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 Otter Creek Wilderness
20,698 acres in Tucker and Randolph counties with 45 miles of trail, from 1,800 feet at the mouth of Otter Creek to 3,900 feet on McGowan Mountain. The Forest Service states that trails are unmarked and only occasionally cairned, that few bridges are provided at creek crossings, and that streams may be impassable in high water.
Otter Creek Wilderness guideOther trails in Otter Creek Wilderness
Guides, shuttles and lodging near this trailhead
Trail-level placement for operators within range of Pointy Knob Trail (FT 139).
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.