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It is worth noting that I corrected several errors in areas I am familiar with, so surely there are more.  If you find an error, post a comment or drop me an email – the process of making corrections will be ongoing.  The dataset includes trails on the MNF and WV State Forests.

Trails included in this dataset:
Monongahela National Forest
Trail #000 – Cheat Summit Fort Trail
Trail #000 – Greenbrier River Trail
Trail #000 – Scenic RR Loop Trail – Cass Scenic RR loop trail
Trail #101 – Plantation Trail – Canaan Mtn.
Trail #102 – Fire Trail #1 – Canaan Mtn.
Trail #103 – Fire Trail #2 – Canaan Mtn.
Trail #104 – Fire Trail #3 – Canaan Mtn.
Trail #105 – Turkey Scratch Trail
Trail #106 – Flag Run Trail – Canaan Mtn.
Trail #107 – Davis Trail – Canaan Mtn.
Trail #108 – Fire Trail #6 – Canaan Mtn.
Trail #109 – Lindy Run Trail
Trail #110 – Railroad Grade Trail
Trail #111 – Two Camp Trail – Horseshoe Recreation Area
Trail #113 – Table Rock Trail
Trail #114 – Mountainside Trail
Trail #115 – Blackwater Canyon – Allegheny Highlands Rail Trail
Trail #117 – Canyon Rim Trail
Trail #118 – Fansler Trail – Olson Tower
Trail #119 – River Loop Trail – Stuart Recreation Area
Trail #120 – Pheasant Mtn. Trail
Trail #121 – Shingletree Trail
Trail #124 – Clover Trail
Trail #126 – South Haddix Trail
Trail #128 – Mylius Trail – Otter Creek Wilderness
Trail #129 – Shavers Mountain Trail – Otter Creek Wilderness
Trail #130 – Green Mountain Trail – Otter Creek Wilderness
Trail #131 – Otter Creek Trail – Otter Creek Wilderness
Trail #135 – Yellow Creek Trail – Otter Creek Wilderness
Trail #136 – McGowan Mountain Trail – Otter Creek Wilderness
Trail #138 – Moore Run Trail – Otter Creek Wilderness
Trail #139 – Pointy Knob Trail – Canaan Mtn.
Trail #140 – Middle Point Trail
Trail #142 – Limerock Trail
Trail #143 – Dobbin House
Trail #144 – Woodcock Trail
Trail #145 – Dinky Jumpoff Trail
Trail #150 – Turkey Run Trail – Otter Creek Wilderness
Trail #151 – Big Springs Gap Trail – Otter Creek Wilderness
Trail #153 – Dorman Ridge Trail
Trail #154 – McKinley Run Trail
Trail #155 – Losh Trail
Trail #157 – Maxwell Trail
Trail #158 – Possession Camp Trail – Otter Creek Wilderness
Trail #165 – Hedrick Camp Trail – Otter Creek Wilderness
Trail #201 – Summit Lake Trail
Trail #206 – County Line Trail – Cranberry Wilderness
Trail #207 – Big Beechy Trail – Cranberry Wilderness
Trail #212 – Lick Branch Trail
Trail #213 – Rough Run Trail
Trail #214 – Tumbling Rock Trail – Cranberry Wilderness
Trail #215 – Bishop Knob Trail
Trail #219 – Hinkle Branch Trail
Trail #222 – Cranberry Glades Boardwalk
Trail #223 – Cranberry Ridge Trail
Trail #225 – North Bend Trail
