This segment follows the original Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike route up the east side of Cheat Mountain. This blacktop roadway is still lined with residences and remained in use as the main highway until the 1950s when the more direct route, US Hwy 250, was built.

This gravel roadway follows the original alignment of theStaunton-Parkersburg Turnpike from the top of Allegheny Mountain down the mountainside to Bartow. Winding through dense forests, past abandoned homesteads and rolling meadows, the traveler is treated to breathtaking views of distant valleys an...

This small section of the original Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike runs south of Highway 250. It switchbacks up to the top of Cheat Mountain where, from the summer of 1861 until spring of 1862, Union troops camped at the Civil War Cheat Summit Fort. The Monongahela National Forest site is fully interp...

WV Route 72 provides beautiful views of the Cheat River Canyon.The river remains close to its primitive state for nearly six milesalong the route, and with the exception of the town of Rowlesburg,there is little development along the byway. In fact, certainsections of the road give travelers the sen...

Experience life in the coal camps on the Coal Heritage Trail in West Virginia. As you wind through the mountains and valleys of the Byway, you will see many physical remnants of the coal boom that furthered the industrialization of America, such as the historic town of Bramwell, or venture deep into...

The inhabitants of the farming counties in the southeastern corner of West Virginia have been living in relative harmony with the land since the late 1700s. Monroe County's Farm Heritage Road offers a picture of life in these rural and agricultural communities which in may ways, retains the characte...

Looping through George Washington and Jefferson National Forests, Highlands Scenic Byway takes a 20-mile trek into beauty and adventure. Flower-laden trails forge through thick forests. The sparkling waters of Lake Robertson paint the landscape in pastel blue. And the 19th Century relics of Long Min...

Our nation forever changed due to what originated along this old, 16-mile stretch now called the Historic National Road. In 1863, West Virginia developed into a new state - the only state to successfully break off from another. At Mt. Wood Overlook, the highest point along the route, let your eyes s...

As this byway winds along the Little Kanawha River in east-central West Virginia, it traverses rustic farmlands and quaint rural towns. Travelers may find access to fishing, hunting and hiking, as well as enjoy scenic views of the river, forests and farmlands. Wildlife is abundant as well.

Travel the Midland Trail and enter a land of world-class whitewater rafting, Civil War remnants, African-American history, and small towns full of country charm. The Byway will carry you through areas rich in industrial culture, over hills and through valleys arrayed in scenic beauty, and finally o...