Destinations · West Virginia
Morgantown
WV · 39.6336, -79.9506
From Morgantown, West Virginia, Byway's registries place 6 scenic byways and 1 public land unit within 30 miles.
Understand
Morgantown is located on steeply rolling hills along the Monongahela River in North-Central West Virginia, also known as 'Mountaineer Country' and the 'I-79 High-Tech Corridor'. It is the largest city in a greater urban conglomeration including the smaller cities of Fairmont and Clarksburg, the smaller town of Grafton and their surrounding suburbs and smaller towns. The combined population of the greater Morgantown-anchored 6-county area is approximately 260,000 making this area the state's second largest urban conglomeration after the Charleston-Huntington area.
Day-trip loops
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Within reach
Measured from Byway's own registries, 30 miles around town.
Scenic byways
- Old Route 7 Byway · 2 mi
- Laurel Highlands Scenic Byway · 18 mi
- Cheat River Byway · 19 mi
- Northwestern Turnpike · 20 mi
- Historic National Road - Pennsylvania · 22 mi · national
- Mountain Maryland Byway · 28 mi
Public land
- Monongahela National Forest · 30 mi
Lookouts
- Point Lookout · 22 mi
Named places
- Monongalia County War Memorial · 1 mi
- Watts Museum · 2 mi
- Mon Valley Railroad Historical Society · 2 mi
- Grapevine Hill · 2 mi
- Dorsey Knob · 3 mi
- John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial Park · 3 mi
- Price Hill · 4 mi
- Chisler Knob · 5 mi
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