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

E-Mail: bpritt@randolph countycvb.com

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RCCVB 2007

Board Members:

Gordon Blackley
Cat Cole

Chelley Depp

Julia Elbon

Judy Guye
Jimmy Hammond
Jill Jeffries
Kathleen Lavengood

Dan Noel

Diane Noel

Brenda Pritt

Tom Reagan
Barbara Story
Douglas Tuning

Gary Wileman
Stan Williams

Monongahela National Forest

East of Elkins, West Virginia

(304)-478-3251

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

sp/ottercreek.html

r9_monong_website@fs.fed.

us

Open all year, dawn to dusk

Cost: Free

Heavily logged between 1897 and 1914, the Otter Creek Wilderness has been coming back naturally since the 1920s. Lying in a “bowl” formed by Shavers Mountain and McGowan Mountain, the vegetation now consists of second-growth timber, rhododendron and a variety of mosses. The roughly 20,000 acres reveals its history in old railroad beds, apple orchards, old farmsteads and logging camps.

Directions:

Go East from Elkins on US-33 [SR-55] for 10.9 miles
Turn LEFT (North-East) onto Public Road 91 for 1.4 miles
Turn RIGHT (East) onto Public Road 63 for .6 miles

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