List of rail trails in West Virginia

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This list of rail trails in West Virginia includes former railroad right-of-ways in West Virginia that have been converted to trails for public use and proposed rail trails.

Established rail trails[]

  • Allegheny Highland Trail: built as part of the Corridor H project[1]
  • : located in the city of Beckley; also known as the Lewis McManus Trail
  • Blackwater Canyon, over 12 miles
  • : 3.5-mile (5.6 km) asphalt trail in Brooke County[2]
  • : an old railroad in the New River Gorge that extends from the old mining towns of Brooklyn to a now-active rail junction just west of Thurmond[3][4]
  • Caperton Trail: follows the Monongahela River from the Mon River Rail Trail South to Mon River Rail Trail North through Morgantown[5]
  • : follows part of the eastern shore of Cheat Lake north of Interstate 68; an extension north into Pennsylvania would connect it to the Mon River Rail Trail North
  • : a depot was renovated in the city of Richwood for use as a trailhead for the trail. This 14.5 former rail bed extends from the city along the Cherry River to the Gauley River. The trail then turns upstream and follows alongside the Gauley to a high trestle and enters a tunnel, dead-ending at Allingdale. An extension is planned or underway from Cowen to Bolair.
  • : follows an old railroad from the old mining towns of Cunard to Kaymoor in the New River Gorge[3]
  • Deckers Creek Rail Trail: follows an abandoned rail corridor along Deckers Creek that extends from the Caperton Trail in Morgantown to Reedsville; 19 miles (31 km) in length[5]
  • : a 1.5-mile (2.4 km) rail trail located in Hundred (Wetzel County)
  • : a 1-mile (1.6 km) rail trail that currently extends in Coonskin Park in Kanawha County just north of Charleston; the remainder of the disused line towards Morgantown may be converted into a rail trail; the extension of the runways at Yeager Airport has damaged the trail to make it nearly impassable at several places[citation needed]
  • : located in the New River Gorge along Glade Creek, this 5.6-mile-long (9.0 km) trail follows an old rail bed[6]
  • : a 3.1-mile (5.0 km) rail trail
  • Greenbrier River Trail: a 77-mile (124 km) rail trail that goes through pristine eastern West Virginia
  • : a 7-mile (11 km) rail trail that goes through Clarksburg and Harrison County
  • : a 4-mile (6.4 km) rail trail through Blackwater Canyon in Tucker County
  • : near Clarksburg; also known as South Harrison County Bike-Hike Trail;runs eight miles from Lost Creek to Mount Clare[7]
  • MCTrail: a small rail trail from Morgantown Avenue and Winfield Street intersection at East Fairmont to Pricketts Fort State Park, where it connects to the Mon River Rail Trail South[8]
  • : in Anstead; follows Mill Creek to where it flows into the New River
  • Mon River Rail Trail North: follows the Monongahela River from the Caperton Trail at Morgantown to Van Voorhis Road; it is being planned for an extension into Pennsylvania, which would ultimately connect to the ; currently 2 miles (3.2 km) in length; planned extension to 6 miles (9.7 km)[5]
  • Mon River Rail Trail South: follows the Monongahela River from Pricketts Fort State Park and MCTrail to Morgantown where it becomes the Caperton Trail; 18 miles (29 km) in length[5]
  • Narrow Gauge Rail Trail: a 3.5-mile (5.6 km) trail in Babcock State Park in Fayette County
  • North Bend Rail Trail: 72 miles, covering most of the distance between Clarksburg and Parkersburg.
  • Panhandle Trail: a 29-mile (47 km) rail trail with some parts complete while others are under construction; spans from the northern sector of Washington County, Pennsylvania to Weirton[9]
  • : a 4-mile (6.4 km) rail trail through in Tucker County
  • : follows an old rail line from a now-active rail line just west of Thurmond to Minden in the New River Gorge[3][10]
  • : this 22-mile (35 km) trail extends through the Monongahela National Forest (Randolph and Pocahontas counties) with a trailhead in Glady; this is near the Allegheny Trail
  • : a 12-mile (19 km) trail in three segments in the Wheeling region
  • : an asphalt trail along a 7.5-mile-long (12.1 km) abandoned Norfolk Southern Railway corridor that travels through Oak Hill, West Virginia, beginning near a church along West Virginia Route 612 on the south and ending at Summerlee Road on the north end, with a spur beginning near the existing Norfolk Southern Railway along West Virginia Route 61 and meeting the mainline trail near the former Collins Middle School building..

Proposed rail trails[]

  • The Mon River Rail Trail North is slated for an extension north from Van Voorhis Road to Pennsylvania, where a trail would loop back to the . The Mon River Rail Trail North is currently 2 miles (3.2 km) long with an extension to 6 miles (9.7 km) slated for construction.[5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ http://highlandstrail.org
  2. ^ http://brookepioneertrail.org
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c http://www.nps.gov/neri/trails.htm
  4. ^ http://www.nps.gov/neri/ssj_trail.htm
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e http://montrails.org
  6. ^ http://www.nps.gov/neri/glade_creek.htm
  7. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-07-26. Retrieved 2011-06-17.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  8. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-29. Retrieved 2007-08-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  9. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-06-25. Retrieved 2007-08-08.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  10. ^ http://www.nps.gov/neri/tm_trail.htm
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