WV Trails Inventory Project October 2020
APPENDIX G – WV Trail Inventory Report (October 2020)
West Virginia Trail Inventory
Oct. 2020 Overview Report
Top 3 Longest Water Trails Statewide Trail Overview LENGTH TRAIL NAME (miles) Total number of WV trails: 3,813 Greenbrier River Trail 174 Total miles of WV trails: 6,799 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 271 Allegheny Trail 254 Tucker 396 Tucker 240 American Discovery Trail 203.58 Greenbrier 240 Pocahontasucker 218 Greenbrier Rail-Trail 76577 Raleigh 228 Kanawha 21821 North Bend Rail Trail 712 Randolph 215 Raleigh 194 Tuscarora Trail 37
Trail Use Overview
Trail Use
5000 4573 4500 4000 3299 3500 3000 2505 2500 2007 2000 1481 1481 1347 1500 876 1000 669 705 404 376 430 500 338 23 89 0 Hiking Biking Water Backpacking Horse XC Ski Rail-Trail Motorized
Number Miles WV Trails Inventory Project October 2020 Trail Managers and Contacts Total number of managing organizations: 207 Total number of trail contacts in database: 394 Total number of trail contacts in database without email: 70 Total number of trail contacts in database without e-mail and phone number: 6 Management Organizations by Number of Trails 1800 1631 1600 1411 1400
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1000
800
600
400 306 237 200 120 105 53 0 National Park US Forest US Forest WV Division of Hatfield-McCoy Wood County Others Service Service (MNF) Service Natural Regional Trail Parks (GWJEFF) Resources Authority
Management Organizations by Number of Trails
120 237 53
1631
1411
105 306
National Park Service US Forest Service (MNF) US Forest Service (GWJEFF) WV Division of Natural Resources Hatfield-McCoy Regional Trail Authority Wood County Parks Others
WV Trails Inventory Project October 2020
Management Organizations by Length in Miles 3500
3085 3000
2500
2000
1500 1232
1000 889
601 564 500 205 139 92 0 National Park US Forest US Forest WV Division of Hatfield-McCoy American Wood County Others Service Service (MNF) Service Natural Regional Trail Discovery Trail Parks (GWJEFF) Resources Authority Society
Management Organizations by Length in Miles
601
889
3085 139
1232
92 205 564
National Park Service US Forest Service (MNF) US Forest Service (GWJEFF) WV Division of Natural Resources Hatfield-McCoy Regional Trail Authority American Discovery Trail Society Wood County Parks Others