Our Dolly Sods Mapping Project: Roaring Plains/Flat Rock

See Map Conventions for an explanation of the map features.

This map is the result of a 3 day hike with the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy and the Sierra Club.

• Forest Service Trails
  The established trails, South Prong Trail, Roaring Plains Trail, and Boar's Nest Trail, are well described in reference Sundquist and de Hart.

• Pipeline Route
  The pipe line route leading from FS 70 is quite obvious, and the turn off of the pipe line to the left occurs just as the pipe line begins to fall sharply from the ridge crest.

• Named RR grade and Another Time
  The items marked "Nameless RR grade" and "Another Time" need more explanation. The group was exploring to find an extension to the Roaring Plains trail. We had a good start on an old railroad grade, but did not find the road branching off to the west. By the time our error became evident, we had lost significant elevation. Thus the abandoned and overgrown road waits for another time.