Trail #228 – Adkins Rockhouse Trail
Trail #231 – Fishermans Trail
Trail #235 – Frosty Gap
Trail #236 – Fork Mountain Trail
Trail #237 – Big Run Trail
Trail #242 – Little Fork Trail
Trail #243 – South Fork Trail
Trail #244 – Kennison Mountain Trail
Trail #245 – Forks of Cranberry Trail – Cranberry Wilderness
Trail #246 – Black Mountain Trail – Cranberry Wilderness
Trail #248 – District Line Trail – Cranberry Wilderness
Trail #249 – Falls of Hill Creek Trail
Trail #250 – Birch Log Trail
Trail #253 – Cowpasture Trail
Trail #255 – Blue Knob Trail
Trail #256 – Barrenshe Trail
Trail #259 – Eagle Camp Trail
Trail #260 – Charles Creek
Trail #263 – Pocahontas Trail
Trail #267 – Laurelly Branch – Cranberry Wilderness
Trail #271 – Middle Fork Trail – Cranberry Wilderness
Trail #272 – North Fork Trail – Cranberry Wilderness
Trail #273 – Forks By-Pass Trail – Cranberry Wilderness
Trail #275 – Thomas Reserve
Trail #280 – Bruffey Reserve
Trail #302 – McCray Run
Trail #305 – Stone Camp Run Trail – Laurel Fork North Wilderness
Trail #306 – Laurel River Trail – Laurel Fork North & South Wilderness
Trail #307 – Middle Mountain – Laurel Fork North Wilderness
Trail #310 – Beaulah Trail – Laurel Fork South Wilderness
Trail #311 – County Line Trail
Trail #312 – West Fork Rail Trail – Rail Trail
Trail #315 – Camp Five Trail – Laurel Fork South Wilderness
Trail #317 – Lynn Knob Trail
Trail #321 – Span Oak
Trail #322 – Burner Mountain Trail
Trail #323 – Forks Trail – Laurel Fork South Wilderness
Trail #324 – Smoke Camp
Trail #327 – Chestnut Ridge
Trail #333 – North Fork Trail
Trail #335 – Poca Run
Trail #337 – Hosterman Trail
Trail #338 – Brush Run Trail
Trail #341 – Johns Camp Run Trail
Trail #345 – High Falls Trail
Trail #350 – Strip Mine
Trail #359 – Peters Mountain
Trail #360 – Stonecoal Trail
Trail #361 – Whitmeadow Ridge Trail
Trail #362 – Crouch Ridge Trail
Trail #363 – Wildcat Trail
Trail #364 – Turkey Trail
Trail #365 – East Fork
Trail #367 – Hinkle Run Trail
Trail #368 – Lake Buffalo
Trail #369 – Yokum Ridge Spur
Trail #370 – Bar Ford
Trail #372 – Yokum Ridge Trail
Trail #373 – Gaudineer Scenic Trail
Trail #374 – Gaudineer Interpretive Trail
Trail #405 – Red Spruce Knob Trail
Trail #406 – Sugar Camp Trail
Trail #407 – Cranberry Glades Overlook
Trail #409 – High Rocks Trail
Trail #411 – Right Fork Connector
Trail #412 – Black Mountain Trail
Trail #413 – Gauley-Tea Ck. Connector
Trail #414 – Flame Azalea
Trail #418 – Marlin Mountain Trail
Trail #420 – Props Run Trail
Trail #438 – Gauley Mountain Trail
Trail #439 – Red Run Trail
Trail #440 – Bear Pen Ridge Trail
Trail #446 – Bannock Shoals
Trail #447 – Turkey Point
Trail #448 – Saddle Loop
Trail #449 – Boundary
Trail #450 – North Face
