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Monongahela National Forest · Potomac Highlands

Red Creek Trail

The main artery through the Red Creek drainage and the spine of most Dolly Sods loops.

Getting to the trailhead

Forest Road 19 and Forest Road 75. Camping is prohibited within 300 feet of both roads except at Red Creek Campground.

Worth knowing

No potable water anywhere in the wilderness. Crossings of Red Creek are unbridged.

Part of Dolly Sods Wilderness

17,371 acres across Grant, Randolph and Tucker counties with 47 miles of trail, most of it on old railroad grades and logging roads, between 2,500 feet and over 4,700 feet. The Forest Service describes bog and heath more typical of southern Canada, which is why the open ground drains slowly. There is no potable water, and the agency asks visitors not to disturb unexploded ordnance left from World War II training.

Dolly Sods Wilderness guide

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