Camping in Virginia/West Virginia??

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akennedy73

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Can anyone recommend a great camping area in the Appalachians along the border between Virginia and West Virginia? I'm looking for an area that's not frequented by hordes of campers and has great backpacking and hiking trails. And if you have a suggestion, let me know why you think it's a great place.

Thanks in advance! :D
 
Go check out the Dolly Sods wilderness area. Its a weird place, you can be hiking along a stream with waterfalls in the morning, and then crossing what looks like tundra plains the afternoon.

Once you get more than a mile or two from the trailhead, most of the tourists will drop off. :thumbup:
 
Ill second Dolly Sods, ill also add Summersville and Burnsville Lake ;)

Summersville and Burnsville dont get toooo crowded and some cliff diving is possible at both places.
 
My brother spent some time in the Dolly sods cranberyy glades area, finised off the trip with a jaunt down the new river, gret pics and stories, wish I could have gone along.
 
Check out George Washington NF and Monongahela Nf for camping and backpacking/ hiking areas. In Monongahela the Seneca Creek Spruce Knob Backcountry area offers places to backpack as well as camp. Laural Forks is close by and not too many people visit or even know about it. Dolly Sods and Otter Creek Wilderenss areas are semi-close by as well.
 
Hollow, if you work at the Fed center in charleston you are right close to me, within walking distance. lol.
 
Born and raised in Wayne County, just a ways down the road from Charleston.
 
Many thanks for all the suggestions!

Dolly Sods sounds amazing - did a little research on the net:

"Because of the high altitude the climate is cool, and plants and animals are more similar to ones found about 1,600 miles farther north in Canada. Many species found here are near their southernmost range. For example, the snowshoe hare found in Dolly Sods is usually found in Canada and Alaska and is adapted to snow conditions, with its large, hairy feet which allow it to run on the snow surface."

Snowshoe hares in West Virginia!! Unbelievable!! :eek:

Well, Dolly Sods just moved up to the top of my list of places I just gotta check out...
 
I live out in pocatailco. At one time I tried to see how many of us Wv'ans are here but that was several years back.
 
I just got back Monday from hiking 22 miles in Cranberry. I did North Fork of Cranberry > FR 76> Tumbling rock> Part of North South > Laurelly Branch and then Middle Fork back to the car. My feet are just getting unsore! Beautiful trip though. Hardest part was over the Mt on Tumbling Rock took me 3 hours to go 2 miles there were so many rocks, trees across the trail, marsh spots, old narrow gauge railroad ties and other obstacles not to mention the steep grade. Really scenic though.

Dolly Sods is farther for me but really fun too.

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