West Virginia hiking trails - Back Ridge Trail, Pendleton County
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Latitude: 38.64667
Longitude: -79.58333
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| | While visiting this area in West Virginia it's a good idea to go hiking too. Back Ridge Trail is quite far from the nearest urban center and it's one of those places where hiking is great. Spruce Knob Lake Campground is a pleasant campground nearby, and a glorious place for whitewater paddling is Big Run River. Whohoo, so much cool stuff in one place! Back Ridge Trail is peerless!.
Back Ridge Trail sees pretty high levels of precipitation; of all the months in a year July is the one with the most rain, and the driest month is February. High temperatures |
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at Back Ridge Trail during the summer months are in the 80's; all through summer nights temperatures are in the 50's. The winter brings highs down to the 30's; nighttime lows in the 10's for Back Ridge Trail. Back Ridge Trail is a splendid place to visit for more than one day,
| Gatewood Group Campground is a splendid place to camp nearby, and nearby you stumble on fine places like Leonard Spring Hollow.
In case you don’t have a problem getting covered with water, you can always go whitewater paddling on Laurel Fork, and don't forget to take a delightful little spree to Hemlock Run. Spending too much time indoors got you down? No problem, Back Ridge Trail in Pendleton County, West Virginia is a great place to go. Big Spring is an inspiring place to stop at while you're here; do pop by Elk Run since you're here at Back Ridge Trail.
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| These outdoors activities are available near Back Ridge Trail. |
| | Trails Near Back Ridge Trail:
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Big Mountain Trail, Pendleton County
, 3 miles away |
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Gatewood Nature Trail, Pendleton County
, 3 miles away |
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Middle Mountain Trail, Highland County
, 5 miles away |
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Big Run Trail, Randolph County
, 5 miles away |
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Laurel Fork Trail, Highland County
, 5 miles away |
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North Fork Big Run Trail, Randolph County
, 5 miles away |
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Locust Spring Run Trail, Highland County
, 6 miles away |
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| | Whitewater Near Back Ridge Trail:
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Big Run River, Pendleton County
County
, 3 miles away, Class II+ - 3.7 miles long (Confluence with Teeter Camp Run to Cherry Grove) |
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Laurel Fork, Highland VA : Pendleton WV County
County
, 6 miles away, Class II-III+ - 9.5 miles long (Route 642 to Virginia/West Virginia State line) |
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Gandy Creek, Randolph County
County
, 8 miles away, Class III - 13.6 miles long (Sinks outlet to Cheat River Dry Fork) |
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Greenbrier River - East Fork, Pocahontas County
County
, 8 miles away, Class II-III - 5.1 miles long (FS 51 to Island Campground) |
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Cheat River - Dry Fork, Randolph County
County
, 9 miles away, Class II - 2 miles long (2 miles above confluence of Gandy Creek to Gandy Creek) |
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| | Hotels Near Back Ridge Trail:
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Elkins Super 8 Motel, Elkins
, 22 miles away |
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Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites ELKINS, Elkins
, 24 miles away |
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Elkins-Days Inn, Elkins
, 24 miles away |
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Canaan Valley Resort and Conf Ctr, Davis
, 27 miles away |
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Howard Johnson Express Inn Staunton, Staunton
, 44 miles away |
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