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When you have one of the smallest wilderness areas in the world, it only makes sense to have one of the longest names for a wilderness area to fill the space, both in words and in syllables. Fire Island is…

If you believe everything told to you, we have some swampland in New Jersey to sell you. We always laugh over that joke, making fun of some of our ability to be deceived and willingness to believe even the most…

Texas is such a big state that it can easily be its own country (and yes, for a time it was its own country). And while it does have a lot of land, and it is one of the most…

West Virginia, today bordered by Virginia, Ohio, Kentucky, Pennsylvania and Maryland, is a somewhat peculiar state with a peculiar history. While some states made their way into the Union with a whimper, West Virginia did it with a bang based…

West Virginia has sixteen very beautiful and noteworthy historic landmarks, but some exceed the rest. Most are relatively new and have been created only in the last few decades. Each is a historic landmark for different reasons of varying importance.…

So now that we convinced you to come visit West Virginia due to its beautiful mother nature, there are a few other things to do while you are here that don’t involve spending time in the woods or outdoors. West…

If you decide you want to venture out into the wilderness and go on a hike, there are some essentials that you need to know. After reviewing the 7 principals of the Leave No Trace policy, you want to make…

The Laurel Fork South Wilderness is in the high-elevation lands of West Virginia and is part of the Monongahela National Forest. The wilderness area runs along the Cheat River’s Laurel Fork and borders Middle Mountain on its western border. This…

In the year 1983 6,048 Acres known as Laurel Fork North Wilderness was selected by the Congress of the United States to become part of the lands protected under the Wilderness legislation. Once it received that protection the land was…

The Roaring Plains West Wilderness which features an area of 6,792 acres is positioned around 3 miles to the Southwest of Dolly Sods Wilderness. The Canaan Valley State Park is approximately 5 miles to the North of the area. The…