The Guyandotte (Bolt) mountain range is located within the Allegheny Plateau Physiographic Province of southern West Virginia. The range is bordered on the east by the town of Bolt, on the west by the city of Beckley, Slab Fork Mountain to the southwestern, Coal River Mountain to the northeast, Paint Creek Watershed to the north, and Guyandotte River on the western edge. Ivy Knob is the highest place in the Guyandotte Mountain range (3620 ft.). While this area is composed of many habitat types some of the tree species occurring here include: poplars, oaks, maples, hickories, box elder, intermingled among red spruce, Virginia pine and pitch pine, among others.Ivy Knob is the location of the Bolt Mountain fire tower.
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