Qualla: Yew Mountains https://qualla.com/yew-mountains en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:40:06 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Yew Mountains https://qualla.com/yew-mountains Yew Mountains: Introduction https://qualla.com/yew-mountains/ On the high spine of the Yew Mountains, somewhere between Red Spruce Knob and Briery Knob, rain falls onto a landscape that cannot quite decide which way to send it. A drop that lands a few feet to the southeast will flow down to the Greenbrier River, then to the New, then to the Ohio. A drop a few feet to the northwest will run into the Gauley, eventually joining the Kanawha. Within a small radius of this ridge, five major rivers of central Appalachia have their headwaters. There is a proposal, still working its way through the political process, to call this the Birthplace of Rivers National Monument. The name is accurate.

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/y/c/yew-mountains-wp/dnyc-yew-mountains-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Yew Mountains: The Edge https://qualla.com/yew-mountains/ The Yew Mountains run as a long ridge through southern Pocahontas County and into neighboring counties. Geologically, they mark a transition: to the southeast the ground drops away to the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, with their parallel folded mountains and clear valleys. To th...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/y/c/yew-mountains-wp/dnyc-yew-mountains-the-edge.mp3 0:06 2 full Yew Mountains: Red Spruce Knob https://qualla.com/yew-mountains/ The highest point in the range is Red Spruce Knob, at 4,703 feet above sea level - the ninth highest peak in West Virginia. It is named for the stand of Picea rubens, the red spruce, that still grows at the summit. Red spruce was once the dominant tree of the central Appalachian ...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/y/c/yew-mountains-wp/dnyc-yew-mountains-red-spruce-knob.mp3 0:06 3 full Yew Mountains: The Peaks https://qualla.com/yew-mountains/ Beyond Red Spruce Knob, the range includes Black Mountain, Jacox Knob, Briery Knob, and Blue Knob. These are not dramatic peaks in the alpine sense - no exposed rock, no glaciers, no above-treeline ridges. They are rounded summits covered in northern hardwood forest, with views t...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/y/c/yew-mountains-wp/dnyc-yew-mountains-the-peaks.mp3 0:06 4 full Yew Mountains: The Wilderness Within https://qualla.com/yew-mountains/ Most of the Cranberry Wilderness, the largest wilderness area in the Monongahela National Forest, lies within the Yew Mountains. The Cranberry Glades, the largest peat-bog complex in West Virginia, sits in a high valley between the peaks. The Yew Mountain Center, a private nonpro...

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]]> Sun, 31 May 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/d/n/y/c/yew-mountains-wp/dnyc-yew-mountains-the-wilderness-within.mp3 0:06 5 full Yew Mountains: Birthplace of Rivers https://qualla.com/yew-mountains/ The proposed Birthplace of Rivers National Monument would consolidate the existing federal protections in this area under a single designation, formally recognizing the headwaters of the Cherry, Cranberry, Williams, Gauley, and Greenbrier rivers. Conservation advocates have been ...

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