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Morgantown, WV
Moundsville, WV
Parkersburg, WV
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Length
Surfaces
Type

Brooke Pioneer Trail
6.7 mi
State: WV
Asphalt

Caperton Rail-Trail
5.7 mi
State: WV
Asphalt

Clear Fork Rail Trail
4.9 mi
State: WV
Boardwalk, Gravel

Deckers Creek Rail-Trail
19 mi
State: WV
Asphalt, Crushed Stone

Elk River Trail (Coonskin Park)
1.5 mi
State: WV
Gravel

Elk River Trail (WV)
57.2 mi
State: WV
Crushed Stone

Glade Creek Trail
5.8 mi
State: WV
Dirt, Gravel

Great American Rail-Trail
3743.9 mi
State: DC, IA, ID, IL, IN, MD, MT, NE, OH, PA, WA, WV, WY
Asphalt, Concrete, Crushed Stone

Greenbrier River Trail
77 mi
State: WV
Asphalt, Boardwalk, Crushed Stone

Hawks Nest Rail Trail
1.8 mi
State: WV
Dirt, Gravel

Kanawha Boulevard Trail

5.8 mi
State: WV
Asphalt

Marion County Trail (MCTrail)
2.5 mi
State: WV
Asphalt

Meadow River Rail Trail
9.19 mi
State: WV
Crushed Stone, Gravel

Mon River Rail-Trail
23.7 mi
State: WV
Asphalt, Crushed Stone

Mon River Rail-Trail System
48.5 mi
State: WV
Asphalt, Crushed Stone

Otter Creek Trail
11.8 mi
State: WV
Dirt

Panhandle Trail
29 mi
State: PA, WV
Asphalt

West Fork River Trail
14 mi
State: WV
Asphalt, Crushed Stone

White Oak Rail Trail
7.9 mi
State: WV
Asphalt, Crushed Stone

Allegheny Highlands Trail
30.8 mi
State: WV
Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Gravel
Accordion

Barnum Rail-Trail
4.2 mi
State: WV
Ballast, Dirt, Grass

Blackwater Canyon Trail
10.7 mi
State: WV
Dirt, Gravel

Bridgeport Rail Trail
0.8 mi
State: WV
Asphalt

Carpendale Trail
0.8 mi
State: MD, WV
Crushed Stone

Cheat Lake Trail
4.43 mi
State: WV
Crushed Stone

Cranberry Tri-Rivers Rail Trail
16 mi
State: WV
Dirt, Grass, Gravel

Davis Trail
2.6 mi
State: WV
Dirt

East Fork Trail (WV)
8 mi
State: WV
Dirt

Glen Dale to Moundsville Rail-Trail
3.4 mi
State: WV
Asphalt

Harpers Ferry Railroad Bridge
0.14 mi
State: MD, WV
Boardwalk

Harrison North Rail Trail
7 mi
State: WV
Cinder, Grass, Gravel

Harrison South Rail Trail
10.1 mi
State: WV
Crushed Stone, Grass

Kaymoor Trail
8.6 mi
State: WV
Dirt, Gravel

Keeneys Creek Trail
6.6 mi
State: WV
Gravel

Lumberjack Trail
5.7 mi
State: WV
Dirt

North Bend Rail Trail
69 mi
State: WV
Asphalt, Boardwalk, Concrete, Crushed Stone, Gravel

