Timber Ridge is a mountain

Mountain

Image:Himalaya_annotated.jpg|thumb|right|The Himalayan mountain range with Mount Everestrect 58 14 160 49 Chomo Lonzorect 200 28 335 52 Makalurect 378 24 566 45 Mount Everestrect 188 581 920 656 Tibetan Plateaurect 250 406 340 427 Rong River...

 ridge

Ridge

A ridge is a geological feature consisting of a chain of mountains or hills that form a continuous elevated crest for some distance. Ridges are usually termed hills or mountains as well, depending on size. There are several main types of ridges:...

 of the Ridge-and-valley Appalachians

Ridge-and-valley Appalachians

The Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians, also called the Ridge and Valley Province or the Valley and Ridge Appalachians, are a physiographic province of the larger Appalachian division and are also a belt within the Appalachian Mountains extending from southeastern New York through northwestern New...

 straddling the U.S. states of Virginia

Virginia

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 and West Virginia

West Virginia

West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...

. Timber Ridge extends from the forks of Sleepy Creek

Sleepy Creek

Sleepy Creek is a tributary of the Potomac River in the United States, belonging to the Chesapeake Bay's watershed. Sleepy Creek's source lies near the Hampshire County, West Virginia border at Good, north of State Route 127 in Frederick County, Virginia...

 at Stotlers Crossroads

Stotlers Crossroads, West Virginia

Stotlers Crossroads is a small unincorporated hamlet in southeastern Morgan County, West Virginia. It is situated along Winchester Grade Road between the South and Middle Forks of Sleepy Creek on the eastern flanks of Highland Ridge...

 in Morgan County

Morgan County, West Virginia

Morgan County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of 2010, it's population was 17,541. Its county seat is Berkeley Springs. The county is one of three in Hagerstown-Martinsburg, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area...

, West Virginia, to Lehew

Lehew, West Virginia

Lehew is an unincorporated community in Hampshire County, West Virginia on the Virginia line. Lehew is located on Timber Ridge along West Virginia Route 259 at its crossroads with H.G. Brill Road and White Pine Ridge Road .-External links:...

 in Hampshire County

Hampshire County, West Virginia

Hampshire County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of 2010, the population was 23,964. Its county seat is Romney, West Virginia's oldest town . Hampshire County was created by the Virginia General Assembly on December 13, 1753, from parts of Frederick and Augusta counties ...

, West Virginia. The ridge is predominantly forested, as its name suggests, with the exception of a number of orchard

Orchard

An orchard is an intentional planting of trees or shrubs that is maintained for food production. Orchards comprise fruit or nut-producing trees which are grown for commercial production. Orchards are also sometimes a feature of large gardens, where they serve an aesthetic as well as a productive...

s and open fields. From WV 127/VA 127 at Good

Good, West Virginia

Good is an unincorporated community in northeastern Hampshire County, West Virginia, USA atop Bear Garden Mountain. Good is located on the Bloomery Pike at I.L. Pugh Road east of Bloomery and northwest of Winchester on the West Virginia/Virginia border...

 to Lehew, Timber Ridge serves as the boundary line between Hampshire County

Hampshire County, West Virginia

Hampshire County is a county located in the U.S. state of West Virginia. As of 2010, the population was 23,964. Its county seat is Romney, West Virginia's oldest town . Hampshire County was created by the Virginia General Assembly on December 13, 1753, from parts of Frederick and Augusta counties ...

, West Virginia, and Frederick County

Frederick County, Virginia

Frederick County is a county located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is included in the Winchester, Virginia-West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. It was formed in 1743 by the splitting of Orange County. For ten years it was the home of George Washington. As of 2010, the population was...

, Virginia.

Summits and knobs

Although Timber Ridge is a continuous mountain ridge, it is made up of a number of summits and knobs with individual names. These include:

• Chine Spring Knob, 1,312 feet (400 m)