Grant County Highpoint Trip Report

Date: May 24, 2008
Author: Shannon Dillmore

It appears the West Virginia Department of Transportation amuses itself by frequently changing the numbers of its roads. The directions of both Fred Lobdell and Ryan Richardson are thus both now out of date.

point on Cabin Mtn

From Harman, head north on WV 32 about 4.4 miles to Bonner Mountain Road (County Road XX). Take this to a dead end after about 5 miles. Turn right here onto Laneville Road. Take this road for about 1.4 miles, where it turns to gravel and becomes FR 19. Follow this for roughly ten miles, entering the Dolly Sods wilderness. As I was there over Memorial Day weekend, parking was very difficult to come by and I parked at the Bear Rocks area, north of where Don Desrosiers did in his report. A map is helpful here but you can follow his and Mike Schwartz's excellent reports and they'll get you there. The small cairn is still evident and there are nice views of the area. Round trip from the parking area was 7.7 miles with about 450 feet of elevation gain, taking me 2 hours and 40 minutes.

Bell Knob

I headed back south on FR 19 about five miles (don't have the exact distance) to a gated gravel road on the east side of FR 19 (WGS84 coordinates (38.99541° N, 79.32863° W)). A quick 0.5 mile hike gets you to the summit. I camped near the summit here with my dog, a great spot.