North Bend Rail Trail

North Bend Rail Trail State Park
North Bend Rail Trail east of Cairo, West Virginia
Map showing the location of North Bend Rail Trail State Park
Map showing the location of North Bend Rail Trail State Park
Location of North Bend Rail Trail State Park at Pennsboro in West Virginia
LocationDoddridge, Harrison, Ritchie & Wood counties, West Virginia, U.S.
Nearest cityPennsboro, West Virginia, U.S.
Coordinates39°17′06″N 80°58′14″W / 39.28500°N 80.97056°W / 39.28500; -80.97056
Length72 mi (116 km)
Elevation856 ft (261 m)
DesignatedWest Virginia State Park
Governing bodyWest Virginia Division of Natural Resources
WebsiteOfficial website

The North Bend Rail Trail is a 72-mile (116 km) rail trail in north-central and western West Virginia in the United States. It is operated by West Virginia State Parks and is part of the American Discovery Trail.[1]

Running parallel to U.S. Route 50, the rail trail extends from the community of Wolf Summit west of Clarksburg at its eastern end to I-77 near Parkersburg at its western end, passing through Harrison, Doddridge, Ritchie and Wood Counties and the towns of Salem, West Union, Pennsboro, Ellenboro and Cairo, as well as North Bend State Park and numerous unincorporated communities.[2]

  1. ^ North Bend Rail Trail official website, from West Virginia State Parks
  2. ^ DeLorme (1997). West Virginia Atlas & Gazetteer. Yarmouth, Maine: DeLorme. ISBN 0-89933-246-3.