Cooper Mountain runs southwest northeast through Hampshire County in

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's Eastern Panhandle, rising to its greatest elevation of above

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at Bens Knob. The mountain's other knob, Butchers Knob, has an elevation of . Cooper Mountain is flanked to its west by North River Mountain and to its east by Parks Valley and

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. The

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(

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) crosses Cooper Mountain at

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between Hanging Rock and Capon Bridge. Tourists and travelers on U.S. Route 50 pull off at the Cooper Mountain overlook for the views over Parks Valley, Capon Bridge, and the ridges of

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Historical sites

* Cooper Mountain Stone Fountain, along US Route 50, was constructed around 1938 by Hubert Keister. It was abandoned in 1952 due to unsafe drinking water.

Geology

Cooper mountain is situated on top of

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. There is also an

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running along it that contains iron ore from the Clinton Series.

References

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