This Natural Wonders Road Trip Will Show You West Virginia Like You’ve Never Seen It Before
West Virginia is known as the Wild and Wonderful state, and with good reason. It seems like just about any drive in West Virginia could be a natural wonders road trip, but there are especially amazing views in one area in particular: the Monongahela National Forest. Let’s take a look at some of the highlights.
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Bear Rocks Preserve contains wind-carved boulders and an overlook with a great view of the Dolly Sods wilderness area below.
This unique landscape contains meadows, heath barrens, cranberry bogs, and hardwood forests. You could spend a whole day hiking here.
The Red Creek runs through the Wilderness, with small waterfalls appearing beside the hiking trails.
Seneca Rocks is the only "true peak" on the East Coast of the United States. It's beloved by rock climbers and photographers.
Spruce Knob is the summit of Spruce Mountain, and the highest point in the state of West Virginia.
There's an observation tower where you can get great views of Monongahela National Forest.
This is a bog area filled with unusual vegetation. You'll find cranberries, sphagnum moss, skunk cabbage, purple pitcher plants, and sundew plants.
This road is one of the most beautiful drives in West Virginia. You can read more about this road here.
There's an observation tower here that's worth a stop. You can climb it to get views of the Shavers Fork River, Tygart Valley, and Cheat Mountain.
Blackwater Falls is one of the most stunning waterfalls in the state, with a 62 foot drop.
The driving for this trip will take just about 7 hours, but you’ll probably want to make it into a 2 or 3 day adventure to have plenty of time to take in all the scenery.
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