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2016 Map of Elkins

Name: 2016 Topographic Map of Elkins
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2016
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2016

About this map

Elkins serves as the focal point of this Randolph County survey, situated at a bend in the Tygart Valley River where the valley floor meets the rising peaks of the Monongahela National Forest. The map documents a community deeply intertwined with its topography and institutions, including the campus of Davis and Elkins Coll and a series of burial grounds such as Saint Brendans Cem and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows Cem.

Transport and recreation patterns are visible in the transition of old rail corridors into the Allegheny Highlands Rail-Trail, crossing Leading Creek via the Pearcy Run Bridge. To the east, the terrain becomes increasingly steep toward Cheat Mtn and Turkeybone Ridge, while aviation facilities like the Elkins-Randolph County Airport-Jennings Randolph Field and the smaller Fairview Airport occupy the flatter valley reaches near Harpertown and Glenmore.