Sports & Outdoors
Outdoor AdventureDolly Sods Wilderness
No admission feeHike a high, windswept plateau of heath barrens, sphagnum bogs and flagged red spruce in the Monongahela National Forest.
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Seneca Rocks
Watch climbers on the sheer quartzite walls of Seneca Rocks, rising nearly 900 feet above the creek, from the Discovery Center below.
Seneca Rocks Discovery Center, 13 Roy Gap Rd · Seneca Rocks, WV
About Seneca Rocks
Seneca Rocks is a crag of Tuscarora quartzite, made of sand laid down about 440 million years ago, that rises nearly 900 feet above the creek in the Monongahela National Forest. Climbers have scaled it since 1935, and it now holds more than 375 mapped routes. The Army's 10th Mountain Division trained here in 1943 and 1944. At the base, the Seneca Rocks Discovery Center has exhibits on the area's history, natural features and wildlife, with a view of the wall.
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