ABOUT THE PARK:
Cooper's Rock State Forest - West Virginia State Parks
DIRECTIONS:
GPS Coordinates 39.63693, -79.80114
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| Roadside parking at the Raven Rock Trail trail head. |
TRAIL MAP:
Cooper's Rock State Forest - West Virginia State Parks - scroll down for individual trail descriptions and to download park map.
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HIKE DISTANCE: 6 miles
THE HIKE:
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| Directly across the road from the parking area ... |
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| ... the Raven Rock Trail. |
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| It had rained for almost the entire 5 hour drive from New Jersey to West Virginia. |
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| It stopped raining just minutes before we arrived to hike. |
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| The sun even came out! |
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| And as a bonus, there were just enough leaves left on the trees to provide some nice color. |
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| After an uphill section we arrived at ... |
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| ... a power cut ... |
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| ... where the overlook is. |
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| The Cheat River way down below. |
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| Heading back the way we came. |
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| Near the end of the Raven Rock Trail, not too far from where we parked, a left on the MccCollum Trail. |
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| Through the power cut ... |
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| ... where the McCollum Trail turns right but we turned left on ... |
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| ... an unmarked woods road. |
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| The woods road comes out at the park road where we turned left ... |
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| ... and road walked to ... |
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| ... where all of the traffic was going. |
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| Heading to the Coopers Rock overlook which you just know is going to be crowded since people can drive there. |
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| I snapped my pictures quickly so we could move on and get out of the crowds. |
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| Heading towards the Rattlesnake Trail. |
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| The Rattlesnake Trail starts out going down into a crevice ... |
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| ... and remains a pretty rugged trail the rest of the way. |
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| A tree growing around a rock slab. |
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| Taking a break at the end of the Rattlesnake Trail. |
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| Heading back on the Rock City Trail. |
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| We went left on the Eagle Trail until it looped back around ... |
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| ... then worked our way over to the park road and followed that ... |
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| ... back to the overlook parking and the Roadside Trail. |
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| The Roadside Trail took us back to where we parked. |
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| The post hike coma while driving another 4 hours to ... |
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| ... Brodie's first motel stay in Columbus, Ohio where it promptly started to lightning and thunder the minute I unloaded our stuff from the car. |
