Highland Scenic Highway

State: West Virginia
National Forest: Monongahela National Forest
Length: 43.0 mi / 69.2 km
Time to Allow: Take two hours to drive or four hours to enjoy this byway.

Travel through a wild and undeveloped portion of the Monongahela National Forest. Hardwood forests cover rolling, mountainous terrain capped by dark spruce at high elevations. Traverse a narrow and steep-walled valley with views of clear mountain streams. Sights include Cranberry Glades Botanical Area, Summit Lake, and Falls of Hills Creek.

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  Fish For Sport or Fish to Relax on the Highland Scenic Highway

  Updated Apr 26, 2013 in Get Outdoors! And Go Fishing

  Prep your pole, bring out the bait, and head out on the Highland Scenic Highway to find some of West Virginia’s finest fishing. The byway will take you through the Monongahela National Forest to an abundance of quiet fishing places along lakes and rivers set in the forest's deciduous glory. Containing the headwaters of four major river systems and over 600 miles of streams filled with native and stocked varieties of brook, brown, golden rainbow, and rainbow trout, the Monongahela National Forest offers a fishing experience that will please the avid angler and the urban escapist.

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  Hiking the Highland Scenic Highway

  Updated Apr 11, 2012 in Get Outdoors! And Go Hiking

  A day trip away from West Virginia’s capital of Charleston, or a short drive from Virginia's transportation hub of Roanoke, get out and hike the trails along the Highland Scenic Highway.

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• 1-Day Trip: Highland Scenic Tour
  (West Virginia)

  This tour leads you through many of the major attractions found along the Highland Scenic Highway.