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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 3500 3299 3000 2505 2500 2007 2000 1481 1481 1347 1500 876 1000 669 705 338 404 376 430 500 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 1200 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 .

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West Virginia Trail Inventory
West Virginia Trail Inventory Trail report summarized by county, prepared by the West Virginia GIS Technical Center updated 9/24/2014 County Name Trail Name Management Area Managing Organization Length Source (mi.) Date Barbour American Discovery American Discovery Trail 33.7 2009 Trail Society Barbour Brickhouse Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 0.55 2013 Barbour Brickhouse Spur Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 0.03 2013 Barbour Conflicted Desire Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 2.73 2013 Barbour Conflicted Desire Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 0.03 2013 Shortcut Barbour Double Bypass Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 1.46 2013 Barbour Double Bypass Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 0.02 2013 Connector Barbour Double Dip Trail Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 0.2 2013 Barbour Hospital Loop Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 0.29 2013 Barbour Indian Burial Ground Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 0.72 2013 Barbour Kid's Trail Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 0.72 2013 Barbour Lower Alum Cave Trail Audra State Park WV Division of Natural 0.4 2011 Resources Barbour Lower Alum Cave Trail Audra State Park WV Division of Natural 0.07 2011 Access Resources Barbour Prologue Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 0.63 2013 Barbour River Trail Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 1.26 2013 Barbour Rock Cliff Trail Audra State Park WV Division of Natural 0.21 2011 Resources Barbour Rock Pinch Trail Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 1.51 2013 Barbour Short course Bypass Nobusiness Hill Little Moe's Trolls 0.1 2013 Barbour
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Development of Outdoor Recreation Resource Amenity Indices for West Virginia
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