SCENIC OVERLOOKS - ALL PHOTOS TAKEN OCTOBER 2021

HIKES TO SEE THESE VIEWS
1. TABLE ROCK - 2.3 MILES OUT AND BACK WITH SLIGHT ELEVATION GAIN AND LOTS OF MUD
2. LINDY POINT - 1 MILE OUT AND BACK WITH NO ELEVATION AND RELATIVELY DRY GROUND. TRAIL INCLUDES A BOARDWALK ON FINAL APPROACH TO OVERLOOK STRUCTURE AND BENCHES
3. PASE POINT - 3 MILES OUT AND BACK WITH SLIGHT ELEVATION GAIN AND MINIMALLY MUDDY GROUND. 
4. PENNDLETON POINT - 0.2 MILES OUT AND BACK EASILY ACCESSIBLE FROM WITHIN BLACKWATER FALLS STATE PARK 
5. BLACKWATER FALLS - BOARDWALK TRAIL WITH LOTS OF STAIRS AND MULTIPLE VIEWING PLATFORMS

SPRUCE KNOB - ALL PHOTOS TAKEN OCTOBER 2020
WEST VIRGINIA'S POINT OF HIGHEST ELEVATION

IF YOU'RE LOOKING FOR A SPOT THAT WILL WOW YOU FOR HOURS ON END - THIS IS IT. WEST VIRGINIA'S MOUNTAINOUS TERRITORY IS SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL IN THE EASTERN US, BUT SPRUCE KNOB HOLDS A SPECIAL PLACE BECAUSE IT FEELS LIKE YOU CAN SEE FOREVER STANDING A TOP THOSE ROCK FIELDS. I MADE FOUR TRIPS HERE IN OCTOBER 2020 BECAUSE THE MAGNITUDE OF THIS PLACE PULLS ON YOUR HEART AND I COULDN'T RESIST. THE VIEWS ARE A SHORT WALK ON A PAVED TRAIL FROM THE PARKING AREA. THERE'S AN OBSERVATION TOWER AND THE TRAIL GOES IN A COMPLETE CIRCLE AROUND THE KNOB FOR 360 PANORAMIC VIEWS OF THE SURROUNDING MOUNTAINS. 
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I'D RECOMMEND COMING DURING THE DAY AND AFTER DARK FALLS ON A CLEAR NIGHT - YOU WILL EXPERIENCE SOME OF THE MOST IMPRESSIVE NIGHT SKIES HERE. WE WENT ON A NIGHT OF THE FULL MOON AND COULD SEE THE MILKY WAY AS IT BECAME BRIGHTER AS THE NIGHT WENT ON. THERE WERE DOZENS OF SHOOTING STARS AS WELL. THIS WAS ONE OF THE BEST EXPERIENCES I'VE EVER HAD. 

OTHER HIDDEN GEMS - ALL PHOTOS TAKEN OCTOBER 2021 AND 2020

I HAVEN'T BEGUN TO PUT A DENT IN EXPLORING ALL THERE IS IN MONONGAHELA NATIONAL FOREST, BUT WHAT I HAVE SEEN IS INCREDIBLE AND MAKES ME THANKFUL WE CAN GO WHERE SUCH BEAUTY EXISTS. 
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1. DOUGLAS FALLS - LESS THAN HALF A MILE OUT AND BACK. IT IS AN INCREDIBLY STEEP AND SLIPPERY SCRAMBLE DOWN TO THE BASE OF THE FALLS. FOLLOW DOUGLAS ROAD TO TRAILHEAD. 
2. ALBERT FALLS - CAN BE SEEN FROM THE ROADSIDE APPROACHING PARKING AREA FOR DOUGLAS FALLS
3. HOODOO ROCKS/MOON ROCKS TRAILS - 6.1 MILE LOOP TRAIL. LOTS OF INTERESTING ROCK FORMATIONS WITH LITTLE ELEVATION GAIN. TRAILHEAD OFF CAMP 70 ROAD
4. HUCKLEBERRY TRAIL - FOLLOWS THE RIDGE ALONG SPRUCE KNOB. TRAIL JOINS SPRUCE KNOB IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF THE PARKING AREA 
5. GANDY CREEK - SEVERAL MILES OF FOREST ROAD WITH PRIMITIVE CAMPING SITES
5. CANAAN LOOP ROAD - SEVERAL MILES OF FOREST ROAD WITH PRIMITIVE CAMPING SITES