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From here, much of the Highland Scenic Highway and the Williams River Valley are visible. The Monongahela National Forest was established in 1920 to protect mountain watersheds and to reduce flooding in far away cities. The forest acts as a protective sponge on the land that slows and filters flowing water. The Williams River begins just below this point, and rain that falls here flows into the Williams River, then into the Gauley River, the Kanawha, the Ohio, the Mississippi, and finally into the Gulf of Mexico, a journey of 1,700 miles. Site elevation is 4,400 feet.
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