Alder Run Trail
West Virginia
Free — you'll pick up right here.
0.9 mi
Distance
265 ft
Gain
27 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Monongahela National Forest
3 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
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Alder Run Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.9 mi
- Elevation gain
- 265 ft
- Elevation loss
- 265 ft
- Highest point
- 3,964 ft
- Lowest point
- 3,701 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Alder Run Trail is a 1.9-mile out-and-back hike in West Virginia with 265 feet of elevation gain. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 3,964 feet.
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