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2011 Map of Hanging Rock

Name: 2011 Topographic Map of Hanging Rock
Creator: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

USGS Topo · Published 2011

About this map

Slanesville serves as a primary anchor in this part of Hampshire County, where the Slanesville Post Office sits at the junction of several rural routes. The landscape is defined by the winding course of the North River and its many tributaries, including Tear Coat Creek and Gibbons Run. These waterways carve through prominent ridges such as Mouser Ridge and Dunmore Ridge, creating a terrain of hollows like Stuart Hollow and Henderson Hollow.

Evidence of early infrastructure and community life is visible in the placement of the Sedan School and the remote Bens Knob Lookout Tower atop Bens Knob. Small settlements such as Pleasantdale, Hoy, and North River Mills are connected by a network of historic roads, including Old Martinsburg Rd and Springfield Grade Rd. The geology of the region is punctuated by distinctive landmarks like Hanging Rock and the sharp ridge known as Devils Backbone.