7.9 miles
Distance
352 ft
Climb
-578 ft
Descent
02:16:58
Avg time
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Plantation Trail Details

  • Activities
    • Mountain Bike
    • Hike
    • Trail Running
  • Riding Area
    Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge
    Davis, West Virginia
  • Difficulty Rating
    Black Diamond rate
  • Trail Type
    Singletrack
  • Bike Type
    AM, XC
  • Direction
    Both Directions
    Popular direction shown
  • Climb Difficulty
    Double Black Diamond
  • Physical Rating
    Extreme
  • Trail Visibility
    Always easy to follow
  • Dogs Allowed
    Yes
  • Global Ranking
    #75600 in Mountain Biking
  • Local Popularity
    5 in Mountain Biking [+]
    • 5 in Trail Running
    • 5 in Hiking

Plantation is very rugged. Good fitness will make this trail much more pleasant. Mysterious combination of rock and bogs. Usually wet and at least one climb that's virtually unrideable but by the strongest and most skilled. There are many intersections at the East end for various route possibilities. Bring a Sammich, Canaan miles are longer than normal miles.

Local Trail Association
Traditionally Indigenous Territory
More Stats for Plantation Trail mountain bike trail trail
  • Altitude change
    -226 ft
  • Altitude min
    3,348 ft
  • Altitude max
    3,574 ft
  • Altitude start
    3,574 ft
  • Altitude end
    3,350 ft
  • Grade
    -0.5%
  • Grade max
    -9.4%
  • Grade min
    10.2%
  • Distance climb
    3 miles
  • Distance down
    4 miles
  • Distance flat
    1,407 ft
  • Avg time
    02:16:58
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Status:
on Oct 2, 2021
Prevalent Mud
Avg: 3.65 (3 votes)
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      Oct 2, 2021 @ 12:05pm
      Oct 2, 2021
      		 Trailside laurel and rhododendron are encroaching in trail, particularly beyond the railroad grade crossing. Aside from that it's standard...
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      • Last: Oct 2, 2021

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      2 Reviews & Comments

      • + 0
      Jasonumd (Aug 29, 2021 at 18:11)
      This trail is an unrideable dumpster fire. I'm a solid rider and I'd say 10% can be completed on the bike, and still awful. Most seems like an eroded stream full of roots and rock. Parked on WV 32.
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      • + 1
      lyophilization (Nov 26, 2017 at 11:07)
      I just rode a section from A Davis to Unknown trail (3.5 mile mark to .57 mile mark) and there was a few fun sections, and a few mellow sections, but overall this trail was kind of awful. Maybe it just gets bad in the late fall, but it was really wet and in fairly poor condition.
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