WV Trails Inventory Project June 2020
WV Trails Inventory Report (June 2020)
West Virginia Trails Inventory
Overview Report June 2020
Top 3 Longest Water Trails Statewide Trail Overview LENGTH TRAIL NAME (miles) Total number of WV trails: 3,483 Greenbrier River Trail 174 Total miles of WV trails: 6,287 Guyandotte River Trail 166 South Branch Potomac River 127
Top 5 WV Counties with the Top 5 WV Counties with the most miles of trails most number of trails Top 5 Longest Trails (Not Water) COUNTY LENGTH COUNTY NUMBER TRAIL NAME LENGTH (miles) OF TRAILS (miles) Pocahontas 547 Monongalia 251 Allegheny Trail 254 Tucker 389 Tucker 233 American Discovery Trail 203 Greenbrier 240 Pocahontas 211 Greenbrier Rail-Trail 77 Fayette 239 Kanawha 197 North Bend Rail Trail 71 Randolph 215 Raleigh 166 Tuscarora Trail 37
Trail Use Overview
Trail Use 4500 4204 4000 3500 3110 3000 2500 2275 1856 2000 1346 1402 1338 1500 889 1000 669 565 336 433 373 500 329 24 89 0 Hiking Biking Water Backpacking Horse XC Ski Rail-Trail Motorized
Number Miles r WV Trails Inventory Project June 2020
Trail Managers and Contacts Total number of managing organizations: 192 Total number of trail contacts in database: 368 Total number of trail contacts in database without email: 114 Total number of trail contacts in database without e-mail and phone number: 13 Total number of trail contacts not linked to trail database: 120
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WV Division of Natural Resources US Forest Service (MNF) Hatfield-McCoy Regional Trail Authority National Park Service Wood County Parks Other (362)
Management Organizations by Length in Miles
WV Division of Natural Resources 2963 *Water trails account for 1448 miles US Forest Service (MNF) 821
Appalachian Trail Conservancy 702
National Park Service 467
Hatfield-McCoy Regional Authority 445
American Discovery Trail Society 173
Other (362) 1442
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