Potts Valley Rail Trail
4.5 mi
State: WV
Dirt, Grass

Rend Trail
3.4 mi
State: WV
Dirt, Gravel

Southside Trail
6.9 mi
State: WV
Ballast, Dirt, Gravel

WV Route 9 Bike Path
10 mi
State: WV
Asphalt

Wellsburg Yankee Trail
2.2 mi
State: WV
Asphalt

West Fork Trail
22 mi
State: WV
Ballast, Crushed Stone, Gravel

West Virginia Northern Rail-Trail
2.7 mi
State: WV
Crushed Stone, Gravel

Wheeling Heritage Trails
16.5 mi
State: WV
Asphalt

East Wetzel Rail-Trail

1.5 mi
State: WV
Asphalt, Dirt, Sand

Elizabeth J. Binky Poundstone Memorial River Trail
1.9 mi
State: WV
Asphalt

Lewis McManus Memorial Honor Trail
4.1 mi
State: WV
Asphalt, Crushed Stone

Narrow Gauge Trail (WV)
3 mi
State: WV
Dirt, Gravel

Lewisburg and Ronceverte Trail (L&R Trail)
0.4 mi
State: WV
Asphalt

Little Kanawha Connector Trail
1.5 mi
State: WV
Asphalt

Rohrbaugh Trail
3.6 mi
State: WV
Dirt

Big Stonecoal Trail
4.3 mi
State: WV
Ballast, Dirt, Gravel

Cheat River Rail-Trail
2.8 mi
State: WV
Asphalt, Crushed Stone

Clover Trail
2 mi
State: WV
Dirt

County Line Trail (WV)
4 mi
State: WV
Dirt

Green Mountain Trail
4.1 mi
State: WV
Dirt

Joel McCann Memorial Trail
1.1 mi
State: WV
Crushed Stone

Laurel Fork River Trail-South
9.6 mi
State: WV
Dirt

Laurelly Branch Trail
3.5 mi
State: WV
Dirt

Limerock Trail
4 mi
State: WV
Dirt

Little Fork Trail
3.5 mi
State: WV
Dirt

Moore Run Trail
4.2 mi
State: WV
Dirt

Possession Camp Trail
3.2 mi
State: WV
Dirt

Railroad Grade Trail (WV)
3.2 mi
State: WV
Dirt

Red Creek Trail
6.4 mi
State: WV
Ballast, Dirt

Rocky Point Trail
1.9 mi
State: WV
Dirt

Rough Run Trail
3 mi
State: WV
Dirt

Seneca Creek Trail
5 mi
State: WV
Dirt

Shingletree Trail
4.5 mi
State: WV
Dirt

South Prong Trail
5.5 mi
State: WV
Dirt

Southern Railroad Trail

0.8 mi
State: WV
Dirt

Stone Camp Run Trail
1.5 mi
State: WV
Dirt

Tea Creek Trails
44 mi
State: WV
Dirt, Grass, Gravel

Whitmeadow Ridge Trail
5 mi
State: WV
Dirt

Widney Park Rail-Trail
0.8 mi
State: WV
Crushed Stone
Trail Image Trail Name States Length Surface Rating
The Brooke Pioneer Trail rolls along the woodsy eastern bank of the Ohio River, a waterway that once carried early settlers’ flatboats to lands in the west. The trail provides access to the bridge’s...
 WV 6.7 mi Asphalt
The central point of the Caperton Rail-Trail is located in Morgantown, known as the home of West Virginia University, the inspiration for a Joni Mitchell song and the birthplace of Don Knotts....
 WV 5.7 mi Asphalt
The Clear Fork Rail Trail is a 4.9-mile trail that follows an abandoned CSX rail line along the Clear Fork River in the northwestern corner of Raleigh County. The rail-trail has a gravel surface with...
 WV 4.9 mi Boardwalk, Gravel
Morgantown is known as the home of West Virginia University, the inspiration for a Joni Mitchell song, and the birthplace of Don Knotts. But it’s also known for its extensive rail-trail system along...
 WV 19 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone
Kanawha County’s Elk River Trail provides access to Coonskin Park, a large park originally built by local residents in the 1950s and now managed by the Kanawha County Parks and Recreation Commission....
 WV 1.5 mi Gravel
Running through Braxton, Clay and Kanawha counties, the trail meanders 57.2 miles along the Elk River. Portions of the trail are still under construction and when finished it will be 73.3 miles with...
 WV 57.2 mi Crushed Stone
Situated in the heart of West Virginia's pristine New River Gorge National River, the Glade Creek Trail (out-and-back only) has something for everyone. Once a narrow gauge railroad corridor used to...
 WV 5.8 mi Dirt, Gravel
Note: This developing route is not yet fully contiguous – it is just over 50% complete. Please refer to the Trail Map for more information on the existing sections of trail, as well as the online...
 DC, IA, ID, IL, IN, MD, MT, NE, OH, PA, WA, WV, WY 3743.9 mi Asphalt, Concrete, Crushed Stone
Overview    The Greenbrier River Trail weaves a path of 77 miles through lush forest and rural small towns of West Virginia’s Allegheny Highlands, along the longest undammed river in the eastern...
 WV 77 mi Asphalt, Boardwalk, Crushed Stone
The Hawks Nest Rail Trail is located primarily within Hawks Nest State Park near Ansted. The trail is nearly 2 miles long and runs on the south side of Mill Creek, beginning near the nature center....
 WV 1.8 mi Dirt, Gravel
This walking and biking path runs through the heart of West Virginia's state capital, Charleston. The trail sits right on the north bank of the Kanawha River, offering panoramic river views right from...
 WV 5.8 mi Asphalt
The Marion County Trail—better known as the MCTrail—runs for nearly 3 miles along Pricketts Creek through rural Marion County. The trail's main highlight is a 1,200-foot lighted tunnel (Meredith...
