Midland Trail · US-60 East

The Midland Trail east, one way: from Hawks Nest the route follows US-60 through Ansted, crosses the mountains to Rainelle and Sam Black Church, goes through Lewisburg and finishes in White Sulphur Springs, home of The Greenbrier. It's 69 miles. There are straight stretches and towns with traffic lights along the way. The route ends in White Sulphur Springs: east of there US-60 heads into Virginia.

US-60 across southern West Virginia is the Midland Trail. It began as a buffalo trail; in 1774 Gen. Andrew Lewis marched his army along it from present-day Lewisburg to Point Pleasant, and by 1832 it had become the James River and Kanawha Turnpike. In 2000 its eastern part, from White Sulphur Springs to Charleston, was named a National Scenic Byway.

This route rides it east from Hawks Nest through Ansted, over the mountains to Rainelle and Sam Black Church, and into Lewisburg, where it shares the downtown with the Seneca Trail route. It finishes in White Sulphur Springs, home of The Greenbrier resort. It's a one-way ride of 69 miles, with straight stretches and towns with traffic lights along the way. East of White Sulphur Springs US-60 heads into Virginia, so the route stops there.