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 Kanawha State Forest
More than 60 miles of trail across 9,300 acres, seven miles from downtown Charleston. Unusually for West Virginia, the forest publishes which trails are foot-only and which allow mountain bikes; the two sets share junctions.
Kanawha State Forest guideOther trails in Kanawha State Forest
Guides, shuttles and lodging near this trailhead
Trail-level placement for operators within range of Overlook Rock 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.