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Post by discoverylover on Apr 14, 2011 19:51:02 GMT -5
Today I went to look at some pieces of land a company has, either for surface rights, or mineral rights, or both. These were in rural Clay County, WV. Land ranged in size from 100 acres to over a 1,000 acres. Mostly uneventful, except for the last large parcel, luckily there was an old county route running through it down to the river. County really doesn't maintain most of the road where no one lives on it. Road was in better shape than I thought it would be, mostly rocky with some mud holes. Old county road  Some small mudd holes  Old train tracks middle of nowhere that follow the river  Creek crossing going to another piece of land  |
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Post by ronnv on Apr 14, 2011 19:58:13 GMT -5
Beautiful!
Old railroad grades around here usually have had the rails and ties scavenged years ago - Make for interesating trails - Just have to go slow as they can also be missing bridges and culverts - - -
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Post by discoverylover on Apr 14, 2011 20:01:24 GMT -5
The only issue was when I got down to the river, I was planning on connecting to another old county road and looping around. I ws prob about 5 miles from the main road. I didn't realize the river was as high as it was, it was covering the road. River above it's banks  Flooded road, only about 2 feet at it's deepest, I thought I could make it through.....  I saw an old train tressel that goes over a creek. This is where I was going to connect to the other county road. The river caused the creek to back up, I had to cross the creek, looked way to deep to cross.  Another shot of old train tressel.  Needless to say I had to turn around and go back the way I came. Took about 6 hours and 150 miles round trip. |
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Post by discoverylover on Apr 18, 2011 9:36:13 GMT -5
Beautiful! Old railroad grades around here usually have had the rails and ties scavenged years ago - Make for interesating trails - Just have to go slow as they can also be missing bridges and culverts - - - Alot of old railroad grades in WV, have had the rails/ties removed and turned into hiking and biking trails, called 'Rails to Trails'. They've been pretty popular. |
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Post by ronnv on Apr 18, 2011 16:38:42 GMT -5
Too bad they didn't make a few into 4x4 trails too - You all could use a few...
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Post by discoverylover on Apr 18, 2011 16:51:59 GMT -5
There are alot of old county roads in WV that haven't been maintained in 20+ years, they make good 4x4 trails. They're the section of road usually marked on the county roads maps as 'Impassable". But they aren't always close by.
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Post by ronnv on Apr 19, 2011 15:13:57 GMT -5
"Close by" is a relative thing - We have a few counties in Nevada that are larger than West Virginia.
Even though I can be off-road within two miles of my house, I don't mind driving 100 miles to the really good remote spots.
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Post by discoverylover on Apr 19, 2011 15:53:11 GMT -5
"Close by" is a relative thing - We have a few counties in Nevada that are larger than West Virginia. Even though I can be off-road within two miles of my house, I don't mind driving 100 miles to the really good remote spots. West Virginia has an area of 24,000+ square miles, Nevada's biggest county is Nye at 18,000+ sq miles and then Elko at 17,000+ sq miles, close but not quite as big. |
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Post by ronnv on Apr 20, 2011 8:54:22 GMT -5
"Close by" is a relative thing - We have a few counties in Nevada that are larger than West Virginia. Even though I can be off-road within two miles of my house, I don't mind driving 100 miles to the really good remote spots. West Virginia has an area of 24,000+ square miles, Nevada's biggest county is Nye at 18,000+ sq miles and then Elko at 17,000+ sq miles, close but not quite as big. My bad - - I looked at the map just after shooting off my mouth. |
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