This segment follows the original Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike route up the east side of Cheat Mountain. This blacktop roadway is still lined with residences and remained in use as the main highway until the 1950s when the more direct route, US Hwy 250, was built.

This gravel roadway follows the original alignment of theStaunton-Parkersburg Turnpike from the top of Allegheny Mountain down the mountainside to Bartow. Winding through dense forests, past abandoned homesteads and rolling meadows, the traveler is treated to breathtaking views of distant valleys an...

This small section of the original Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike runs south of Highway 250. It switchbacks up to the top of Cheat Mountain where, from the summer of 1861 until spring of 1862, Union troops camped at the Civil War Cheat Summit Fort. The Monongahela National Forest site is fully interp...

WV Route 72 provides beautiful views of the Cheat River Canyon.The river remains close to its primitive state for nearly six milesalong the route, and with the exception of the town of Rowlesburg,there is little development along the byway. In fact, certainsections of the road give travelers the sen...

Experience life in the coal camps on the Coal Heritage Trail in West Virginia. As you wind through the mountains and valleys of the Byway, you will see many physical remnants of the coal boom that furthered the industrialization of America, such as the historic town of Bramwell, or venture deep into...

The inhabitants of the farming counties in the southeastern corner of West Virginia have been living in relative harmony with the land since the late 1700s. Monroe County's Farm Heritage Road offers a picture of life in these rural and agricultural communities which in may ways, retains the characte...

The Highland Scenic Highway, a designated National Scenic Byway, is a beautiful corridor through the Monogahela National Forest. This Byway extends 43 miles from Richwood to US Route 219. It has four developed scenic overlooks. Each site provides a comfortable rest stop, with a beautiful view of t...

The National Road is the Road that built the nation. Commissioned by Congress in 1806, 2006 marks the bicentennial of its initiation. Ultimately, the Road ran from Cumberland, Maryland, to Vandalia, Illinois, and was constructed through Ohio during the 1820s and 1830s. Today the route is defined by ...

Our nation forever changed due to what originated along this old, 16-mile stretch now called the Historic National Road. In 1863, West Virginia developed into a new state - the only state to successfully break off from another. At Mt. Wood Overlook, the highest point along the route, let your eyes s...

As this byway winds along the Little Kanawha River in east-central West Virginia, it traverses rustic farmlands and quaint rural towns. Travelers may find access to fishing, hunting and hiking, as well as enjoy scenic views of the river, forests and farmlands. Wildlife is abundant as well.