Purcell Knob

Purcell Knob
Purcell Knob
	Purcell Knob Loudoun County Virginia, U.S.
Highest point
Elevation	1,207 ft (368 m)
Prominence	267 ft (81 m)
Coordinates	39°15′29″N 77°44′59″W / 39.2581571°N 77.7497153°W
Geography
Location	Loudoun County Virginia, U.S.
Parent range	Blue Ridge Mountains; Appalachian Mountains

Purcell Knob is a spur of the Blue Ridge Mountain in Loudoun County, Virginia. The 1,207 feet (368 m) peak is just northeast of the main ridge at Keyes Gap and southeast of the village of Neersville.

Purcell Knob is notable for exposure of the sericitic phyllite base of the Paleozoic Loudoun Formation in its antiformal syncline.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Purcell Knob, Virginia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
^ "Purcell Knob". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-01-25.
^ "Paleozoic Rocks". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-01-25.

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[pb-1] "Purcell Knob, Virginia". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2013-01-25.

[gnis-2] "Purcell Knob". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2013-01-25.

[3] "Paleozoic Rocks". U.S. Geological Survey. Retrieved 2013-01-25.

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v t e Mountains of Virginia
Allegheny Mountains	Allegheny Mountain Peters Mountain Reddish Knob Shenandoah Mountain
Blue Ridge Mountains	Apple Orchard Mountain Battle Mountain Broken Hills Buck Mountain Bull Run Mountains Catoctin Mountain Elk Pond Mountain Furnace Mountain Hawksbill Mountain High Knob Hogback Mountain Holston Mountain Humpback Rock Knob Mountain Loudoun Heights Maintop Mountain Mary's Rock Mine Bank Mountain Mount Jefferson Mount Rogers Neighbor Mountain Old Rag Mountain Paris Mountain Peaks of Otter Pignut Mountain Poor Mountain The Priest Purcell Knob Ragged Mountains Rocky Mountain Short Hill Mountain Smith Mountain Southwest Mountains Stony Man Mountain Turkeycock Mountain Twelve O'clock Knob Whitetop Mountain
Cumberland Mountains	High Knob Pine Mountain Tri-State Peak
Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians	Beartown Mountain Big Schloss Clinch Mountain Elliott Knob Fort Lewis Mountain Great North Mountain Massanutten Mountain Powell Mountain Salt Pond Mountain Timber Ridge
Others	Camp Rock Carpenter Mountain Cedar Mountain House Mountain Kate's Mountain McAfee Knob Nakedtop Pantops Mountain Roanoke Mountain Short Mountain Signal Knob Willis Mountain

Purcell Knob
Purcell Knob Loudoun County Virginia, U.S.
Highest point
Elevation	1,207 ft (368 m)^[1]
Prominence	267 ft (81 m)^[1]
Coordinates	39°15′29″N 77°44′59″W / 39.2581571°N 77.7497153°W / 39.2581571; -77.7497153^[2]
Geography
Location	Loudoun County Virginia, U.S.
Parent range	Blue Ridge Mountains Appalachian Mountains