A road curving toward Seneca Rocks, West Virginia

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East Coast backroads.

Three states of forest road and gravel, from central Pennsylvania to West Virginia.

East Coast backroads, ridge to high country.

Where we four-wheel: from central Pennsylvania down through Virginia and into West Virginia.

  1. 01
    A reservoir under green ridges in Michaux State Forest, Pennsylvania
    Michaux State Forest, Pennsylvania

    Pennsylvania

    Central Pennsylvania

    Where the run starts: the ridges and state forest roads of the middle of the state.

  2. 02
    A paved forest road under a full green canopy in the George Washington National Forest
    Lower Cove Run Road, George Washington National Forest

    Virginia

    The George Washington National Forest

    South along the Virginia line, where the forest roads give out to gravel.

  3. 03
    A road curving toward the rock fins of Seneca Rocks, West Virginia
    Seneca Rocks, Pendleton County, West Virginia

    West Virginia

    The Potomac Highlands

    Into the high country: Seneca Rocks, the plains of Dolly Sods, and the long climbs between them.

A rainbow over spruce and heath on the plains of Dolly Sods

Planning a run through this country? Ask us what to carry.

Dolly Sods, West Virginia