 WV 2.5 mi Asphalt
The Meadow River Rail Trail is a developing rail-trail that meanders along its scenic namesake river in West Virginia's Fayette and Greenbrier counties. The rail-trail follows a former CSX spur line...
 WV 9.19 mi Crushed Stone, Gravel
Morgantown is known as the home of West Virginia University, the inspiration for a Joni Mitchell song, and the birthplace of Don Knotts. But it’s also known for its extensive network of rail trails...
 WV 23.7 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone
Three trails comprise the Mon River Rail-Trail System—the Mon River Trail, Caperton Trail, and Deckers Creek Trail, which radiate from Morgantown for 48 miles through former Allegheny Plateau...
 WV 48.5 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone
The Monongahela National Forest’s Otter Creek Wilderness has many trails, mostly for hiking through the scenic landscape of rhododendron, timber and mosses. Biking is prohibited on the trails, but...
 WV 11.8 mi Dirt
The Panhandle Trail offers a direct 29-mile journey between the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia and the suburbs of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Although the trail follows an old railroad grade...
 PA, WV 29 mi Asphalt
Closure Notice: The West Fork River Trail is closed between Monongah Trailhead and Fairmont due to storm damage. Please check with the county before heading out on the trail. Many of the Mountain...
 WV 14 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone
The White Oak Rail Trail runs for nearly 8 miles through the central West Virginia city of Oak Hill, connecting the communities of Summerlee and Carlisle at either end. Most of the trail is paved with...
 WV 7.9 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone
The Allegheny Highlands Trail (AHT) follows the original route of the West Virginia Central and Pittsburgh Railway, built by Henry Gassaway Davis in 1884. The rail-trail is in two segments totaling...
 WV 30.8 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone, Gravel
Accordion
Nestled in a northern valley of West Virginia, the Barnum Rail-Trail follows the North Branch Potomac River through the superb scenery of the Upper Potomac region. If you plan to explore this...
 WV 4.2 mi Ballast, Dirt, Grass
The Blackwater Canyon Trail follows one of the most challenging and picturesque segments of the former West Virginia Central & Pittsburgh Railway. On its 10.7-mile run deep through the Monongahela...
 WV 10.7 mi Dirt, Gravel
This short paved path runs between an active railroad and Simpson Creek in the City of Bridgeport. Connecting Bridgeport City Park (250 City Park Dr) with Bridgeport's public recreational area that...
 WV 0.8 mi Asphalt
The Carpendale Trail straddles the North Branch of the Potomac River between Carpendale in West Virginia and Cumberland in Maryland. The wooden bridge spanning 386 feet across the river is a...
 MD, WV 0.8 mi Crushed Stone
The Cheat Lake Trail is the result of a generous donation of land by Allegheny Energy (now FirstEnergy) near its Lake Lynn Power Station on scenic Cheat Lake. The area was once home to West Penn...
 WV 4.43 mi Crushed Stone
The Cranberry Tri-Rivers Rail-Trail, also called the Cranberry Rail-Trail, is named for the Cranberry, Cherry and Gauley rivers it travels along or across. The trail begins in downtown Richwood,...
 WV 16 mi Dirt, Grass, Gravel
Located in Blackwater Falls State Park in the Monongahela National Forest, the Davis Trail is an easy rail-trail that ambles up Canaan Mountain as it heads south towards Canaan Valley Resort State...
 WV 2.6 mi Dirt
The scenic East Fork Trail follows the East Fork of the Greenbrier River through hemlock stands and pine plantations and past many small waterfalls, extending 8 miles from the Island Campground in...
 WV 8 mi Dirt
The Glen Dale to Moundsville Rail-Trail runs for 3.4 paved miles between Glen Dale City Park and Moundsville Riverview Park. The trail parallels the Ohio River behind shopping plazas and...
 WV 3.4 mi Asphalt
This rail-with-trail bridge crosses the Potomac River near its confluence with the Shenandoah River, at Harpers Ferry, West Virginia. A cantilevered section of the bridge allows pedestrian access...
 MD, WV 0.14 mi Boardwalk
Closure Notice: The Harrison North Rail Trail is closed between the Veterans Memorial Bridge and the Shinnston Waste Water Plant in Shinnston due to storm damage. Please check with the county before...
 WV 7 mi Cinder, Grass, Gravel
The Harrison South Rail Trail extends south from Veteran's Memorial Park and the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg to the rural community of Lost Creek. The trail was built on a...
 WV 10.1 mi Crushed Stone, Grass
