Hatfield-McCoy Continues Expansion
t may be the best-known, large-scale ATV trail system in the country, and it’s not done growing yet. With a few tweaks made in the last year, there’s a host of changes planned in the near future at West Virginia’s Hatfield-McCoy Trails System.
In 2008, the organization added four miles of trail at the Browning Fork system, connecting it into Gilbert, home of the annual Trail Fest event.
A new Welcome Center also went up this year at the Little Coal River system. It will serve as the retail merchandise headquarters for the whole system, and as the new trailhead for the Little Coal trails.
There’s more in the works, including a few projects that are going to bring dramatic changes to Hatfield-McCoy. Officials are in the early stages of connecting the Indian Ridge and Pinnacle Creek systems, in the southern part of the state, with a potential future connection to the nearby Twin Falls State Park.
Near Logan, the trails authority is in the early stages of building a connecting trail from Dingess Rum to the Fountain Place Mall, part of an eventual connection to the sprawling Chief Logan State Park.
Recreational side-by-side owners can also look forward to the transformation of the Little Coal River trails into a UTV park, with all trails being open to UTV traffic.
Even more changes are in line for the most distant future, as Hatfield-McCoy is working with area landowners and the Army Corps of Engineers for Lincoln County and Wayne County systems.
Ongoing updates are available at www.trailsheaven.com.
t may be the best-known, large-scale ATV trail system in the country, and it’s not done growing yet. With a few tweaks made in the last year, there’s a host of changes planned in the near future at West Virginia’s Hatfield-McCoy Trails System.
In 2008, the organization added four miles of trail at the Browning Fork system, connecting it into Gilbert, home of the annual Trail Fest event.
A new Welcome Center also went up this year at the Little Coal River system. It will serve as the retail merchandise headquarters for the whole system, and as the new trailhead for the Little Coal trails.
There’s more in the works, including a few projects that are going to bring dramatic changes to Hatfield-McCoy. Officials are in the early stages of connecting the Indian Ridge and Pinnacle Creek systems, in the southern part of the state, with a potential future connection to the nearby Twin Falls State Park.
Near Logan, the trails authority is in the early stages of building a connecting trail from Dingess Rum to the Fountain Place Mall, part of an eventual connection to the sprawling Chief Logan State Park.
Recreational side-by-side owners can also look forward to the transformation of the Little Coal River trails into a UTV park, with all trails being open to UTV traffic.
Even more changes are in line for the most distant future, as Hatfield-McCoy is working with area landowners and the Army Corps of Engineers for Lincoln County and Wayne County systems.
Ongoing updates are available at www.trailsheaven.com.
