North Bend Rail Trail

North Bend Rail Trail
North Bend Rail Trail State Park
West Virginia State Park
North Bend Rail Trail east of Cairo
Country United States
State West Virginia
County Doddridge, Harrison, Ritchie, Wood
Elevation 856 ft (260.9 m)
Coordinates 39°17′06″N 80°58′14″W / 39.285°N 80.97056°W / 39.285; -80.97056
Length 72 mi (116 km)
Owner West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
Nearest city Pennsboro, West Virginia
Location of North Bend Rail Trail State Park at Pennsboro in West Virginia
Website: North Bend Rail Trail State Park

The North Bend Rail Trail is a 72-mile (116 km) rail trail in north-central and western West Virginia in the United States. It is operated by West Virginia State Parks and is part of the American Discovery Trail.[1]

The trail extends from the community of Wolf Summit west of Clarksburg at its eastern end to I-77 near Parkersburg at its western end, passing through Harrison, Doddridge, Ritchie and Wood Counties and the towns of Salem, West Union, Pennsboro, Ellenboro and Cairo, as well as North Bend State Park and numerous unincorporated communities.[2] It roughly parallels U.S. Route 50 on a former line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad constructed between 1853 and 1857.[1] Along its route the trail passes through 13 tunnels and crosses 36 bridges,[1] including 6 bridges over the North Fork of the Hughes River in Ritchie County.[2]

Contents

Photo gallery

  • An old rail tunnel, now part of the trail.

See also

Flag of West Virginia.svg West Virginia portal

External links

References

  1. ^ a b c North Bend Rail Trail official website, from West Virginia State Parks
  2. ^ a b DeLorme (1997). West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.
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West Virginia State Wildlife Center
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governmental

Brush Creek • Bear Rocks • Cranesville Swamp • Greenland Gap • Hungry Beech • Ice Mountain • Mount Porte Crayon • Murphy • Panther Knob • Pike Knob • Slaty Mountain • Upper Shavers Fork • Yankauer
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