Every organization we link to: local tourism offices, the state and federal agencies that manage the land, the nonprofits and clubs that keep access open, and the universities doing the research.
Part of Lake Sherwood and Blue Bend
Two White Sulphur Ranger District recreation areas within a few miles of each other on the Virginia line: Lake Sherwood, with 18 miles of trail around the largest lake on the forest, and Blue Bend, with a five-mile loop above a swimming hole the Civilian Conservation Corps built on Anthony Creek in the 1930s.
Lake Sherwood guideOther trails in Lake Sherwood and Blue Bend
Guides, shuttles and lodging near this trailhead
Trail-level placement for operators within range of Allegheny Mountain Trail (TR 611).
List your business hereWest Virginia has roughly 1.5 million acres of public land and a handful of places that carry almost all of the attention. The consequence is that a great deal of very good ground sits nearly empty, usually for one of three reasons: nobody has heard of it, the road in is gated or rough, or it is undeveloped and has nothing to advertise. Those are the places below — of them across regions.