Randolph County Convention & Visitors Bureau

1035 N. Randolph Avenue, Elkins, WV 26241

Ofc: 304-636-2780 Fax: 304-636-2780

Toll Free:

800-422-3304

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RCCVB 2008

Board Members:
Chelly Depp

Gordon Blackley

Julia Elbon

Judy Guye
Jimmy Hammond
Jill Jeffries
David Kesling
Kenneth Nazelrod

Diane Noel

Tom Regan
Kenny Sexton
Barbara Storey
Douglas Tuning

Gary Wileman

Monongahela National Forest

Pendleton County, West Virginia

(304)-636-1800

https://www.fs.fed.us/r9/mnf/

sp/dolly_scenic.html

Cost: Free

Surveying for Lord Fairfax in 1746, Thomas Lewis described the region as “…a swamp, which is very uncommon in places of ye kind, prodigiously full of rocks and cavities, covered over with a very luxuriant kind of moss. The spruce pines roots grow out on all sides and the laurel and ivy are so well woven together that without cutting it away it would be impossible to force through them.” Nearly 200 years later, the Dahle family (later Americanized to Dolly) burned these rich grounds to create areas of grass, “sods” to feed their cattle. Today, an interesting mix of massive boulders and intriguing landscape remains.

Directions:

Go East from Elkins on US-33 [SR-55] for 22.4 miles
Turn LEFT (West) onto SR-32 for 3.9 miles
Turn RIGHT (East) onto CR-32 [Bonner Mountain Rd] for 1.0 mile
Turn LEFT (North) onto CR-32 [Red Creek] for 3.5 miles
Road name changes to CR-45 [Lanesville Rd] for .5 miles
Turn LEFT to stay on CR-45 [Lanesville Rd]
Turn RIGHT (East) onto CR-45 [Jenningston-Lanesville Rd] for 1.4 miles
Road name changes to Public Road 19 for 3.7 miles
At near Hopeville, turn LEFT (North) onto Public Road 75 and travel north for Wilderness and Scenic Areas

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