Bucktail Trail
West Virginia
Free — you'll pick up right here.
0.7 mi
Distance
239 ft
Gain
No verdict for this trail
We won't guess. Here is exactly what we do and don't know.
What we do know
Inside George Washington and Jefferson National Forest
2 managing-area boundaries mapped — agency alerts for them feed this page automatically.
Boundary data
What's missing
No access route mapped
We don't yet know which road reaches this trailhead, so we can't tell you if it's gated.
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Trail character
- Surface
- Gravel Road
Here's your ride, mapped
Bucktail Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 0.7 mi
- Elevation gain
- 432 ft
- Elevation loss
- 432 ft
- Highest point
- 1,839 ft
- Lowest point
- 1,590 ft
Gear for the day
Photos
Directions & GPX
About this trail
Bucktail Trail is a hard out-and-back route in Maryland covering 0.74 miles with 435 feet of elevation gain. The trail follows a gravel road and is rated as a black diamond / difficult by IMBA.
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
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