Draggin' Rock Trail
West Virginia
Free — you'll pick up right here.
1.1 mi
Distance
415 ft
Gain
23 min
Time
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What we do know
Inside Monongahela 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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Draggin' Rock Trail
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Elevation & route
- Distance
- 1.1 mi
- Elevation gain
- 415 ft
- Elevation loss
- 415 ft
- Highest point
- 3,597 ft
- Lowest point
- 3,196 ft
Photos
Directions & GPX
Permits & access
- Managing agency
- Forest Service
About this trail
Draggin' Rock Trail is a 2.24-mile out-and-back hike in West Virginia with 415 feet of elevation gain and loss. The trail reaches a maximum elevation of 3,597 feet.
Facts about this trail
The climb
- Starts at
- 3,597 ft
- High point
- 3,597 ft
- Total climbing
- 415 ft
- Total descent
- 415 ft
- Steepest stretch
- 13% grade around mile 0.8 on the way out
- Length (round trip)
- 2.2 mi
- Shape
- Out and back
Most of the climbing comes late, so save something for the end.
Source: Roamze elevation profile and trail geometry (DEM samples along the mapped route)
Where it is
- Cheat Ranger District · Ranger district
- Monongahela National Forest · National forest
- Managed by
- Forest Service
Conditions
Active alerts for Cheat Ranger District as of Oct 9, 2026:
Forest Road 18 Closure for Public Health and Safety
critical · posted Oct 2, 2026
Source: USFS forest alerts
Nearby
- Fire Trail 3Hiking0.4 mi
- Pipeline TrailHiking1 mi
- Stemwinder TrailHiking1.1 mi
- Blackwater Falls State ParkRock climbing1.3 mi
- Pendleton PointRock climbing1.7 mi
- Red Creek CampgroundCamping9.2 mi
- Horseshoe Recreation AreaCamping9.2 mi
- North Branch Potomac RiverCanoeing9.5 mi
Source: Roamze catalog (indexable pages within 10 miles, PostGIS distance)
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