The Kaymoor Trail runs parallel to the New River between Fayetteville and Cunard in the National Park Service’s New River Gorge National River. Much of the stunning trail follows old roads and dormant...
 WV 8.6 mi Dirt, Gravel
Located in the gorgeous New River Gorge in rural West Virginia, the Keeney's Creek Trail is a gravel trail that doubles as a road for park service vehicles. Although built on top of an abandoned...
 WV 6.6 mi Gravel
Located in the Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area of the Monongahela National Forest—a hotspot for mountain biking and rock climbing—the Lumberjack Trail offers a scenic hike on an old...
 WV 5.7 mi Dirt
History beckons around every rocky bend and in every chilly tunnel on the North Bend Rail Trail, which follows an old railroad corridor through hills and hollows in northern West Virginia. Winding...
 WV 69 mi Asphalt, Boardwalk, Concrete, Crushed Stone, Gravel
Nestled in a remote mountain valley deep in the Appalachians, the Potts Valley Rail Trail skirts a wilderness area and farmland as it rolls through forests for 4.5 miles in the southern part of the...
 WV 4.5 mi Dirt, Grass
Five old railroad trestles serve as scenic attractions on this dirt trail in the New River Gorge National Park, although two of those trestles have been closed for safety concerns, splitting the trail...
 WV 3.4 mi Dirt, Gravel
As it weaves past long-abandoned mining towns, the Southside Trail (formerly the Brooklyn to Southside Junction Trail) in the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve tells the story of “King Coal”...
 WV 6.9 mi Ballast, Dirt, Gravel
The WV Route 9 Bike Path follows the busy thoroughfare from Martinsburg to the Charles Town/Ranson area. About the Route Note that the path runs through open space with little to no shade. While...
 WV 10 mi Asphalt
The Wellsburg Yankee Trail is a short, paved rail-trail that spans the entire length of Wellsburg, a small city on the Ohio River in West Virginia’s Northern Panhandle. The community trail runs...
 WV 2.2 mi Asphalt
The West Fork Trail snakes its way through remote mountain valleys for 22 miles in the Monongahela National Forest. The soothing gurgle of the river complements the trail’s serene environment of thick...
 WV 22 mi Ballast, Crushed Stone, Gravel
The West Virginia Northern Rail Trail is a 10-mile trail project occupying the former West Virginia Northern railroad bed between Kingwood and Tunnelton in Preston County. The short-line railroad...
 WV 2.7 mi Crushed Stone, Gravel
The Wheeling Heritage Trails are known locally as two trails—the Ohio River Trail and the Wheeling Creek Trail—that run along the old railbeds of two railroads that served the transportation network...
 WV 16.5 mi Asphalt
The East Wetzel Rail-trail is a 1.5 mile pathway that runs through the town of Hundred in West Virginia. The trail provides connectivity to various local destinations including the high school, the...
 WV 1.5 mi Asphalt, Dirt, Sand
The Elizabeth J. “Binky” Poundstone Memorial River Trail is nestled into the City of Buckhannon, tucked along the Buckhannon River in the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains. A short portion of the...
 WV 1.9 mi Asphalt
The Lewis McManus Memorial Honor Trail, also known as the Beckley Rail Trail, travels from Mabscott, through the heart of Beckley, north to the Beckley Crossing Shopping Mall. It follows the route of...
 WV 4.1 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone
The Narrow Gauge Trail in Babcock State Park follows the gentle grade of what was the Manns Creek Railway, which connected Clifftop to Sewell, until it closed in 1956. The trail is breathtaking, but...
 WV 3 mi Dirt, Gravel
The Lewisburg and Ronceverte Trail (commonly known as the L&R Trail) will one day connect these two historic towns set amid the Allegheny Mountains of southern West Virginia. The beautiful natural...
 WV 0.4 mi Asphalt
The Little Kanawha Connector Trail stretches west to east across Parkersburg, a city located at the confluence of the Ohio and Little Kanawha rivers in West Virginia. The trail is a combination of...
 WV 1.5 mi Asphalt
In West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest, the Dolly Sods Wilderness features sweeping vistas, spruce and aspen groves, beautiful meadows, beaver dams and rolling creeks. The area is also home to...
 WV 3.6 mi Dirt
In West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest, the Dolly Sods Wilderness features sweeping vistas, spruce and aspen groves, beautiful meadows, beaver dams and rolling creeks. The area is also home to...
 WV 4.3 mi Ballast, Dirt, Gravel
The Cheat River Rail-Trail is a multi-use trail along the Cheat River in Preston County, WV. The three-mile trail runs between Preston and WV Route 7. About the Route The trail features both...