Trail #452 – Tea Creek Mountain Trail
Trail #453 – Right Fork Tea Creek
Trail #454 – Tea Creek
Trail #456 – Two Lick Trail
Trail #457 – Two Lick Bottom
Trail #466 – Laurel Creek Trail
Trail #487 – Williams River Trail
Trail #501 – North Fork Mountain Trail
Trail #502 – Landis Trail
Trail #507 – Redman Run Trail
Trail #508 – Rohrbaugh Trail – Dolly Sods Wilderness
Trail #509 – Upper Red Creek Trail – Dolly Sods North
Trail #510 – Fisher Spring Run Trail – Dolly Sods Wilderness
Trail #511 – Blackbird Knob Trail – Dolly Sods Wilderness
Trail #512 – Judy Springs Trail
Trail #513 – Big Stonecoal Trail – Dolly Sods Wilderness
Trail #514 – Red Creek Trail – Dolly Sods Wilderness
Trail #515 – Seneca Creek Trail
Trail #517 – South Prong
Trail #518 – Boars Nest Trail
Trail #519 – Flatrock Run Trail
Trail #520 – Beaver Dam Trail – Dolly Sods North
Trail #521 – Raven Ridge Trail – Dolly Sods North
Trail #522 – Bear Rocks Trail – Dolly Sods North
Trail #523 – Beaver View Trail – Dolly Sods North
Trail #524 – Rocky Ridge Trail – Dolly Sods North
Trail #525 – Harman Trail Dolly Sods North
Trail #526 – Dobbin Grade Trail – Dolly Sods North
Trail #527 – Big Run Trail
Trail #528 – North Prong Trail
Trail #529 – Swallow Rock Trail
Trail #530 – Horton Trail
Trail #531 – Bear Hunter Trail
Trail #532 – Allegheny Mtn. Trail
Trail #533 – Huckleberry Trail
Trail #534 – Lumberjack Trail
Trail #539 – South Branch Trail
Trail #546 – Vance Run Trail – link to GWNF trails
Trail #548 – Roaring Plains Trail
Trail #552 – Little Stonecoal Trail – Dolly Sods Wilderness
Trail #553 – Breathed Mountain Trail – Dolly Sods Wilderness
Trail #554 – Rocky Point Trail – Dolly Sods Wilderness
Trail #555 – Bee Run Trail
Trail #556 – Elza Trail
Trail #557 – Leading Ridge Trail
Trail #558 – Dunkenbarger Trail – Dolly Sods Wilderness
Trail #559 – Tom Lick Run Trail
Trail #560 – Wildlife Trail – Dolly Sods Wilderness
Trail #561 – Spring Ridge Trail
Trail #562 – Gatewood Trail
Trail #563 – Seneca Rocks Trail
Trail #564 – High Meadows Trail
Trail #565 – Grants Branch Trail
Trail #566 – Big Bend Loop Trail
Trail #567 – Whispering Spruce Trail
Trail #569 – Northland Interpretive Trail
Trail #575 – Spruce Knob Lake Trail
Trail #608 – Middle Mountain Trail
Trail #611 – Allegheny Mountain Trail
Trail #613 – Beaver Tail Braille Trail
Trail #614 – Blue Bend Trail
Trail #615 – South Boundary Trail
Trail #618 – Anthony Creek Trail
Trail #672 – Upper Meadow Trail
Trail #604 – Upper Meadow Trail Connector
Trail #684 – Meadow Creek Trail
Trail #685 – Virginia Trail
Trail #688 – North South Trail – Partially in Cranberry Wilderness
Trail #701 – Allegheny Trail
Trail #601 – Lake Sherwood
Trail #604 – Upper Meadow Trail Connector

