Are you up for a beautiful, historical drive that will take you from one end of West Virginia to the other? Buckle up, because we’ve found just the one! The Seneca Trail (otherwise known as U.S. Highway 219), which enters West Virginia near Silver Lake and exits in Peterstown.
At the northern end of Seneca Trail, start at the small community of Silver Lake.
You can also find Graceland, a Gate House, and an Ice House - all beautiful, historic structures associated with the original Davis and Elkins families.
Continue south. You'll pass right by Marlinton, and you can make a short detour to enjoy this quaint mountain town, or you can save it for another time and continue on to Pearl S. Buck's birth place and the farm museum in Hillsboro.
Then turn around and head back home the way you came, or make a loop by heading back through White Sulphur Springs, Greenbank, and Seneca Rocks to the east of the Seneca Trail or through Fayetteville, Summersville, and Buckhannon to the west.
The whole length of the Seneca Trail from Silver Lake to Peterstown takes about 4.5 hours without any stops. Of course, if you can only do a portion of the road, it’s still an enjoyable trip no matter which section you have time to tackle! And there are plenty of other places that we didn’t have space to feature to stop, stretch, eat, and enjoy along the way. Here’s just one of them.
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