Greenbrier River Trail

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Coordinates: 38°13′18″N 80°05′39″W / 38.22167, -80.09417

Greenbrier River Rail Trail State Park
West Virginia State Park
Greenbrier River Trail south of Marlinton
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
Counties	Greenbrier, Pocahontas

Elevation	2,116 ft (645 m)
Coordinates	38°13′18″N 80°05′39″W / 38.22167, -80.09417

Length	77 mi (124 km)

Owner	West Virginia Division of Natural Resources

Nearest city	Marlinton, West Virginia

Location of Greenbrier River Trail's Marlinton Depot in West Virginia
Website: Greenbrier River Rail Trail State Park

This article is about a rail trail in West Virginia. For other river trails, see River Trail.

The Greenbrier River Trail is a rail trail operated by West Virginia State Parks.^[1] The trail is a 77-mile (124 km) long former railroad, now used for hiking, bicycling, ski-touring, horseback-riding, and wheel-chair use. The trail passes through numerous small towns and traverses 35 bridges and 2 tunnels as it winds its way along the valley. Most of the trail is adjacent to the free-flowing^[2] Greenbrier River and is surrounded by peaks of the Allegheny Mountains.

Marlinton Trailhead, Greenbrier River Trail

Long and straight along the Greenbrier River Trail

1 Major Trailheads
2 See also
3 External links
4 References

[edit] Major Trailheads

Trailhead	Milepost	Directions	Map Coordinates
North Caldwell	3.1	1 mi N of US 60 on Stone House Road	37°47′37.47″N, 80°22′50.4″W
Seebert	45.8	at Seebert on County Rt. 27, about 2 miles east of US 219	38°07′36.32″N, 80°10′32.76″W
Marlinton	56.0	at Marlinton on WV 39	38°13′17.87″N, 80°05′38.65″W
Cass	80.4	at Slabtown, 0.5 mi S of Cass on WV 66 at Deer Creek Road	38°23′26.79″N, 79°55′19.53″W

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] References

^ Greenbrier River Trail State Park web site, accessed April 19 2008
^ McNeel, William P. "Greenbrier River." The West Virginia Encyclopedia. Ken Sullivan, editor. Charleston, WV: West Virginia Humanities Council. 2006. ISBN 0-9778498-0-5.

v • d • e Protected Areas of West Virginia

Federal protected areas	Appalachian National Scenic Trail • Bluestone National Scenic River • Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge • Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park • Cranberry Wilderness • Dolly Sods Wilderness • Gauley River National Recreation Area • George Washington National Forest • Harpers Ferry National Historical Park • Jefferson National Forest • Laurel Fork North Wilderness • Laurel Fork South Wilderness • Monongahela National Forest • Mountain Lake Wilderness • New River Gorge National River • Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge • Otter Creek Wilderness • Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area

State parks	Audra • Babcock • Beartown • Beech Fork • Berkeley Springs • Blackwater Falls • Blennerhassett Island • Bluestone • Cacapon Resort • Camp Creek • Canaan Valley Resort • Carnifex Ferry Battlefield • Cass Scenic Railroad • Cathedral • Cedar Creek • Chief Logan • Droop Mountain Battlefield • Fairfax Stone • Greenbrier River Trail • Hawks Nest • Holly River • Little Beaver • Lost River • Moncove Lake • North Bend Rail Trail • North Bend • Pinnacle Rock • Pipestem Resort • Prickett's Fort • Stonewall Jackson Lake • Tomlinson Run • Tu-Endie-Wei • Twin Falls Resort • Tygart Lake • Valley Falls • Watoga • Watters Smith Memorial

State forests	Cabwaylingo • Calvin Price • Camp Creek • Coopers Rock • Greenbrier • Kanawha • Kumbrabow • Panther • Seneca

Wildlife management areas	Allegheny • Amherst-Plymouth • Anawalt Lake • Bear Rock Lakes • Becky Creek • Beech Fork Lake • Berwind Lake • Beury Mountain • Big Ditch • Big Ugly • Bluestone Lake • Briery Mountain • Burches Run Lake • Burnsville Lake • Castleman Run Lake • Cecil H. Underwood • Center Branch • Chief Cornstalk • Conaway Run Lake • Cross Creek • Dunkard Fork • East Lynn Lake • Edwards Run • Elk Creek • Elk River • Fork Creek • Fort Mill Ridge • Frozen Camp • Green Bottom • Handley • Hilbert • Hillcrest • Horse Creek • Hughes River • Huttonsville State Farm • Lantz Farm and Nature Preserve • Laurel Lake • Lewis Wetzel • Little Indian Creek • McClintic • Meadow River • Mill Creek • Moncove Lake • Morris Creek • Nathaniel Mountain • Pedlar • Pleasant Creek • Plum Orchard Lake • Pruntytown • R.D. Bailey Lake • Ritchie Mines • Sand Hill • Shannondale Springs • Short Mountain • Slatyfork • Sleepy Creek • Smoke Camp • Snake Hill • South Branch • Stonecoal Lake • Stonewall Jackson Lake • Stumptown • Summersville Lake • Tate Lohr • Teter Creek Lake • The Jug • Thorn Creek • Tug Fork • Turkey Run • Upper Deckers Creek • Upper Mud River • Valley Bend • Wallback • Widmeyer • Woodrum

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