Mountain Lakes Region

Buffalo Creek 38°27'23.3"N 81°00'52.4"W 38.456470, -81.014567

Buffalo Creek Recreational Trail

On a tributary of Buffalo Creek is Devil's Sawmill Falls - Out of Clay, W.V., head north on Main St., WV 16 and turn right on Triplett Ridge Rd. Follow for about 3.7 miles to a right on Hamrick Rd., (CR 11-1) The street sign here say Cheyanne Drive. Not sure why because the map say Hamrick Rd. Drive down Hamrick Rd. another 2.3 miles to dead end. (38.456292, -81.014476) There are farms and pastures on this unpaved road and you may run up on the stray loose bovine hanging out in the middle of the road feeding on the hillside grasses. You'll go by a blue house that is right next to the road. After that the road degrades and turns into a long downhill, loose rock road that is only suitably travelled by 4WD high clearance vehicles. This is not a road for your Honda Civic.

Hamrick Rd is right past First Baptist of Clay up on the hill on Triplett ridge. Go out as far as you can on Hamrick and walk down the hill or drive to the bottom. There is room to park and turn around at the bottom, Just make sure you can go back up. A 2WD will not make it back up this trail as it is very very steep and loose rocks, not gravel.

This road passes over the top of the falls. When you get to the creek of the falls, you will be at the top of the falls. Continue on down to the bottom. You can hear another nice falls down in the holler on the way down. Once over the falls the road goes down to the bottom at Buffalo Creek. Once at the bottom, just walk to the left up the old railroad tracks to the falls less than 1/4 mile. The trail goes right by these falls and a couple more. Many thanks to Aaron Lee for the information to these falls.

When you get to the bottom and park, there is a cemetary with graves from the early 1800's and before. Please be careful and respect this property and the heritage of this place. I'm sure that the locals will notice you coming in here. This is also The Buffalo Creek Recreational Trail. Not much information available since their website went quiet.

I'm going to revise this page at a later date when I can get a bit more information. Basically, don't go down here if you can't get back out. Triple A will not come down and get you, Oh, and guess what, your cell phone won't work down here either.

Fall Run 38.973883, -80.280877 38°58'26.0"N 80°16'51.2"W From I79, take exit 99 11 miles towards Buckhannon. (US 33/US 48/US 119, turn south on Brushy Fork Rd. (CR 7) and follow for 2.7 miles to a right on Brushy Fork of Stone Coal Creek (CR 7). Continue an additional approximately 300 ft and look for a place to park. You will have driven by an octagon shaped house on your left. The waterfall is behind the house. Private Property. There is normally not much flow in the summer and early fall. If you’re making a special trip, make sure there has been some recent rain.

I took this shot in June 2022 just because I was close by. I'll be going back for a better shot and more water. I drove down the road past the falls and there's a place to turn around down the hill, then come back up and there's room to park on the right side of the road just below the falls. This shot is from a roadside location at a guardrail.

Falls Mill 38°46'29.3"N 80°33'04.7"W 38.774798, -80.551300 Drive 7.6 miles south on US 19 from Ireland, W.V. Turn left on Green Hill Rd. (CR 24-1) @ 38.775954, -80.549044. Take your very first right on Pleasant Hill Rd. and drive a short distance to the waterfall on your left. Roadside park with benches and beach.

Wildcat Falls 38°47'12.1"N 80°26'40.3"W 38.786690, -80.444540 This pretty waterfall is located on Glady Creek near Ireland, W.V. From US 19, turn onto Wildcat Road and follow for 2.5 miles to this roadside fall.

Parking is tight on the berm. Room for one. I've also seen images by folks who took the right fork onto Green Hill Rd. and accessed from the other side of the creek. Green Hill is just after Duffy Lane, where both roads fork off just above Wildcat Falls. I have not been on that side but told it is accessible and better parking situation as well.

Fidler's Mill 38°47'58.1"N 80°20'48.5"W 38.799470, -80.346800 Fidler's Mill is a historic grist mill located at Arlington, Upshur County, West Virginia. It was built in 1847-1849 and enlarged in 1916. It is a two to four story frame building built of yellow poplar on a stone foundation. The mill provided ground wheat and buckwheat for flour, and ground cornmeal, and also housed wool carding machines, which were used seasonally. Both mill and town were named for Alfious Arlington Fidler, proprietor. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1997. At Arlington, W.V. on WV 20, take Heaston Ridge Rd, (CR 20/15) for less than 0.25 miles to parking at the mill on your left. Easy Access.

Flatwoods Run 38.820080, -80.338116 38°47'12.1"N 80°26'40.3"W Roadside with a place to pull off. Take WV 20 south from Rock Cave. Turn left on Kanawha Run/Coon Club Rd (CR 38). View from near the intersection of Kanawha Run/Coon Club Rd (CR 38) and Kanawha Run/Salem Ridge Rd (CR 40/1) at a bridge. May be on private property but seems quite accessible to the public.

Cottle Falls 38°20'58.1"N 80°37'08.5"W 38.349480, -80.619040 Located in the small town of Cottle on Rockcamp Run, along SR 20 northeast of Craigsville. Take US 19 north of the Summersville exit and turn right on SR 55. Follow SR 55 for 12.1 miles to the town of Craigsville where the road transitions at an intersection to SR 20. Don't turn, go straight. Follow for 2.5 miles. You will pass Powder House Rd. on your right. Slow down and look for a roadside pull off on the left. There is a red school bus shack there. Park here. The falls is just beside the road here. This is a pretty waterfall, but there is a lot of garbage and broken glass here, so be careful. I met the owner of this land and he doesn't mind people visiting the falls, but is not real keen on the party crowd.

Lincamp Branch 38.36583,-80.51552 38°21'57.1"N 80°30'56.4"W Brushy Meadow 38.166720, -80.689840 38°10'00.2"N 80°41'23.4"W From the town of Cowen, on WV 20, follow WV 20 (Webster Rd.) north out of Cowen. When travelling north on WV20, coming into Cowen, you will come to a 90 degree turn at a traffic light in Cowen. Turn right at the light. From here drive about 1.4 miles and bear right onto Williams River Rd. Drive 4.4 miles on Williams River Rd. and turn right across the "low water bridge". This is FR 101 and is not clearly marked. Drive 0.2 miles to just after a right hand bend in the road. Here you will see an unnamed road on the right. That's CR101. Some call it FR101. Turn right onto this un named and probably unsigned road and drive for 4.4 miles. The Gauley River will be on your right and the waterfall is roadside at a campsite. There is a driveway sort of entrance and you can pull in and park. The waterfall is visible from the road on your left as you approach and just before the entrance to the campsite. It's pretty obvious and not hard to find at all.

Roadside falls located at the intersection of Hinkle-O'Dell Rd and WV 20 about 0.5 miles north of the post office in Leivasy, WV. There is roadside parking just beyond the intersection but it's a business. All the land right around there belongs to one family. One member opoerates big trucks out of the garage at the intersection.