Ranger District Directions: From Parsons take U.S. Route people, and mechanized equipment and Monongahela National Forest 219 north. Travel over the Black Fork River vehicles are prohibited. Many trails outside 200 Sycamore Street Bridge and take the next right immediately the designated wilderness area are suited for Elkins, 26241 past the bridge. hiking, mountain biking, skiing, and horseback (304) 636-1800 Telephone/TTY riding. Local weather information can be

Maps: The maps listed below may be obtained from a National Weather Service Cheat Ranger Station purchased from the district by sending the recorded message in Elkins, WV at (304) 636- required payment plus any handling and 5000. shipping fees to the above address. A check or money order made payable to "USDA - Several handouts for circuit hikes are available Forest Service" is the only acceptable form of at no charge from the district office. They are: payment. Please do not send cash. Be sure Canaan Mountain Backcountry, Horseshoe to provide the name of the map(s) requested, Run Area, , and and allow approximately two weeks for Pheasant Mountain. mailing. More detailed hiking information can be found Forest Visitor Map: $6.00 - No handling or in the Monongahela National Forest Hiking shipping fee. Guide, by Allen de Hart and Bruce Sunquist. The Visitor's Center in Elkins, and several 7.5 Minute Series Topographic Maps: retail outlets in the Elkins and Davis areas, sell $6.00 + $3.50 handling fee/order. the hiking guide.

• Aurora • Blackwater Falls INFORMATION SHEET • Bowden (*) MONONGAHELA NATIONAL FOREST • Colebank CHEAT-POTOMAC RANGER DISTRICT Davis • • Elkins USDA Forest Service • Harman (*) Cheat-Potomac Ranger District • Leadmine PO Box 368 • Montrose Parsons WV 26287-0368 • Mozark Mountain(*)

• Parsons (*) Phone/TTY: (304)478-2000 Fax: (304)478-8692 • Rowlesburg Internet: www.fs.fed.us/r9/mnf/ • St. George

Office Hours: Monday through Friday 7:00 Note: Maps annotated (*) cover Otter Creek am - 4:30 PM except Federal holidays. Wilderness.

Location: Located just north of Parsons, West Virginia, on U. S. Route 219. HIKING: The Cheat Ranger District manages CAMPING: Three developed campgrounds 160.8 miles of trail; 36.8 miles in Otter Creek, are located on the district. Camping and 124 miles of non-wilderness trails. Otter reservations may be made for Horseshoe and Creek Wilderness party size is limited to 10 Stuart Recreation Areas up to four days in Stuart Recreation Area: Located much of the timberland in West Virginia and advance. Call the USFS Reservation Center approximately 6 miles NE of Elkins, WV, on adjacent states in topography, history of at (877)444-6777 or TTY/TDD (877)833-6777 the Shavers Fork River at the junction of WV cuttings, climate, and variety of species. It was for reservation information. Information is also Route 6 and Stuart Memorial Drive (Forest set aside for research use and designated the available on the Internet at Road 91). Open mid-May to early October. Fernow Experimental Forest in memory of www.ReserveUSA.com. Found on USGS Quad - Elkins. Bernhard E. Fernow, a pioneer in American forestry research. The experimental forest, Bear Heaven Recreation Area: Located • Fees: $19.00/night, except one double with recent land acquisitions from the approximately 14 miles NE of Elkins, WV, on site is $33.00/night, with 8-person/site Monongahela National Forest, now totals Stuart Memorial Drive (Forest Road 91). High maximum and 14-day stay limit. approximately 4,700 acres. elevation, open year round, and situated in a • Unit: Parking, table, fire ring, tent pad, dense oak stand. Found on USGS Quad - lantern holder, and electric hook-up. Five This project of the USDA Forest Service is Bowden. sites are fully accessible. headquartered at the Timber and Watershed • Facilities: Fully accessible shower building Laboratory, which is collocated with the Cheat- · Fee: $5.00/night with 8 person/site with flush toilets. Combination of Potomac Ranger District, in Parsons, WV. maximum and 14-day stay limit. accessible and non-accessible vault · Unit: Parking, table, fire ring, tent pad, and toilets. Six water faucets dispersed EMERGENCY NUMBERS: lantern holder. throughout campground. Large day use Tucker County · Facilities: Vault toilets (not accessible) area with three pavilions. All of the Emergency Center 911 and hand water pump. A day use area pavilions may be reserved. Play fields, WV State Police 478-3101 with accessible vault toilets nearby. volleyball area, horseshoe pits, river Tucker Med Center 478-2511 Hiking. access, swimming beach, fishing, and hiking. Randolph County Horseshoe Recreation Area: Located Emergency Center 911 approximately 7 miles NE of St. George, WV, PAVILION RESERVATIONS: Pavilions at Ambulance/Rescue 636-1211 along the river bottom of Horseshoe Run on Horseshoe and Stuart Recreation Area may WV State Police 637-0200 WV Route 7. Open mid-May to early be reserved according to the fee schedule Davis Memorial Hosp. 636-3300 December. Found on USGS Quad - listed below. Reservations may be made up Leadmine. to 4 days in advance by calling (877)444- 6777. Please indicate that you are calling for • Fee: $10.00/night with 8 person/site and a site in the state of West Virginia on the 14 day stay limit. Monongahela National Forest. • Unit: Parking, table, fire ring, tent pad, and lantern holder. Two sites are fully Stuart Electric: $100.00 EQUAL OPPORTUNITY accessible. Stuart Non-Electric $ 60.00 The policy of the United States Department of Agriculture • Facilities: Accessible vault toilets, non- Alpena Shelter: $ 40.00 Forest Service prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, religion, sex, or accessible flush toilets, and hand water Horseshoe Electric: $ 70.00 disability, familial status, or political affiliation. Persons pumps. Day use picnic area with a large Horseshoe Non-Electric: $ 15.00 believing they have been discriminated against in any and small pavilion. Forest Service related activity should write to: Chief, • The large and the small pavilion may be Forest Service, USDA, P.O. Box 96090, Washington, DC 20090-6090 or call 800-245-6340 (voice) or 202-720- reserved. Play field, river access, FERNOW EXPERIMENTAL FOREST 1127 (TTY). horseshoe pits, fishing, and hiking. In 1934 a portion of forest, which would eventually become the Monongahela National LARGE PRINT AVAILABLE UPON Forest, was recognized as representative of REQUEST.