06/16/2026
🚧 Heads up, Dolly Sods and Roaring Plains visitors:
Starting June 22, Forest Road 19 is closed for maintenance, from the gate near Laneville to the FR 75 intersection. Vehicles can’t pass through, though foot travel along the road is still allowed.
🙌 The good news: Dolly Sods Wilderness remains open, and you can still get there via Jordan Run Road near Hopeville outside Petersburg. Just plan a different route in if Laneville was your usual approach. There’s no set end date yet, so check the Monongahela National Forest’s current conditions before you go.
🥾 Looking for somewhere new while access is limited? We’ve got 4 Dolly Sods–style hikes adventures across the Monongahela National Forest, from mossy spruce summits to lush river valleys and even beautiful bogs!
1️⃣ Seneca Creek Backcountry - Huckleberry Lumberjack Loop - located along the eastern continental divide, this loop is the closest in vibes and ecosystem to the southern end of the Dolly Sods Wilderness
2️⃣ Otter Creek Wilderness - Otter Creek, Mylius, and Shavers Mountain Loop - this nearby wilderness area offers plenty of stream crossings and mossy boulders that will remind you of muddy adventures on Sundew Trail!
3️⃣ Cranberry Glades & Wilderness Area - Cowpasture and Reserve Loop - the Sod’s sphagnum covered sister to the south provides all the mossy goodness you’ve been missing.
4️⃣ North Fork Mountain Trail - if you’re overlook obsessed, it’s hard to beat this rocky scramble towards one of the most impressive ridgelines in Appalachia!
⚠️ Let us know what other Mon Forest trails you’ll be hitting in the meantime that have some of that Dolly Sods magic! ⬇️🌳
