Cheat Bridge (FR 163) in WV -- Camping Rules & Access
Cheat Bridge (FR 163) in WV
Road corridorMonongahela NF, Greenbrier Ranger District
21 mi from Elkins
Maps 3,560 ft
Dispersed camping generally allowed
U.S. Forest Service default; a local order can restrict it.
Stay limit: 14 days · within 28 days · then move 5 road mi
VerizonNONE
AT&TNONE
T-MobileNONE
StarlinkPOOR
Road Access
Moderate
- All 2.4 miles of this road are maintained for passenger cars, gravel the whole way.
- Near White Top.
- 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 0.0 miles off.
- Blister Run runs 0.1 mi off.
- White Top stands 524 ft above the map pin, 0.7 miles northwest.
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 36–58°F, 3.8″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.