Going Wild in West Virginia | A Visit to Spice Run

Charleston Gazette staff writer takes you on an audio-visual story as part of his Oct. 31, 2009, visit to the recently declared federally-mandated Spice Run WIlderness in West Virginia. It's a roadless, 10-square-mile expanse of the Monongahela National Forest straddling the Greenbrier-Pocahontas county line northwest of Neola. Once you find your way to the edge of the wilderness, there are no trails to guide you into its interior. You're on your own - no vehicles allowed.

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[douglaseye]

Thanks for the suggestion. Spice Run and also where you mention is indeed the heart of the heart of the country.

[wvmommaw]

I've been up to Spice Run and it's beautiful country. About all the areas in those parts are very much rural and most are wilderness. I highly recommend to those who like natural trails and wildness walks to go up above the little town of Richwood through the Scenic Highway, down through Tea Creek, back up around Williams River, back around Cranberry River and back into Richwood.