Camp Hill (West Virginia)

Camp Hill is a summit in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, in the United States.[1] With an elevation of 538 feet (164 m), Camp Hill is the 952nd highest summit in the state of West Virginia.[2]

Camp Hill was so named from the fact army men camped there in 1799.[3]

References
  1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Camp Hill (West Virginia)
  2. "Camp Hill". Peakery.com. Retrieved 1 February 2016.
  3. Kenny, Hamill (1945). West Virginia Place Names: Their Origin and Meaning, Including the Nomenclature of the Streams and Mountains. Piedmont, WV: The Place Name Press. p. 150.

39.3241478°N 77.7410574°W / 39.3241478; -77.7410574


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