WV State Parks
Greenbrier River Trail – Caldwell to Cass

WV State Forests
Lindy Trail – Kanawha State Forest
Alligator Rock Trail – Kanawha State Forest
Mossy Rock Trail – Kanawha State Forest
Logtown Hollow Trail – Kanawha State Forest
Johnson Hollow Trail – Kanawha State Forest
Ballard Trail – Kanawha State Forest
Boundary Trail – Kanawha State Forest
Pine Ridge Trail – Kanawha State Forest
#1 Store Trail – Kanawha State Forest
Pine Ridge Trail – Kanawha State Forest
Thorny Creek Trail – Seneca State Forest
River Trial – Seneca State Forest
Shelter Spring Trail – Seneca State Forest
Little Mountain Trail – Seneca State Forest
Scarlet Oak Trail – Seneca State Forest
Great Laurel Trail – Seneca State Forest
Fire Tower Trail – Seneca State Forest
Horseshoe Trail – Seneca State Forest
Thorny Creek Trail – Seneca State Forest
Hill Top Trail – Seneca State Forest
Crestline Trail – Seneca State Forest
Iron Furnace Foot Trail – Coopers Rock State Forest
Whitman Foot Trial – Kumbrabow State Forest
Meatbox Foot Trail – Kumbrabow State Forest
Raven’s Rock Foot Trail – Kumbrabow State Forest
Potato Hole Foot Trail – Kumbrabow State Forest
Scott Run Trail – Coopers Rock State Forest
Advanced Ski Trail – Coopers Rock State Forest
Intermediate Ski Loop – Coopers Rock State Forest
Mont Chateau Trail – Coopers Rock State Forest
Clay Furnace Trail – Coopers Rock State Forest
Clay Run Trail – Coopers Rock State Forest
Rhododendron Trail – Coopers Rock State Forest
Ridge Trail – Coopers Rock State Forest
Scott Run Trail – Coopers Rock State Forest
Raven Rock Trail – Coopers Rock State Forest
Connector – Coopers Rock State Forest
Nature Trail Coopers Rock State Forest
Proposed Handicap Trail – Seneca State Forest
Young’s Nature Trail – Greenbrier State Forest
Holsapple Trail – Greenbrier State Forest
Old Road Trail – Greenbrier State Forest
Rocky Ridge Trail – Greenbrier State Forest

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S.22  Omnibus Public Land Management Act of 2009

Subtitle A–Wild Monongahela Wilderness

SEC. 1001. DESIGNATION OF WILDERNESS, MONONGAHELA NATIONAL FOREST, WEST VIRGINIA.

(a) Designation- In furtherance of the purposes of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.), the following Federal lands within the Monongahela National Forest in the State of West Virginia are designated as wilderness and as either a new component of the National Wilderness Preservation System or as an addition to an existing component of the National Wilderness Preservation System:

(1) Certain Federal land comprising approximately 5,144 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Big Draft Proposed Wilderness’ and dated March 11, 2008, which shall be known as the ‘Big Draft Wilderness’.

(2) Certain Federal land comprising approximately 11,951 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Cranberry Expansion Proposed Wilderness’ and dated March 11, 2008, which shall be added to and administered as part of the Cranberry Wilderness designated by section 1(1) of Public Law 97-466 (96 Stat. 2538).

(3) Certain Federal land comprising approximately 7,156 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Dolly Sods Expansion Proposed Wilderness’ and dated March 11, 2008, which shall be added to and administered as part of the Dolly Sods Wilderness designated by section 3(a)(13) of Public Law 93-622 (88 Stat. 2098).

(4) Certain Federal land comprising approximately 698 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Otter Creek Expansion Proposed Wilderness’ and dated March 11, 2008, which shall be added to and administered as part of the Otter Creek Wilderness designated by section 3(a)(14) of Public Law 93-622 (88 Stat. 2098).

(5) Certain Federal land comprising approximately 6,792 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Roaring Plains Proposed Wilderness’ and dated March 11, 2008, which shall be known as the ‘Roaring Plains West Wilderness’.

(6) Certain Federal land comprising approximately 6,030 acres, as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Spice Run Proposed Wilderness’ and dated March 11, 2008, which shall be known as the ‘Spice Run Wilderness’.

(b) Maps and Legal Description-

(1) FILING AND AVAILABILITY- As soon as practicable after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, shall file with the Committee on Natural Resources of the House of Representatives and the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources of the Senate a map and legal description of each wilderness area designated or expanded by subsection (a). The maps and legal descriptions shall be on file and available for public inspection in the office of the Chief of the Forest Service and the office of the Supervisor of the Monongahela National Forest.

