Fort Seybert Trail

Total Miles
10.3

Elevation

1,056.59 ft

Duration

2 Hours

Technical Rating

Easy

Best Time

Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter

Trail Overview

This trail offers climbs and descents, scenic views of the mountains and valleys, and several switchbacks. In the lower West Virginia area of the trail, there are multiple stream crossings that offer breathtaking scenery of the forest, rocky streams, and natural mossy growth. There is one good-sized dispersed campsite on the lower West Virginia side and one larger dispersed group campsite on the Virginia side at the top. The site on top is clear and big enough for many vehicles. The trail is mostly dirt and smaller rocks with no real obstacles other than the stream crossings that are less than 12 inches deep. Cell phone service is spotty along the trail.

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Difficulty

This is a dirt or rocky road with gentle grades and multiple stream crossings less than 12 inches deep. It's safe for most 4WD and high-clearance 2WD vehicles. The roads are mostly one vehicle wide and two vehicles wide in areas.

Technical Rating

Status Reports

Andy Thomas

Sep 28, 2024

2000 Toyota Celica

Open

we started from the western entrance and went up the mountain. hurricane helene had just dropped many inches of rain the day before so the creek was extra swollen. A few were at least 2.5' deep and flowing. I got dead towed through the first 4 deep crossings and had water to my side windows and over my windshield. The higher clearance vehicles in my group still had water to their headlights and fully covering 33s. Be extra careful after hard rain or storms the creeks could be impassable. We came up on a group of motorcyclists that had hydrolocked a bike.

Wyatt H

Sep 02, 2024

2024 Yamaha Tenere 700

Open

Normal

Nice creek crossings, mostly gravel switchbacks with some loose rocks.

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Aug 31, 2024

2010 Lexus GX

Open

Normal

Gravel road with some rocky sections and several stream crossings.

Access Description

This scenic trail runs along FR-87, Rough Run Road, and adjacent to much of the Rough Run River. It can be accessed from Sweedlin Valley on the West Virginia side and runs in and out of the boundaries of the Shenandoah Wildlife Management Area. The trail can also be accessed on the Virginia side off Little Dry River Road near the entry point of Vepco Road, another popular area trail.