Gaudineer Knob, Mountain summit in Randolph County, United States.
The 4,460-foot summit features a vast red spruce forest at the highest point of Shavers Mountain within the Allegheny Mountains range.
A surveying error in the 1860s inadvertently protected 50 acres of red spruce forest from the extensive logging operations between 1890 and 1920.
The peak received its name in 1930 as a memorial to Donald Gaudineer, a forest ranger who died while attempting to save his children.
Forest Service Road 27A leads to the summit parking area, which includes toilets, picnic tables, and access to multiple hiking trails.
The preserved red spruce trees reach 40 inches in diameter and some specimens have existed for three centuries.
Location: West Virginia
GPS coordinates: 38.61539,-79.84423
Latest update: March 17, 2025 20:05
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