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Cheat Canyon is a beautiful 10-mile gorge where the Cheat River carves through the Allegheny Mountains, creating steep forested slopes. Once devastated by coal mining, it has rebounded into a haven for wildlife, with protected species like the Indiana bat and the flat-spired three-toothed snail. It is a popular destination for whitewater adventures, and is a very scenic stretch of the ALT.

The Endless Wall Trail creates a hiking loop when combined with Lansing-Edmond Road. The path winds its way through a dense forest with a thick canopy before arriving at the actual cliffs of the wall. The trail is easy to follow and is a pretty short trek roundtrip.

Encompassing over 3,000 acres, the Snake Hill Wildlife Management Area plays host to a bunch of trails that journey up next to Cheat River in the bottom of Cheat Canyon. With lots of rocky overlooks and some forest ruins, this Wildlife Management Area is popular among a lot of different trail users for a reason.

Encompassing over 3,000 acres, the Snake Hill Wildlife Management Area plays host to a bunch of trails that journey up next to Cheat River in the bottom of Cheat Canyon. With lots of rocky overlooks and some forest ruins, this Wildlife Management Area is popular among a lot of different trail users for a reason.

This spur of the Canyon Rim Boardwalk provides closeup views of the New River Gorge Bridge, and it is fully accessible.

The turnaround point on this out-and-back provides a little more elevation from which to view the river and surrounding foothills—though the entire Stone Cliff Trail provides beautiful views the New River along the way.

The 270-degree views over the New River from Diamond Point speak for themselves. And given that it's a relatively short hike to get here, it seems like a can't-miss destination.

The Castle Rock Trail begins near Grandview Main Overlook and ends where it intersects the Grandview Rim Trail after about 1 km (.6 miles). The hike goes along huge rock walls and below overhanging cliffs. Castle Rock Trail and Grandview Rim Trail can make a great loop of about 1.6 km (almost 1 mile)