitted. [7] Dragon Run State Forest: King and Queen: 9,563 acres (38.70 km 2) First Mountain State Forest: Rockingham: 573 acres (2.32 km 2) Hawks State Forest: Carroll: 121 acres (0.49 km 2) Lesesne State Forest: Nelson: 422 acres (1.71 km 2) Matthews State ...
Devil's Backbone (rock formation), a rock formation near Charlestown, Indiana; Devils Backbone (Highland County, Virginia), a small mountain in Highland County, Virginia; Devil's Backbone State Forest, a state forest located in Shenandoah County, Virginia; Devils Backbone Wilderness, a protected wilderness area in Ozark County, Missouri