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Question 168 Attachment 1
U.S. Forest Service Key Observation Points
Atlantic Coast Pipeline Project USFS Key Observation Points KOP ID (Detail) General Direction of Photograph Scenic Class or SIO at KOP Scenic Class or SIO visible from KOP Closest MPs1 Description of existing visual conditions Field Survey Photos Monongahela National Forest 6
Highlands Scenic Hwy, SR 150@White Low Place
East-Northeast
1 (Very High)
1 (Very High)
74 – 75
Dense mixed hardwood vegetation. Elevated viewpoint provides long-distance views of ridges to the southeast.
42
Highlands Scenic Hwy, Red Lick Scenic Overlook
East-Northeast
1 (Very High)
1 (Very High)
74 – 76
Dense mixed hardwood and evergreen vegetation. Middleground and background ridgetops visible through and above foreground trees.
43
Highlands Scenic Hwy, Little Laurel Scenic Overlook
East
1 (Very High)
1 (Very High)
74 – 75
44
WV 28 @ ACP Crossing
Southeast
1 (Very High), 2 (High)
2 (High)
69
Foreground agricultural and pasture land with evergreen wind-break; dense, mature forest covering ridges in background.
44
WV 28 @ ACP Crossing
East
1 (Very High), 2 (High)
2 (High)
69
Dense, mature pine forest on left (north) side of WV28; sparse hardwood on right (south) side of road, with pasture in middleground and densely forested
ridges in background.
45
Greenbrier River Trail @ ACP Crossing (Pub. Rd. 1/10)
East
3 (Moderate), 7 (Very Low)
3 (Moderate), 7 (Very Low)
76 - 77
Dense scrub-shrub along riverbanks, with scattered to dense mature mixed forest in middleground and background.
45
Greenbrier River Trail @ ACP Crossing (Pub. Rd. 1/10)
West
3 (Moderate), 7 (Very Low)
3 (Moderate), 7 (Very Low)
76 – 77
Dense mixed forest on the upper portions of an exposed rock cliff face (artificially created as part of the former rail line in this location).
46
Allegheny Trail @ ACP Crossing
East
2 (High)
2 (High)
78 – 79
Dense, mature hardwood (with occasional young pine trees). Hiking shelter is prominent at the ridgetop at approximately MP 78.1. Dense forest obscures
middleground and background.
46
Allegheny Trail @ ACP Crossing
West
2 (High)
2 (High)
78 – 79
Dense, mature hardwood (with occasional young pine trees). Forest obscures middleground and background.
47
Entrance to Forest Road #1012
East
2 (High)
2 (High)
81 – 82
Dense, mixed forest, mature except at road’s edge.
49
FR 1026
Southeast
2 (High)
2 (High)
72
Dense hardwood forest, with forested ridge visible through foreground trees.
Slaty Fork, WV, in direction of KOPs 50, 51
West-Northwest
2 (High)
2 (High)
69
Dense, mature, hardwood forest along background ridges and surrounding foreground lumber operation.
East
Moderate
Moderate, Low2
Foreground evergreen vegetation and grassy areas at and near the overlook parking lot; mixed mature forest covering ridges in background.
George Washington National Forest 15
Shenandoah Mtn. Trail 4
Dense, mature, mixed hardwoods covering Shenandoah Mountain, interrupted by an existing transmission line right-of-way.
40
Bee Mountain (Appalachian Trail)
East-Northeast
Very High
Very High
159 – 162
41
Three Ridges ridgetop (Three Ridges Wilderness)
East-Northeast
Very High
Very High
159 – 162
52
Brushy Ridge Trail (FST 718) at ACP crossing
Northeast
Moderate
Moderate
106
Dense, mature mixed hardwood and young pine trees in foreground and middleground along a low ridge.
52
Brushy Ridge Trail (FST 718) at ACP crossing
Southwest
Moderate
NA
106
Dense, mature mixed hardwood and young pine trees in foreground and middleground along a low ridge.
