Talk:Elliott Knob

message: What exactly is "within the Canadian climate zone" supposed to mean in this context, especially as far south as Virginia? RedWolf June 28, 2005 04:20 (UTC)
:I can certainly change that...I read (somewhere) that the spruce stand on the summit is natural and is due to the altitude of the peak being just high enough to have a similar climate as that found in Canada, particularily north and east of New York...perhaps we can find a better term for this. I also know that areas to the west, which are even further from the moderating affects of the Atlantic Ocean, such as Spruce Knob West Virginia, and there they refer to it as the boreal forest...I think there the upper 4 or 5 hundred feet of the summit is covered in spruce...but that mountain is also 400 feet taller as well as farther inland. Any suggestions?--MONGO 28 June 2005 07:54 (UTC)
I take issue with the statement "Elliott Knob is the highest mountain in the northern half of the state of Virginia in the United States".  Paddy Knob, the highpoint of Bath county, is 4477ft (14ft higher than Elliott).  Also Little Ridge in Highland county is 4546ft, although it could be argued that it is not really a "mountain" but just a ridge connected to Elleber Knob, WV.  Is anybody going to write a Paddy Knob page? 27 Jan 2006 22:17 (UTC)
:It should read here that Elliott Knob is the highest mountain in the northern part of the state that is completely within the state of Virginia...doesn't Paddy Knob lie on the border with W.Virginia? Anyway, the wording is in need of correction. Feel free to write an article on Paddy Knob if you wish, I'm not familiar with it that much, but have heard of it.--MONGO 03:32, 28 January 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: "How quaint"? I didn't write the list just did a quick google to see if a list was handy, so complain to that webmaster, not me. I usually google a high point through peakbagger or summitpost, which also oftentimes provide links to topos that help delineate the altitude benchmark. Feel free to write an article on Paddy Knob if you so desire...and BTW, I did change the wording in this article. Perhaps Paddy Knob didn't pop up on the radar since it is shared by two states and not solely in just one of them. Elliott is a rather huge mass (by eastern standards) that looms SW of Staunton VA, and has a slightly higher altitude gain above any nearby valley than Paddy Knob, as the topos seem to indicate. The next closest taller peak to Elliott is Paddy Knob 27 miles away, whereby Paddy is not too distant (9 plus miles) from even higher peaks in W.Virginia which makes Elliott, in my opinion, more impressive. There is also differences in opinions on the actual altitude and range from 4,456 to 4,471..so I'm sure the same can be said for many paeks that have not been surveyed in many years with more modern equipment...most sources I see give Elliott an altitude of 4,463 and Paddy is 4,477.--MONGO 07:09, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

text: I see the difference...should I word it differently than it is now...something along the lines of "Paddy knob which lies along the West Virginia border at is higher at 4,477 feet, and several other ridge points along the state boundary are over 4,500 feet."? I was surprised to see, scanning the quads that there were ridgepoints that were quite signifiantly higher than Elliott, and I always thought that Reddish Knob was the primary contender to being an equal to Elliott, but it is less than 4,400 feet, It shows 4,397. I appreciate the assistance of this disambiguation and it has been an education. Also, I have been atop Elliott (3 times) and Reddish knob probably 5 times, but nver to Paddy Knob. As a young man I actually spent a night in the Fire Tower that used to be atop Reddish Knob, the tower is now gone however. Also, what is that large screen like apparatus atop Elliott and I think I remember a pond up there too...is it still there? If you know, I can always put that in this article.--MONGO 16:47, 30 January 2006 (UTC)

text: Okay, thanks for that, I'll get it into the article.--MONGO 02:22, 7 February 2006 (UTC)
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