Potomac Highlands Reading Review

Excellent skiing in Tucker County.

• Spruce Knob
• Canaan Valley and Timberline
• Mountain Bike Challenge
• Augusta Heritage Festival

Pocahontas County ski resort.

• Snowshoe / Silver Creek
• Helvetia Community Fair
• Augusta Heritage Center
• Highland's Leaf Peeper Festival

Family friendly location with great bike trails.

• Cass Scenic Railroad
• Monongahela National Forest
• Smoke Hole Picnic Area
• Helvetia Community Fair

Summertime celebration of mountain biking.

• Allegheny Trail
• Smoke Hole Picnic Area
• Canaan Mountain Series Bike Races
• Helvetia

Mountain bike race in early June.

• Allegheny Trail
• Canaan Valley and Timberline
• Seneca Rocks
• 24 Hours of Canaan

Annual Snowshoe event that offers thousands of dollars in cash and prizes.

• Snowshoe / Silver Creek
• Mountain Bike Challenge
• West Virginia Fat Tire Festival
• Potomac Eagle

Annual Elk River Touring event that attracts the nation’s top riders.

• Smoke Hole Picnic Area
• West Virginia Fat Tire Festival
• Cass Scenic Railroad
• Allegheny Trail

Gorge where the South branch of the Potomac squeezes between the North Fork and Cave Mountains.

• Autumn Harvest Festival
• Smoke Hole
• Highland's Leaf Peeper Festival
• 24 Hours of Canaan

Established in 1965, Congress directed the forest service to manage the outstanding opportunities for outdoor recreation, scenic qualities and other scientific, cultural, and historic values.

• Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks National Recreation Area
• Cass Scenic Railroad
• Mountain Bike Challenge
• The Trough

17 sites that include drinking water and toilet facilities; available April through September.

• Augusta Heritage Festival
• Smoke Hole Picnic Area
• Allegheny Trail
• The Trough