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GAUDINEER SCENIC AREA

About 140 acres of the Mountain State's claim to fame is untouched, undisturbed and waiting for your enjoyment. Travel to Randolph and Pocahontas counties where photojournalist Brad Rice shows you the view.



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The Gaudineer Scenic Area is part of the Monongahela National Forest. Approximately 50 acres of the 140 acre Gaudineer Scenic Area is typical of the virgin red spruce type that originally occupied large portions of the highland areas of West Virginia. The composition of this impressive timber stand consists of virgin and second growth red spruce, yellow birch, beech, red maple, sugar maple and other hardwood species. Individual trees range up to 40 inches in diameter at breast height and 300 years old. The total volume of the 140 acre tract is estimated at one and a helf million board feed.

Fall color starts a little earlier than the rest of West Virginia. Typically, colors peak in late September or Early October.

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Gaudineer Scenic Area

Gaudineer Scenic Area Person Interviewed: Scott Wells
Title: Greenbrier Ranger District
Date: Open year-round
Location: Monongahela National Forest
Getting There: The Gaudineer Scenic Area is located near Gaudineer Knob of Shavers Mountain in Randolph and Pocahontas Counties. The area is located about 5.5 miles from Durbin, West Virginia. To reach the area travel west from Durbin on US 250 for 4 miles to Forest Service Road 27, then north on Forest Service Road 27 for 1.5 miles to the area. The Scenic Area is in the headwaters of Glade Run and Old Road Run, tributaries of Shavers Fork of Cheat River and West Fork of Greenbrier River.
Phone: Greenbrier Ranger District: 304-456-3335
EMail: r9_monong_website@fs.fed.us
Website: www.fs.fed.us/r9/mnf/sp/gaudineer.html
Admission: Free



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