Back Channel Trail
West Virginia
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0.5 mi
Distance
112 ft
Gain
12 min
Time
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Back Channel Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.5 mi
- Elevation gain
- 112 ft
- Elevation loss
- 112 ft
- Highest point
- 628 ft
- Lowest point
- 597 ft
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Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
About this trail
Back Channel Trail is a short out-and-back hike in West Virginia covering 1.02 miles with 112 feet of elevation gain. The trail ascends to a maximum elevation of 628 feet before returning via the same path.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 597 ft
- High point
- 628 ft
- Total climbing
- 112 ft
- Total descent
- 112 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 4% grade around mile 0.4 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 1 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Most of the climbing is in the middle stretch.
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Ohio River Islands National Wildlife Refuge · Public land
- Managed by
- U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
Source: USGS PAD-US 4.1
Nearby
- Nature TrailHiking0.9 mi
- Kinderhook Horse TrailheadCamping1.3 mi
- Kinderhook TH ConnectorHiking1.4 mi
- Headland TrailHiking1.5 mi
- Greenwood Trail BouldersRock climbing4.6 mi
- Leith RunSaltwater fishing4.8 mi
- Leith Run CampgroundCamping4.9 mi
- Bell Ridge BouldersRock climbing6.2 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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