Allegheny Trail
330 mi long · in West Virginia
The Allegheny Trail traverses West Virginia north-to-south for roughly 330 miles, from the Mason-Dixon line on the Pennsylvania border to the Virginia border at Peters Mountain. Maintained by the West Virginia Scenic Trails Association, it crosses the entire Monongahela National Forest and connects to the Appalachian Trail at its southern end.
- States
- West Virginia
- Length
- 330 mi
- Trail type
- Long-distance trail
- Network
- Regional (rwn)
- Centroid nearest city
- Pittsburgh, PA · 129 mi · ~3.7 hr drive
- Centroid coords
- 38.5750°, -80.0973°
- Official site
- wvscenictrails.org
- OSM relations
- 2 sub-relations on OpenStreetMap
Termini
Southern terminus: Peters Mountain, Virginia border.
Northern terminus: Mason-Dixon line, Pennsylvania border.
Plan your hike
Maps + permits: long-distance trails like this often require permits for through-hiking, backcountry camping, or specific sections (especially in National Parks). Check with the maintaining organisation listed above and the relevant land manager before booking travel.
Water + supplies: water sources vary seasonally on most U.S. trails. Carry a filter and consult current trail-condition reports — through-hiker journals (PCT-L, AT Reddit, etc.) and the maintaining organisation publish regular updates.
When to go: hiking seasons vary widely with elevation, latitude, and snowpack. Through-hikers traditionally start the AT in March-April (Springer northbound) and the PCT in late April (Campo northbound). High-elevation western trails (CDT, JMT, Wonderland) generally aren't passable until July.
If you've hiked Allegheny Trail and have current notes (water sources, trail closures, permit changes), tell us at /contact — we update pages as we learn.
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Sources
Trail data on this page is compiled from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), the maintaining organisation's public-facing materials, and Wikipedia (CC BY-SA where excerpts are quoted). Distance, terminus, and descriptive text for nationally-designated trails are hand-curated from federal land-manager websites and trail-association sources. We do not modify the underlying data; this page presents what is already publicly recorded. To suggest corrections, see our methodology page.