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.
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.
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Guides, shuttles and lodging near this trailhead
Trail-level placement for operators within range of Red Creek 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.