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West Virginia State Parks · New River Gorge

Rocky Trail

Half a mile of hand-built stone steps connecting the two main trails.

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 guide

Other trails in Babcock State Park

Old Sewell Trail 9 mi · Moderate to challenging
Narrow Gauge Trail 2.5 mi · Moderate
Skyline Trail 2 mi · Moderate
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Trail-level placement for operators within range of Rocky Trail.

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West 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.

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