Big Bend (FR 809) in WV -- Camping Rules & Access
Big Bend (FR 809) in WV
Road corridorMonongahela NF
12 mi from Petersburg
Maps 1,233 ft
Dispersed camping generally allowed
U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.
Motor-vehicle season 4/2–10/24Stay limit: 14 days · within 28 days · then move 5 road mi
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkPOOR
Road Access
Moderate
- 1.2 of this road’s 3.8 miles are maintained for passenger cars, mostly paved with 1.3 miles of gravel.
- Near High Knob.
- Terrain estimates suggest level ground alongside most of this road; parking areas are not verified.
- Winds through 5 switchbacks.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Setting
Limited privacy
- Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
- Cave Mountain stands 1,569 ft above the map pin, 1.6 miles south.
- South Branch Potomac River runs 0.1 mi off.
Climate averages
October normals 44–69°F, 2.3″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.