Midland Trail

State: West Virginia
Length: 116.8 mi / 188.0 km
Time to Allow: 2 hours to drive or 8 hours to visit this byway.

Begin at the State Capitol and travel through Malden, boyhood home of Booker T. Washington. Then continue through white-water mountain country and the breathtaking scenery of New River Gorge and Hawks Nest State Park. On the eastern end, encounter colonial Lewisburg, and the oldest golf course in the U.S.

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• Midland Trail Overview
  

  Travel the Midland Trail and enter a land of world-class whitewater rafting, Civil War remnants, African-American history, and small towns full of...

• A Whitewater Wonderland On the Midland Trail
  

  Do you crave adventure? Take the Midland Trail for the adrenaline rush of a lifetime on some of the world's most popular whitewater rivers. Running...

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• 1-Day Trip: The Midland Trail Historical Tour
  (West Virginia)

  Along every mile of the Midland Trail, historical buildings await to be explored. The natives of the area make sure that not an ounce of the...