Mount Storm 📍

Mount Storm is an unincorporated community in Grant County, West Virginia, United States. Mount Storm lies on the Northwestern Turnpike at its junction with West Virginia Route 42.

Mount Storm Lake – also known as New Stony River Reservoir – is a 1,200 acres (4.9 km2) reservoir created in 1965 on the Stony River in Grant County, West Virginia.

Mount Storm Lake serves as a cooling pond for the Dominion 1.6 gigawatt Mount Storm Power Station, which provides electricity to more than two million customers in Northern Virginia. The reservoir stands at an altitude of 3,244 feet (989 m).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Storm_Lake
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Storm_Power_Station

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Coal Country

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Heading through Northern West Viriginia Coal Country, not too far from the Mount Storm Power Plant.

Monday October 14, 2019 — Mount Storm
Thematic Map: Troy vs Manhattan - A Size Comparison
Map: Doodletown Wildlife Management Area

Pigeon Roost

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And forenobs of the Allegheny Front looking down from the parking area along Corridor H.

Wednesday November 10, 2021 — Mount Storm
Map: Debar Pond

Towards Greenland Gap

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To the east from the Mount Storm Scenic Overlook, you can see Greenland Gap of New Creek Mountain and Knobly Mountain.

Greenland Gap gets name from as there is band of rich agricultural land below those ridges, and it is very green with farm fields once you drop out of the mountains.

Saturday October 28, 2023 — Mount Storm
Map: Sand Lake
Map: Chautauqua Lake Fish and Wildlife Mangement Areas