Big Stone Ridge

The Allegheny Mountains rise beyond the Potomac Valleys. Photo courtesy Rick Burgess.
The Allegheny Mountains

Big Stone Ridge forms the border of Virginia andย McDowell County west of Bluefield, West Virginia. The ridge marks the southern extent of theย Allegheny Mountains and is an outlier of Great Flat Top Mountain. The Tug Fork River rises along its western flank.

Anawalt, West Virginia, and the Anawalt Lake Wildlife Management Area are located at the foot of its westward slope.


Map showing Big Stone Ridge

Topo Mapย of summit on Big Stone Ridge