Middle MTN (FR 14) in WV -- Camping Rules & Access
Middle MTN (FR 14) in WV
Road corridorMonongahela NF, Greenbrier Ranger District
18 mi from Elkins
Maps 3,009 ft
Camping permission not confirmed
Miles 4.3–4.6 and 29.5–30.5 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
Rough
- 13.7 of this road’s 45.6 miles are maintained for passenger cars, 45.3 miles of it gravel.
- Terrain estimates show roadside drops of up to ~110 ft on the downhill side.
- Winds through 17 switchbacks.
- Dead-end road; turnaround space is not mapped.
Known camping along this road between mile 32.5 and mile 40.9: 1 mapped spot.
Setting
Limited privacy
- Limited separation from through roads or other sites here, with the nearest through road 0.1 miles off.
- Elklick Run runs 0.1 mi off.
- Shavers Mountain stands 1,170 ft above the map pin, 1.6 miles west.
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 37–61°F, 3.4″ precipitation. Monthly averages, PRISM 1991–2020.