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 Canaan Mountain backcountry
A network on the plateau between Davis and Canaan Valley, between 3,100 and 4,145 feet, built around the 8-mile Plantation Trail. Most of the connectors are short, and several follow railroad grades from the logging era.
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Trail-level placement for operators within range of Mountainside Trail (FT 114).
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.