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The Dolly Sods Wilderness (DSW, originally simply Dolly Sods) is a U.S. Wilderness Area in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia and is part of the Monongahela National Forest of the U.S. Forest Service . Dolly Sods is a rocky, high-altitude plateau with sweeping vistas and lifeforms normally found much farther north in Canada.
Appalachian bogs. Cranberry Glades, a bog preserve in West Virginia. Appalachian bogs are boreal or hemiboreal ecosystems, which occur in many places in the Appalachian Mountains, particularly the Allegheny and Blue Ridge subranges. [1] [2] Though popularly called bogs, many of them are technically fens. [3]
Cranberry Glades. Cranberry Glades —also known simply as The Glades —are a cluster of five small, boreal -type bogs in southwestern Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. This area, in the Allegheny Mountains at about 3,400 feet (1,000 m), is protected as the Cranberry Glades Botanical Area, part of the Monongahela National Forest.
Olson Observation Tower is one of the few remaining fire towers in Monongahela National Forest. Olson is located at the southern end of Backbone Mountain northeast of Parsons in Tucker County, West Virginia . The southern end of Backbone Mountain is the site of West Virginia's first fire tower, originally built by the state in 1922. [1]
Jul. 22—The annual Mud Bog closed down the Boone County Fair on Saturday night, ending a week of events. There were three final classes to put on a show, with nearly 40 trucks taking part. The ...
1555312 [ 5] Website. cityofparsonswv .com. Parsons is the largest city in and county seat of Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. [ 6] The population was 1,322 at the 2020 census. [ 3] Parsons is located at the confluence of the Shavers Fork and the Black Fork, forming the head of the Cheat River .
Aug. 21—TRANSFER — The Transfer Harvest Home Fair has brought back the mud bog this year for some clean fun. "We haven't had the mud bog for a couple years, and people told us they missed it ...
The Monongahela National Forest is a national forest located in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia, USA. It protects over 921,000 acres (3,727 km 2; 1,439 sq mi) of federally managed land within a 1,700,000 acres (6,880 km 2; 2,656 sq mi) proclamation boundary that includes much of the Potomac Highlands Region and portions of 10 ...