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Outdoor Recreation in the Allegheny Mountains of Bath County
Lake lovers will treasure Bath’s mountain waters from 2,500-acre Lake Moomaw with its marina and boat rental facilities to a lazy paddle by canoe across the lake at Douthat State Park. The Dominion Back Creek Recreation Area provides access to two stocked lakes in a stunning natural setting beneath Back Creek Mountain. Bath County outdoor recreation and camping resources: Warm Springs Ranger District George Washington National Forest and Lake Moomaw. Warm Springs Mountain Preserve Dominion Back Creek Recreation Area Cliff View Golf Club and Inn 18 hole golf course with a nine room Bed and Breakfast. They also offer 2 miles of private fly fishing on the Jackson River. |
Photo credits: WG Photography (fishing, autumn walk, bikers); The Homestead (canoe); Deborah Huso (hikers) |
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George Washington National Forest covers more than 170,000 acres in
Bath County, offering outdoor recreation galore, from boating on
Lake Moomaw to fishing in the premier trout waters of the Jackson
River. More than 120 miles
of secluded and sparsely traveled hiking and biking trails
offer long blue Allegheny Mountain vistas, access to unusual
blowing springs, and views of high elevation cranberry bogs.
The Nature Conservancy’s Warm Springs Mountain Preserve
protects 13 miles of fragile mountain ridgeline, including
a high elevation Appalachian forest of rare montane pine barren,
some of which you can explore along the Ingalls Overlook Trail.