53
FST 717, Short Ridge Trail, Brushy Ridge Trail
West
Moderate
Moderate
106
Mixed hardwood of varied age and density in foreground, denser, more mature hardwood and young evergreen in up-sloping middleground.
Dense, mature, mixed hardwood at KOP and in foreground; densely forested Piney Mountain and Bryant Mountain in background.
Dense, mature, mixed hardwood forest with some younger understory trees. Forested ridges in background barely visible through foreground vegetation.
54
FST 718, Brushy Ridge Trail
East
Moderate
Moderate
106
Dense, mixed hardwood and evergreen forest on flat terrain (ridge in middleground is obscured by foreground vegetation).
58
Duncan Knob Lookout
East
Moderate
Moderate
95
Cleared area around Duncan Knob fire tower (behind the viewer), surrounded by dense, mature hardwood mixed with sporadic evergreen. Foreground
vegetation obscures views of the valley.
61
Fort Lewis community
East
NA
Moderate
97 - 99
Open pasture land divided and bordered by mixed hardwood of varying ages. Fort Lewis resort is visible in middleground. Ridges characterized by a mix of
dense mature hardwood and evergreen.
62
SR 625 at SR 678
East-Southeast
NA
Moderate
97 – 99
Fenced pasture land bordered by mature hardwood and deciduous trees, with forested ridges in background.
63
Cowpasture River Crossing
West
Moderate
NA
99
Young, moderately dense hardwood in near foreground, with pasture land in foreground and middleground, and a barely visible forested ridgeline in
background
99
Cleared area and gravel entrance (appears to be private property) in foreground, with dense mixed forest in middleground.
64
Near FST 447 Shenandoah Mountain Trail Southern Terminus
East
Moderate
Moderate
65
Wintergreen Devils Knob Overlook
Southwest
NA
Very High
High
High
Overlook is bordered by low shrubs. View is dominated by the dense, mature, primarily hardwood forest of the Blue Ridge in the middleground and
background.
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Torry Ridge Trail 1
East-Southeast
35
Torry Ridge Trail 2
South
38
Ravens Roost Overlook, Blue Ridge Parkway
39
156 – 158
Rockslide area amidst dense hardwood forest and undergrowth, with views of the densely forested Blue Ridge in the background.
155 – 156
Partial gap in mixed hardwood and pine vegetation, with heavy undergrowth, with views of the Back Creek valley (grassy area) in middleground and the
heavily forested Blue Ridge in the background.
High
High
Northwest
NA
Moderate
155 – 156
Expansive view of dense, mature, mixed oak forest interspersed with some distant agricultural fields. Torry Ridge is prominent in the middleground (centerleft side of photo), while some cleared agricultural areas and residences along and near Mt. Torry Road are visible on the right side of the photo.
Three Ridges Overlook, Blue Ridge Parkway
Southeast
NA
NA
158 - 159
Dense, mature primarily hardwood forest along Piney Mountain (center), Three Ridges (right), and other nearby ridges in middleground and background.
Image shows simulated conditions with vegetation removed (actual removal of vegetation occurred after this photo was taken).
40
Bee Mountain (Appalachian Trail)
East-Northeast
Very High
Very High
159 – 162
Dense, mature, mature mixed hardwood at KOP and in foreground; densely forested Piney Mountain and Bryant Mountain in background.
65
Wintergreen Devil’s Knob Overlook
South-Southwest
NA
Very High
158 – 159
Overlook is bordered by low wood rail fence in the immediate foreground (fence may no longer be present). View is dominated in the foreground by the
dense, mature, primarily hardwood forest within Wintergreen Resort. Views are also dominated by the dense, mature, primarily hardwood forest of the Blue
Ridge Mountains in the middleground and Three Ridges Wilderness Area in the background..
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Reported as whole MPs
Existing transmission ROW in this viewshed has a Low SIO. The ACP corridor itself is not on USFS-owned land, and has no SIO.