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.
Getting to the trailhead
From Petersburg: WV 28/55 south to Jordan Run Road, one mile to FR 19, six miles to FR 75, then about a mile to FR 70 on the left. FR 70 is gated and open during the autumn hunting season.
Monongahela National Forest does not publish a length for this trail. Treat any figure you find elsewhere as unverified, and plan from the map.
Part of Roaring Plains West Wilderness
6,792 acres running from 3,000 feet on the southern perimeter to over 4,700 feet at the top of Mount Porte Crayon. No total trail mileage is published. Forest Road 70 is gated and open during the autumn hunting season, so for most of the year the approach is on foot from Forest Road 19 or Bonner Mountain Road.
Roaring Plains West Wilderness guideGuides, shuttles and lodging near this trailhead
Trail-level placement for operators within range of Flatrock Run Trail (FT 519).
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.