Mapa topográfico Frost

The wilderness is located in the Yew Mountains, which are part of the Allegheny Mountains. The highest point in the wilderness is along Black Mountain at 4,556 feet (1,389 m), although there is a slightly higher point at 4,603 feet (1,403 m) just outside the wilderness. The lowest elevation in the wilderness…

Altitud media: 1.100 m

Altitud media: 791 m

Altitud media: 928 m

Altitud media: 824 m

Altitud media: 827 m

Altitud media: 744 m

In 1943 and 1944, as part of the West Virginia Maneuver Area, the U.S. Army used parts of the Monongahela National Forest as a practice artillery and mortar range and maneuver area before troops were sent to Europe to fight in World War II. Artillery and mortar shells shot into the area for practice are still…

Altitud media: 655 m

Altitud media: 791 m

Altitud media: 833 m

As an azimuth-elevation mounting telescope, the azimuth adjustments are driven by four trucks with four wheels each on a 210-foot (64 m) diameter rail. The 16 thirty-horsepower motors can change azimuth at the rate of up to 40 degrees per minute. Azimuth axis is also supported by a pintle bearing at the center…

Altitud media: 822 m

Altitud media: 827 m

Altitud media: 939 m

Altitud media: 928 m