At 4,054 feet, Salt Pond Mountain is a large mountain that straddles the high country in the Mountain Lake Wilderness Area close to the border between Virginia and West Virginia. The "Salt Pond" that gave the mountain its name is now known as Mountain Lake, located just outside the Mountain Lake Wilderness. The Appalachian Trail passes straight through the mountain and through the Mountain Lake Wilderness, bringing a large number of visitors. The forests on Salt Pond Mountain are more typical of northerly mountains, with hardwoods, red spruce, and yellow birch. Most of old-growth hemlock trees have been destroyed by aphids. In winter, Salt Pond Mountain is a popular with the cross-country ski crowds.

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