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| Elkhorn Inn ATV Guests! |
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| ATVing from the Elkhorn Inn! |
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| ATVing home to the Elkhorn Inn... |
Believe it or not, one of the main reasons Dan and I chose to save and restore the historic "Coal Heritage Trail" building we would open as the
Elkhorn Inn,
and move to McDowell Co., WV, is because we love to ATV! And as Dan is
72 and I'm 59, we (and our guests) can attest to the fact that ATVing is
NOT just for kids!
AND as it's LEGAL to ride ATVs and UTVs on the roads
here, we- and our Elkhorn Inn guests- can ride right from the Elkhorn Inn to the
trails- and in addition to the famed Hatfield McCoy Trails, (their
"Indian Ridge Trailhead" in Ashland, WV is only 8 miles from the Elkhorn
Inn), there are literally HUNDREDS of miles of FREE trails throughout
McDowell County! There are wonderful places to ride to where you can
have a glorious picnic up on a mountain top, such as
Miracle Mountain Wilderness Park, which
has a gorgeous lookout, a beautiful 1940s log cabin, and a nearby koi
pond! There are waterfalls to enjoy, fun mud puddles to splash through,
interesting and historic small towns to ride through, such as
Gary, War, Elbert, Filbert, Crumpler,
Matoaka, and
Beartown, and
deer, wild turkeys, goats, and even bears to see! There are
wildflowers and
butterflies in the
spring and summer, and cattails and magnificent "leaf-peeping" in the
fall! There are even fun places to stop for a bite to eat along the way! This
spring we ATVed to the place we call
"Ramp Mountain", and dug ramps on
the mountainside so we could make Pickled Ramps and Ramp Pesto, and we
recently went ATVing several times to
pick wild blackberries, and got so
many that Chef Dan and I not only made Wild Blackberry Cordial and
Sorbet, and Wild Blackberry-Ancho BBQ Sauce, but we also put up several
gallons of Wild Blackberry Wine!
You can Railfan on your ATV, "leaf-peep" the gorgeous fall colors, AND you can even ATV to the Golf Course- Black Wolf Links near Gary, WV! There are SO many great places to
ATV here that I can't begin to list them all, but below are photos of some of our favorites for year 'round fun- this is TRULY "Four Seasons Country"!
Call the Elkhorn Inn at 304-862-2031 or 1-800-708-2040 for reservations, and come on down!
Spring: ATVing to dig ramps up (and down) on "Ramp Mountain" in April:
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| Elisse digging ramps! |
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| Pulling each other out of the mud! |
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| Ramps! |
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| Ramp diggin' Chef Dan! |
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| Somewhere in McDowell County! |
Summer: ATVing to pick wild berries!
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| Berry-pickin' Dan! |
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| Picking wild blackberries! |
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| ATV wild berry-picking! |
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| And blueberries! |
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| YUM! |
Summer fun: Miracle Mountain and other places...
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| Log Cabin at Miracle Mountain |
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| Koppers Store, Capels, WV |
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| Elbert, WV |
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| Beartown, WV |
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| Gary Coal Diggers Museum |
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| Welch, WV |
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| Kimball, WV |
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| Gary, WV |
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| Waterfall near "Ziggy's" |
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| An adventure! |
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| An obstacle! |
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| Northfork, WV |
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| Ashland, WV Company Store |
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| Stopping for a hamburger at "ATV Rider's Paradise" |
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| Lunch on the trail! |
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| The Elkhorn Inn... |
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| ATVing up on the mountain... |
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| Bramwell, WV Train Station Museum |
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| YES, YOU CAN ATV TO THE GOLF COURSE! |
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| A bite to eat at the "Pinnacle Beach" Cafe! |
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| Matoaka, WV |
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| Wild goats! |
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| Mud! |
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| A picnic on the mountain top... |
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| Miracle Mountain look-out |
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| A painting in the Miracle Mountain cabin... |
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| The Heart-Shaped Koi Pond near Miracle Mountain... |
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| Dan and Elisse at the Miracle Mountain look-out |
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| Miracle Mountain |
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| More mud! |
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| Up on the mountain... |
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| An old coal tipple... |
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| War, WV |
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| Railfanning via ATV! |
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| Wild turkey! |
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| Frog Rock! |
Fall: Leaf-peeping and picking cattails!
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| Beartown, WV |
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| Picking cattails for fall decor! |
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| Crumpler, WV |
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ATVers and trains at the Elkhorn Inn
(c) John Sagert |
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| Elkhorn Inn's January ATV Guests! |
Winter: ATVing on the Hatfield McCoy Trails with our Elkhorn Inn Guests in January!
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| Yes, you can ATV here in JANUARY! |
Call the Elkhorn Inn at 304-862-2031 or 1-800-708-2040 for reservations, and come on down!
