This 122-mile Mountain Road Trip Through Virginia and West Virginia Has Charming Small Towns, Beautiful Hiking Trails, and Outdoor Adventures
"Visiting Jefferson National Forest, I hiked the one-mile loop from Pandapas Pond and found it to be a pleasant short option amid a network of Poverty Creek trails for choosing longer or shorter adventures." - Rebecca Deurlein
Rebecca Deurlein
Rebecca Deurlein believes everything is interesting, and she loves finding the story everywhere she goes. Her passion is discovering people and places that have gone unnoticed and bringing light to what makes them unique.
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Great hiking area! For beginners, you can go around the pond. For a moderate 3 mile hike, there’s Joe Pye, lady slipper, and poverty creek with some elevation. Well maintained and marked. Very few people on the longer trail. Some mountain biking and horses!
Brooke A.
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Beautiful pond, great hiking trails! A favorite of mine and my family. Good hiking for beginners to moderate hikers. Great place to hike with pets as well.
Pam C.
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Beautiful walking trail, wild flowers, birds, turtles, frogs, toads and appeared to be a comfortable amount of people. Not overcrowded and not abandoned. They have fishing, horseback riding trails, and lovely scenery
Andrea S.
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What a nice surprise! We absolutely loved the beautiful pond, butterflies, bees, snails, and all the wild flowers
nana
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Beautiful pond! There are public restrooms too (not port-a-potties), which is great.
Sandra B.
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Beautiful place to visit and walk around the pond.
Adam D.
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Well kept pond stocked with trout and nice trails too walk and ride bikes on.
Jacob M.
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Great place to go for a small hike or even do some fishing!! They do have several different species of fish in the pond and there are two different sections of the pond as well! Would definitely recommend, especially if you have small children.