 WV 2.8 mi Asphalt, Crushed Stone
West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest offers a wide variety of trails for day or multi-day hikes of varying levels of difficulty, including several trails built on former logging railroad...
 WV 2 mi Dirt
The County Line Trail is a short, less-traveled alternative to the neighboring 21.7-mile West Fork Trail. The County Line Trail travels 4 miles along the border of Randolph and Pocahontas counties,...
 WV 4 mi Dirt
The Monongahela National Forest’s Otter Creek Wilderness has many trails, mostly for hiking through the scenic landscape of rhododendron, timber and mosses. Biking is prohibited on the trails, but...
 WV 4.1 mi Dirt
The Joel McCann Memorial Trail is part of what will one day be a 16-mile rail-trail from Barrackville to Mannington following the former Baltimore & Ohio (B&O) Railroad. Currently, a 1-mile section of...
 WV 1.1 mi Crushed Stone
WV 9.6 mi Dirt
West Virginia's Monongahela National Forest offers a wide variety of trails for day or multi-day hikes of varying levels of difficulty, including several trails built on former logging railroad...
 WV 3.5 mi Dirt
The Limerock Trail is pure West Virginia: From Forest Service Road 18, the 4-mile rail-trail passes through rhododendron forests and along rocky cliffs and rushing streams. You begin with the sound of...
 WV 4 mi Dirt
West Virginia's Monongahela National Forest offers a wide variety of trails for day or multi-day hikes of varying levels of difficulty, including several trails built on former logging railroad...
 WV 3.5 mi Dirt
The Monongahela National Forest’s Otter Creek Wilderness has many trails, mostly for hiking through the scenic landscape of rhododendron, timber and mosses. Biking is prohibited on the trails, but...
 WV 4.2 mi Dirt
The Monongahela National Forest’s Otter Creek Wilderness has many trails, mostly for hiking through the scenic landscape of rhododendron, timber and mosses. Biking is prohibited on the trails, but...
 WV 3.2 mi Dirt
The Railroad Grade Trail is a rural hiking trail built on a former logging railroad corridor in the Monongahela National Forest near Blackwater Falls State Park and Canaan Valley Resort State Park....
 WV 3.2 mi Dirt
In West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest, the Dolly Sods Wilderness features sweeping vistas, spruce and aspen groves, beautiful meadows, beaver dams and rolling creeks. The area is also home to...
 WV 6.4 mi Ballast, Dirt
In West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest, the Dolly Sods Wilderness features sweeping vistas, spruce and aspen groves, beautiful meadows, beaver dams and rolling creeks. The area is also home to...
 WV 1.9 mi Dirt
West Virginia's Monongahela National Forest offers a wide variety of trails for day or multi-day hikes of varying levels of difficulty, including several trails built on former logging railroad...
 WV 3 mi Dirt
Located in the Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area of the Monongahela National Forest—a hotspot for mountain biking and rock climbing—the Seneca Creek Trail is a scenic feast of streams, meadows,...
 WV 5 mi Dirt
West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest offers a wide variety of trails for day or multi-day hikes of varying levels of difficulty, including several trails built on former logging railroad...
 WV 4.5 mi Dirt
The South Prong Trail is a remote, rugged rail-trail that offers a moderate, though sometimes quite hilly, hike. There are two very distinct sections of this trail—one section is boggy, while the...
 WV 5.5 mi Dirt
The Southern Railroad trail occupies part of the former bed of the Harrisville Southern Railroad. The short line railroad was built to link Harrisville to the B&O line at Cornwallis, a total distance...
 WV 0.8 mi Dirt
The Stone Camp Run Trail follows an old railroad corridor through a deep hollow on Middle Mountain in the Monongahela National Forest's Laurel Fork North Wilderness. The scenic trail crosses the...
 WV 1.5 mi Dirt
The Tea Creek Area Trails system consists of 12 trails totaling 44 miles, many of which follow old logging railroad corridors. The trails are found in the Marlinton Ranger District within Monongahela...
 WV 44 mi Dirt, Grass, Gravel
Located in the heart of West Virginia, the Whitmeadow Ridge Trail is also in the center of the Monongahela National Forest. Otherwise known as the Whitmeadow Hunters Access Trail (notice the bullet...
 WV 5 mi Dirt
Widney Park Rail-Trail is located in the quiet West Virginia community of Durbin. The old railroad town has a charming Main Street with welcoming shops and restaurants and the rail-trail is located...
 WV 0.8 mi Crushed Stone

