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Looking for hiking trails in western MD and northeastern WV

  • Can anyone recommend some good hiking trails in western Maryland or the northeastern panhandle of West Virginia? I work in the former (and have family there) and live in the latter, so I have convenient access to both. I've spent a lot of time hiking on the Appalachian Trail through Washington County, and at Maryland Heights, but those no longer hold any surprises. I'd like to find some new trails to explore. There are a lot of trails in state parks and the like, but most of them are short and/or too easy. I'm not necessarily trying to climb sheer cliffs, but I'd like something that will get the sweat and the endorphins pumping. Interesting ecologies and places off the beaten track (i.e., not full of picnicking families) are especially good.

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    Have you been to http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/greenridgetrails.asp yet?

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In southwestern Pennsylvania, there's the 70-mile http://www.franusich.com/trails/lhht/ and the http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscarora_Trail. In the West Virginia panhandle, there's the big Monongahela National Forest. Check out the http://www.fs.fed.us/r9/mnf/sp/wilderness_areas.htm in particular. Farther south, you can't go wrong with Shenandoah National Park.

driveler

Also, http://www.midatlantichikes.com/ is a good resource for finding hikes in your area.

driveler

You might want to http://www.geocaching.com, sign up for a FREE account, go to Hide & See a Cache, pop in the zip codes, and see what comes up. There's sure to be easy hikes, but you'll also likely get harder hikes and lots of "hidden gem" locations (one of the best features of geocaching).

coollibrarian

http://www.summitpost.org/mountain/rock/153676/high-rock-on-savage-mountain.html maybe? I don't know that there's a lot of really challenging hiking (I have family there). Here's the http://www.dnr.state.md.us/publiclands/trailguide/savagemountain.html. You also might find some places to hike (and bike!) along the http://www.nps.gov/archive/choh/Recreation/HikingBiking.html. http://www.blackwaterfalls.com/recreation.htm in West Virginia is beautiful.

citron

Thanks for the suggestions...many of these look great! Now I just need to get on the trail before it gets oppressively hot...

greenie2600

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