Devils Backbone (Highland County, Virginia)

Devils Backbone
Devils Backbone
	Devils Backbone in 2009
Highest point
Elevation	3,829 ft (1,167 m) [1]
Listing
Coordinates	38°30′50″N 79°31′34″W
Geography
	Devils Backbone Blue Grass, Highland County, Virginia, United States
Parent range	Ridge-and-valley Appalachians
Topo map	USGS Snowy Mountain, Monterey

Devils Backbone (also Devil's Backbone) is a ridge and rock outcrop located in Highland County, Virginia, United States. The ridge is located approximately 7.6 miles (12.2 km) north-northeast of Monterey, Virginia near the village of Blue Grass.[2]

Along the crest of the ridge line is a near vertical outcrop of Tuscarora Sandstone approximately 84 feet (26 m) thick.[3][4][5] This formation gives the ridge its name of Devils Backbone, as the outcrop has been described "like the vertebrae of some monstrous prehistoric animal".[6] The formation has also been described as resembling that of "the comb on the head of a domestic fowl".[3]

References

"Devils Backbone". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
"The National Map". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
Morton, Oren Frederic (1922). A Handbook of Highland County: And a Supplement to Pendleton and Highland History. Highland Recorder. p. 10.
Morton, Oren Frederic (1911). A History of Highland County, Virginia. p. 24.
Wilkes, Gerald P. (2013) [2011]. "Geology of the Monterey Quadrangle, Virginia" (PDF). Charlottesville, Virginia: Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy: Division of Geology and Mineral Resources. p. 5. Retrieved February 7, 2014.
Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Virginia (1992) [1940 by Oxford University Press]. Virginia: A Guide to the Old Dominion. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia State Library and Archives. Retrieved February 7, 2014.

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[gnis-1] "Devils Backbone". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 7, 2014.

[national_map-2] "The National Map". United States Geological Survey. Retrieved February 7, 2014.

[handbook10-3] Morton, Oren Frederic (1922). A Handbook of Highland County: And a Supplement to Pendleton and Highland History. Highland Recorder. p. 10.

[history24-4] Morton, Oren Frederic (1911). A History of Highland County, Virginia. p. 24.

[dmme-5] Wilkes, Gerald P. (2013) [2011]. "Geology of the Monterey Quadrangle, Virginia" (PDF). Charlottesville, Virginia: Virginia Department of Mines, Minerals and Energy: Division of Geology and Mineral Resources. p. 5. Retrieved February 7, 2014.

[guide-6] Workers of the Writers' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Virginia (1992) [1940 by Oxford University Press]. Virginia: A Guide to the Old Dominion. Richmond, Virginia: Virginia State Library and Archives. Retrieved February 7, 2014.