Just on the other side of the dam for Spruce Knob Lake is this Autumn Hillside and Stream. This lake and surrounding forest is one of the most wonderful places in West Virginia. The Fall Foliage here is always outstanding even if it is dull and drear in other areas. It is an amazing place to be at night as well, because the stars come alive as a night time planetarium. This area is very remote and the silence is almost deafening at 2 am in the morning. Spruce knob is considered one of, if not the best place for stargazing on the east coast.

What a beautiful sight to behold an Autumn Sunrise at Spruce Knob West Virginia. This is the highest point in West Virginia and we are actually up on an observation tower looking toward the sun early in the morning. Don’t let the looks of the sun deceive you, because it is bitterly cold up here. The wind is blowing at least a constant 30 mph with temperatures around 30 degrees. Although that is nothing compared to how it is in the winter at this site it is still pretty cold. Nonetheless it is beautiful, and this is probably one of my favorite sunrise shots from up here.

Early in the morning viewing the autumn colors from the mountainside of Spruce Knob, WV. Here we are looking toward the western side of Spruce knob and the sun is just now rising behind us. The fall foliage scenery from up here is simply amazing in the late evening and early morning. Since there is no shade on the highest mountain in West Virginia the only way you can get subtle colors for photography is during an overcast day. Just over the hill is a little road where I have set and listened to my radio at night. Believe it or not I could pick up a radio station from Huntington West Virginia clear as a bell, which is about 200 miles away.