Thrills for all riders from Granny to the youngest. They rate the trails by color...green for the easy riders to black for the biggest thrill seekers.
3 years and 3 trips a year. The trails never let us down. We have been on all trails except Little Coal and Pocahontas. Those will be included in our next trip in spring.
This is a GREAT geocaching area. The Hatfield McCoy trail is a MEGA site in the fall and a geocacher MUST-VISIT destination. You can rack up several hundred caches on the country roads here and learn the history of the feud by visiting actual historic homesites and cemeteries. But be careful to pull OFF the roads for safety. And be aware of ATV traffic. ATV is a normal mode of transportation locally so look twice! I stayed at the Sweet Dreams Suites (formerly Sumer8) and is was perfect as a sleepover between cache trails. All fast food chains are present on 119 near Williamson and gas was $3.28.
Picked up a CD from the tourism office in Pikeville. The map was helpful. Just beware that some of the sights are not marked from the road, so you may need to do some hunting. It was an enjoyable tour. We did it on a Saturday. The Preacher Anse cabin was open. And a local resident that lives next to the Randell McCoy homestead sight was out and offered wonderful information about the feud and local sights as well as a nice collection of pictures. It was a very enjoyable way to spend an afternoon.
just recently rode the trails for the first time , love it , great fun , and the cabin i rented was awesome {Samwhitecabins }located in verdunville wv , got there number from a local , when the hotels were all booked up , beautiful cabin with family fun ,what could be better than that
If you enjoy riding then these trails are a must see . views from the trails, the food in the towns, mud holes and water i ride these trails often since i am only 20 min from them
My party had booked a house with Livinggood Lodging for Trailfest 2015 on March 6th. On March the 9th I got a call saying that Livinggood got a call from Dirt Trax magazine saying they wanted that week. Needless to say, my party of 14 will not be at Trailfest. We got thrown straight under the bus so they can get a plug from a magazine or TV show at the cost of us. And to top it off they are the mayors of Gilbert???
The Hatfield-McCoy trail system is very good, and highly promoted (which is good for southern WV), but it's pricey, and unfortunately H-M only promotes their trails near Logan & Man, WV. Their other trails, such as Indian Ridge (Ashland), Bramwell, and Pinnacle Creek (Pineville), which all connect, and make a great ride, get no coverage, no events, no nothing. Most people who come to so. WV to ride ATVs come to ride the 100s of miles of FREE trails in McDowell County, which has some of THE best trails in the eastern USA. And it's LEGAL to ride on the roads in McDowell County, too, so you can ride from wherever you're staying right to the trails! AND pick wild blackberries all July, too!
I admit my experience with trail riding is limited, having only just begun to ride 3 years ago and haven't ventured west of Tennessee. But with all the trails I've rode (multiple) the HM trails are, by far, the best. They are well marked and maintained. The people we have met on these trails are nice and polite. They are a bit pricey but well worth the price - especially if you come back multiple times. I'm a bit disappointed that they don't offer a military discount as most of the other trails in the region. We took our motor coach and stayed at Ashland ATV resort a few times as well as taking just the truck/trailer and stayed at a motel - both were fun but have to admit the camping was more relaxing (though not by much). LOL. Definitely not enough for the extra gas spent pulling the motorcoach (with bigger trailer) up those mountain roads. Overall, absolutely great experience and I WILL BE BACK !!
We rode Pinnacle, Indian Ridge and Pocahontas Trail systems. All 3 were great. Pocahontas is still failry new so it was a little open and dusty but the trails were still great. All trail systems have a variety of difficuly. We all have UTVs and were able to go on all the trails except the Extreme Difficult and some Most Difficult. We only saw 1 ranger the whole time we were there, he didn't stop us or anything though. We wore our helmets the whole time and made sure to left almost all of our beer at the motel. It was hard to find the trail heads and where to buy passes. You can buy passes at the Pinnacle trail head but not at Indian Ridge, not sure about Pocahontas trail head. Pinnacle trail head is off HWY 16 on a road right across the street from an old Marathon. Indian Ridge in on HWY 17 by an old Ashland Company building. FYI the people at Ashland Resort are very helpful giving directions even if you aren't staying there. These trails were well worth our trip and we are planning on going back later this year.