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Ann Bailey Trail

Ann Bailey Trail

📍 Watoga State Park, WV
Moderate 📏 3.2 Loop

The Ann Bailey Trail honors the legendary frontier scout and messenger whose exploits during the American Revolutionary …

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Arrowhead Trail

Arrowhead Trail

📍 Watoga State Park, WV
Moderate 📏 5.8 Loop

The Arrowhead Trail loops through the heart of Watoga State Park, West Virginia's largest state park at nearly 10,000 ac…

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Bald Knob Trail

Bald Knob Trail

📍 Canaan Valley State Park, WV
Strenuous 📏 6.0 Out-and-Back

Bald Knob Trail ascends to the 4,280-foot summit of Bald Knob, the highest point of the Canaan Valley plateau and one of…

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Blackwater Falls Overlook

Blackwater Falls Overlook

📍 Blackwater Falls State Park, WV
Easy 📏 0.4 Out-and-Back

The Blackwater Falls Overlook trail descends a series of wooden stairs and boardwalks to the main viewing platform direc…

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Burnwood Trail

Burnwood Trail

📍 Grandview Area, New River Gorge National Park
Easy 📏 1.0 Out-and-Back

The Burnwood Trail offers a peaceful immersion in the mixed hardwood forest that defines the upland plateau above New Ri…

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Canaan Valley Wetlands Walk

Canaan Valley Wetlands Walk

📍 Canaan Valley State Park, WV
Easy 📏 2.0 Loop

Canaan Valley Wetlands Walk traverses the edge of one of the most biologically significant and geologically unique fresh…

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Elakala Falls Trail

Elakala Falls Trail

📍 Blackwater Falls State Park, WV
Moderate 📏 0.6 Out-and-Back

The Elakala Falls Trail descends steeply into the Shays Run canyon to reveal a series of four cascading waterfalls whose…

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Glade Creek Grist Mill Trail

Glade Creek Grist Mill Trail

📍 Babcock State Park, WV
Moderate 📏 3.0 Out-and-Back

The Glade Creek Grist Mill Trail leads to what is arguably the most photographed structure in West Virginia—a fully oper…

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Grandview North Overlook

Grandview North Overlook

📍 Grandview Area, New River Gorge National Park
Easy 📏 0.3 Out-and-Back

The Grandview North Overlook sits at the rim of one of the deepest gorges in the eastern United States, where the New Ri…

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Grandview Sandbar Trail

Grandview Sandbar Trail

📍 Grandview Area, New River Gorge National Park
Easy 📏 1.5 Out-and-Back

The Grandview Sandbar Trail descends from the canyon rim to the New River's edge, delivering hikers to a broad crescent …

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Island in the Sky Trail

Island in the Sky Trail

📍 Babcock State Park, WV
Strenuous 📏 2.8 Loop

The Island in the Sky Trail delivers one of the most dramatic and genuinely thrilling hiking experiences in the New Rive…

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Lindy Run Trail

Lindy Run Trail

📍 Canaan Valley State Park, WV
Moderate 📏 3.0 Loop

Lindy Run Trail loops through one of the most intact examples of high-elevation red spruce forest remaining in the centr…

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Long Branch Trail

Long Branch Trail

📍 Babcock State Park, WV
Moderate 📏 3.6 Loop

The Long Branch Trail loops through one of Babcock State Park's most ecologically distinctive landscapes, protecting old…

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Pendleton Lake Loop

Pendleton Lake Loop

📍 Blackwater Falls State Park, WV
Easy 📏 1.5 Loop

Pendleton Lake Loop circles the four-acre Pendleton Lake at the heart of Blackwater Falls State Park, combining a pleasa…

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Seneca Trail South

Seneca Trail South

📍 Watoga State Park, WV
Moderate 📏 4.0 Out-and-Back

Seneca Trail South follows the historic Seneca Trail corridor—one of the most important Native American travel routes in…

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