(2) FORCE AND EFFECT- The maps and legal descriptions referred to in this subsection shall have the same force and effect as if included in this subtitle, except that the Secretary may correct errors in the maps and descriptions.

(c) Administration- Subject to valid existing rights, the Federal lands designated as wilderness by subsection (a) shall be administered by the Secretary in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.). The Secretary may continue to authorize the competitive running event permitted from 2003 through 2007 in the vicinity of the boundaries of the Dolly Sods Wilderness addition designated by paragraph (3) of subsection (a) and the Roaring Plains West Wilderness Area designated by paragraph (5) of such subsection, in a manner compatible with the preservation of such areas as wilderness.

(d) Effective Date of Wilderness Act- With respect to the Federal lands designated as wilderness by subsection (a), any reference in the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.) to the effective date of the Wilderness Act shall be deemed to be a reference to the date of the enactment of this Act.

(e) Fish and Wildlife- As provided in section 4(d)(7) of the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1133(d)(7)), nothing in this section affects the jurisdiction or responsibility of the State of West Virginia with respect to wildlife and fish.

SEC. 1002. BOUNDARY ADJUSTMENT, LAUREL FORK SOUTH WILDERNESS, MONONGAHELA NATIONAL FOREST.

(a) Boundary Adjustment- The boundary of the Laurel Fork South Wilderness designated by section 1(3) of Public Law 97-466 (96 Stat. 2538) is modified to exclude two parcels of land, as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Monongahela National Forest Laurel Fork South Wilderness Boundary Modification’ and dated March 11, 2008, and more particularly described according to the site-specific maps and legal descriptions on file in the office of the Forest Supervisor, Monongahela National Forest. The general map shall be on file and available for public inspection in the Office of the Chief of the Forest Service.

(b) Management- Federally owned land delineated on the maps referred to in subsection (a) as the Laurel Fork South Wilderness, as modified by such subsection, shall continue to be administered by the Secretary of Agriculture in accordance with the Wilderness Act (16 U.S.C. 1131 et seq.).

SEC. 1003. MONONGAHELA NATIONAL FOREST BOUNDARY CONFIRMATION.

(a) In General- The boundary of the Monongahela National Forest is confirmed to include the tracts of land as generally depicted on the map entitled ‘Monongahela National Forest Boundary Confirmation’ and dated March 13, 2008, and all Federal lands under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of Agriculture, acting through the Chief of the Forest Service, encompassed within such boundary shall be managed under the laws and regulations pertaining to the National Forest System.

(b) Land and Water Conservation Fund- For the purposes of section 7 of the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965 (16 U.S.C. 460l-9), the boundaries of the Monongahela National Forest, as confirmed by subsection (a), shall be considered to be the boundaries of the Monongahela National Forest as of January 1, 1965.

SEC. 1004. ENHANCED TRAIL OPPORTUNITIES.

(a) Plan-

(1) IN GENERAL- The Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with interested parties, shall develop a plan to provide for enhanced nonmotorized recreation trail opportunities on lands not designated as wilderness within the Monongahela National Forest.

(2) NONMOTORIZED RECREATION TRAIL DEFINED- For the purposes of this subsection, the term ‘nonmotorized recreation trail’ means a trail designed for hiking, bicycling, and equestrian use.

(b) Report- Not later than two years after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture shall submit to Congress a report on the implementation of the plan required under subsection (a), including the identification of priority trails for development.

(c) Consideration of Conversion of Forest Roads to Recreational Uses- In considering possible closure and decommissioning of a Forest Service road within the Monongahela National Forest after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Agriculture, in accordance with applicable law, may consider converting the road to nonmotorized uses to enhance recreational opportunities within the Monongahela National Forest

Presented here in Google Maps are the wilderness areas of the MNF.

Generally, the light yellow lines indicate the main roads in the area and may be suitable for most vehicles; orange roads are secondary and travel conditions may be rough, especially in lower vehicles.

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