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Recent Trail Reviews

Elk River Trail (WV)

Beautiful but needs some work

June, 2025 by ken.criss

We rode parts of this trail the week of June 22, 2025. The trail is remote (not much cell service) which we like. My wife suffered a blowout not far from the bigfoot. That shortened our ride that day. The trail surface is decent for the most part but there are sections where there are pretty large rocks/stones that you have to watch out for. My wife's blowout was due to one of these. No big hills which is nice. The 2nd day we rode from Gassaway to Strange Creek. Saw no other humans either day however it was pretty hot both days we rode. The big takeaway for us was the trailheads need a lot of work. For the most part, they were just parking lots. No water, no covered shelter or picnic table and no restroom at the trailhead. (restrooms were scattered over the trail, however). Shoutout to Trailhead Farm Meats & More and Bigfoot Braxxies in Gassaway for helping us with the flat tire and yummy pepperoni rolls.

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Allegheny Highlands Trail

It's just ok

June, 2025 by jhm104

Rode from Hendricks to Elkins and back mid-June on a saturday. Somewhat disappointed and would not do this trail again. Construction zone for corridor H is a mess with tough gravel and no signage. An average rider on a hybrid might find this section very unpleasant. The paved section from Hendricks to Parsons has enough little ridges from roots that it's annoying. Otherwise, the scenery is just not that great, you ride close so highways, and sections of the trail are not maintained as other rail trails are. This one seems to be a rustic trail compared to others so maybe that's the way it is intended.

