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 Babcock State Park
Above Glade Creek about 20 miles from the New River Gorge Bridge, with a long downhill grade to a vanished mining town and CCC stonework on the short connectors.
Babcock State Park guideOther trails in Babcock State Park
Guides, shuttles and lodging near this trailhead
Trail-level placement for operators within range of Narrow Gauge Trail.
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.