The mountain runs southwest northeast between Yellow Spring and the Hardy County line.

Baker Mountain is flanked to its east by the Cacapon River with West Virginia Route 259 running parallel between the two.

Its forests were once used as a major source of timber for the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad's rail ties.

The communities of Capon Lake and Intermont lie at the foot of Baker Mountain on the Cacapon.

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