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The original Dolly Sods was a mountaintop meadow of about 650 acres (3 km 2) at the southern end of Rohrbaugh Plains, near the present Dolly Sods Picnic Area. [3] The present-day DSW encompasses some 17,371 acres (70 km 2 ) of U.S. Forest Service land and is part of a larger 32,000-acre (129 km 2 ) area now known as "Dolly Sods".
The press release said that TNC plans to add additional trails that connect existing ones in Dolly Sods and Canaan Valley, creating an 80-mile network of trails. Although it’s not open for ...
Mount Porte Crayon is the sixth highest point in the state of West Virginia and the northernmost of the top ten state highpoints. It is also the highest point on the Roaring Plains, a natural extension of the Dolly Sods Wilderness. It is also the highest point on the Eastern Continental Divide in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and West Virginia.
Informal trails weave across the Bear Rocks Preserve. An extensive trail system occurs on the adjacent national forest lands, including the Dolly Sods Wilderness. Bear Rocks' natural heathlands and open grass balds were originally recorded in 1746 by a survey party that included Peter Jefferson, father of Thomas Jefferson.
Sep. 17—KEYSER, W.Va. — A Mineral County official said Tuesday that prompt deployment of all-terrain vehicles is needed at the Dolly Sods Wilderness area to aid ill or injured hikers. Recently ...
Artillery training utilized a 60,000-acre (240 km 2) area in the eastern portion of the WVMA, including parts of Dolly Sods (e.g., Blackbird Knob [1]) and Canaan Valley, for practice firing with 105 mm and 155 mm howitzers. Notices in the local newspaper warned local hunters and others to avoid this area during maneuvers.
The Alleghenies also include a number of federally designated wilderness areas, such as the Dolly Sods Wilderness, Laurel Fork Wilderness, and Cranberry Wilderness in West Virginia. The mostly completed Allegheny Trail, a project of the West Virginia Scenic Trails Association since 1975, runs the length of the range within West Virginia.
Sods is a term used in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia for a mountaintop meadow or bog, in an area that is otherwise generally forested. The term is similar (perhaps identical) [ citation needed ] to that of a " grass bald ", a more widespread designation applied throughout the central and southern Appalachian region .