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Greenbrier River Trail

Hall of Fame Trail

June, 2025 by davidshuey

My friend and fellow bike adventurer David and I spent three days riding the entire trail twice. West Virginia is truly scenic and this trail also doesn't disappoint. Many trails claim they are adjacent to water but often meander far away. This trail is next to the scenic Greenbrier River almost the entire 77 miles and the tree canopy was protective on our hot, sunny days. We lodged in Marlinton (TwoTire AirB&B) a town with all necessary services. Day one we rode north to Cass, an historic town with a nice cafe, museum, gift shop and an excursion steam locomotive. The up and back ride was 51 miles. Day two we rode south to Rorer (26 miles) and back for our 52 mile day. We stopped at the really nice general store on the trail in Seebert (10 miles south of Marlinton) and bought sandwiches to take to our lunch stop...this is the only food service on this stretch of the trail. On day three we drove to Spring Creek so we could ride south to the trails end near Caldwell. Spring Creek has very limited and remotely located parking so I'd recommend other parking areas if you follow a similar itinerary. There is no food service on this stretch. we planned to ride into Caldwell and over to Lewisburg but this turned out to be a bad idea. The trail ends at mile marker 3.1. The narrow and hilly country road into Caldwell has no shoulder and had traffic on our Sunday stop. We determined it was too dangerous to cycle but we needed lunch...solution...call Dominoes and have a pizza delivered to the trailhead.
Phone service is limited but we found that stops like Cass, Seebert and Caldwell had service.
The trail is mostly a two track path and is fairly well maintained. The best bike for this trail would be a gravel or touring style bike with 36c or larger tires. I wouldn't recommend a road bike and while we saw one hand cycle and one recumbent, they were struggling a bit.

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Accordion

Greenbrier River Trail

Remote and quiet

June, 2025 by hippykamp

I did the trail from end to end in two days pulling a BOB trailer with no problem staying overnight at one of the campsites near Cass. It’s an easy trail to ride with wildlife around each bend. I saw every kind of animal WV has to offer including two bears. The campsites are well spaced and well thought out. Water is available but I wouldn’t pass one by without topping off. This is a great trail for an introduction to bike packing. Cell service is sketchy at best so be prepared.

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Blackwater Canyon Trail

hidden gem but come prepared

June, 2025 by tom.joy

We ride tandem with hybrid tires. We rode from Thomas to Parsons and thanks to a shuttle service, did one way. It’s definitely a nice downhill ride but difficult to get up speed due to the many large potholes on the way to the first set of falls. Then turns to rough single track with tall grass and then gets a bit wider as you near Hendricks. Rode on the Allegheny Highlands trail (paved) to Parsons. The sounds of waterfalls surround you. No facilities or cell service in the canyon. Needed to stop to navigate fallen a few times.

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Harrison South Rail Trail

Lost Creek

June, 2025 by davidspeno

We rode north out of Lost Creek for seven miles. The trail is pretty rough gravel at its southern end and lots of single-track. Also, unfortunately it had not been mowed.

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Allegheny Highlands Trail

AHT

June, 2025 by davidspeno

We rode from Elkins out about 10 miles north towards Montrose and returned. The trail is in great condition. It was such a lovely day we regretted that we had not planned to ride further. Lovely farmland and plenty of shade. Good summer riding.

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Mon River Rail-Trail

Tree down

May, 2025 by 5x5ysjrrtb

Great trail. However there is a tree down in the trail 5 miles north of Pricketts Fort entrance.

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Panhandle Trail

great trail surface

April, 2025 by aldo_desalvo

The trail is mostly paved except for the Wv part and the end in pa Multiple parking areas. The trail is remote on the Wv side and a 16 mile up hill climb. Then down hill. The trail is not shaded

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Great American Rail-Trail

Warden to Lind

April, 2025 by howmarplus3

Ok section, kind of dull. Agriculture & cows. Found a bit of shade by a grain elevator for lunch. Several washouts filled with tumbleweeds as you get closer to Lind.

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Glade Creek Trail

Mountain Bike trail

March, 2025 by jon.dudley

I took my gravel bike on this trail and won’t do it again. There’s large stones and branches. I had to carry my bike over several downed trees and several big wash outs. A beautiful ride next to the creek for sure. A great place to hike I’d say. Please don’t think of this as a rail to trail flat ride, it is not.

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Harpers Ferry Railroad Bridge

Difficult but doable for cyclists

February, 2025 by luv2bike23

The railroad bridge appears to be the only way to access the C&O Canal Towpath directly from Harpers Ferry. It's narrow and congested in the warmer months, and walking a bike across the bridge can be challenging. More difficult is the tight spiral staircase descending to the towpath from the bridge. It's not exceptionally strenuous with a light bicycle but I wouldn't attempt it with a heavy E-bike. Once at the bottom, the towpath is a beautiful cycling experience and it's also an easy walk to the Maryland Heights trail with its Civil War fortifications and fantastic overlook of Harpers Ferry.

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