Galford Run / A (FR 90) in WV -- Camping Rules & Access
Galford Run / A (FR 90) in WV
Road corridorMonongahela NF, Greenbrier Ranger District
19 mi from Marlinton
Maps 2,915 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
Miles 0–0.5 cross land the Forest Service doesn't manage; camping there needs the landowner's permission.
Motor-vehicle season 9/1–2/29Stay limit: 14 days · within 28 days · then move 5 road mi
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Road Access
Difficult
- 1.1 of this road’s 7.2 miles are maintained for high-clearance vehicles, mostly gravel with 0.1 miles of dirt.
- Estimated climb: 1,900 ft over 7.2 miles, with sustained grades near 12% and pitches to 15%.
- Dead-ends 4.1 miles in at a mapped turnaround.
Setting
Fairly secluded
- Well separated here, with the nearest through road 0.6 miles off.
- Chestnut Ridge stands 1,448 ft above the map pin, 2.0 miles southeast.
- Sugar Run runs 0.4 mi off.
Rules
- the following acts and omissions are prohibited in the entirety of the Monongahela National Forest controlled lands, waters, and administrative units.…4. Camping outside developed campgrounds at any one campsite in excess of fourteen (14) cumulative days within a 28-day period, then relocating the camp within five (5) road miles of the site just occupied without a waiting period of three weeks (21 days) (36 CFR 261.58 (e));
- Camping rules
Climate averages
October normals 39–62°F, 3.1″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.