Two parts. First, routes we've walked, with our own GPS data and map files. Then the official NPS trail list, linked to the park's pages. Every number says where it came from.
Our data We walk these ourselves and record our own GPS tracks. Distance and climbing come from that data, and each mapped route has a GPX file.
Walked by us
The signature loop
Craig Branch–Kaymoor Loop
A loop I keep coming back to.
It isn't one named trail. Three National Park Service trails join into a loop: down the steep upper Kaymoor Miners Trail to the old Kaymoor mine site, along the Kaymoor Trail, and back up the gravel Craig Branch Trail.
Our data · 1,000–2,100 ft on every profile. Route totals use recorded GPS distance. This profile measures straight lines between exported points; those distances differ, especially on the stairs. Leg boundaries are approximate.
Three National Park Service trails join into a loop: down the steep upper Kaymoor Miners Trail to the old Kaymoor mine site, along the Kaymoor Trail, and back up the gravel Craig Branch Trail.
Start: Craig Branch trailhead. From US 19, follow WV 16 south through Fayetteville and turn left on Gatewood Road (park signs say Kaymoor and Cunard). After 2.0 mi, turn left at the Kaymoor sign onto Kaymoor No. 1 Road. Go about a mile to the T and turn right; trailhead parking is 0.25 mi on the right. Parking only
Start: Kaymoor Top. From WV 16, Gatewood Road 2.0 mi, left at the Kaymoor sign, about a mile to the T, then left; parking 50 yards on the right. Vault toilet
Start: Town Park trailhead. From Court Street (WV 16), left on Fayette Avenue, right on Park Drive; at the Town Park stop sign continue 0.2 mi and turn right into the lot.
The Park Loop alone is 1.1 mi (NPS). Longer outings join it to town streets and more of the Fayetteville Trail; the streets aren't mapped here.
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Walked by usGo longer
Long Point–Timber Ridge–Fayetteville–Kaymoor circuit
≈7.9 mi · ≈1,700 ft ascent · loop
From the Long Point trailhead down to the Kaymoor Trail, down and back up the stairs below the mine site, up the upper Miners Trail, home by Butcher Branch and Long Point.
2,100 ft1,500 ft1,000 ft
High 2,024 ftLow 1,089 ft
0 mi7.6 mi of exported geometry
Our data · 1,000–2,100 ft on every profile. Route totals use recorded GPS distance. This profile measures straight lines between exported points; those distances differ, especially on the stairs.
Our data. We walk these trails ourselves and collect our own GPS tracks. Road walks and unconfirmed trails are left out. GPX files start at the trailhead and have no times.
National Park Service. Trail facts and closures come from NPS road and trail closures, each linked where it's used.