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Spruce Knob Mountain Center

The Spruce Knob Mountain Center (SKMC) conserves mountain environments and promotes mountain cultures by providing a center for enhanced mountain education, applied research, demonstration, and training initiatives. SKMC programs are designed to serve the needs of The Mountain Institute, the broader mountain community, and to raise awareness and support for mountain communities and ecosystems among the general public.

Introduction

The Spruce Knob Mountain Center (SKMC) serves as TMI's 400-acre education, demonstration, conservation, research, and conference facility. It is located in Pendleton County on the upper slopes of Spruce Knob mountain (4,863'), West Virginia's highest point. For nearly 30 years, The Mountain Institute has used the SKMC as a base for its national and international programs in outdoor education, research, sustainable land use demonstrations, and yearly conferences on important mountain issues. Programs for all ages are generally offered from March through November.

Presently, the Spruce Knob Mountain Center is open eight months of the year, (from mid-March through the end of November). Throughout the year, the property is supervised by a full time caretaker and his family who live on site. Programmatic staff often reside at the Center during the season.
Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions or comments about the SKMC, or if you you would like to inquire about using the facility.

The Spruce Knob Mountain Center
HC 75 Box 24
Circleville, WV 26804
Phone: (304) 567-2632
Fax: (304)567-2666
E-mail: skmc@mountain.org

Drop in visitors are always welcome at the SKMC during the active season. Please click here for directions to the facility. We would be happy to arrange a tour of the center for interested parties. Please give us a call in advance of your visit, and one of the staff will be available to greet you when you arrive.

SKMC 3D topo
A 3D image from the Spruce Knob USGS Quadrangle
Image provided by Maptech
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spruce builders

"Thank you! The Spruce Up Spruce Work Spring Weekend was a huge success.

 

A rainbow finds high camp

A rainbow finds High Camp at Spruce Knob Mountain Center

View from the top of the firetower, Summit of Spruce Knob

The view from the firetower, Summit of Spruce Knob, Pendleton County, WV (A.Byers)

 

 

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