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Clay Run Trail route map
Difficulty: ModerateOut and Back
West Virginia

Clay Run Trail

Morgantown, West Virginia

3.3 mi

Distance

574 ft

Elev. Gain

1h 21m

Est. Time

Out & Back

Route Type

Moderate

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Clay Run Trail unless we can point you at the agency it came from. We don't have one yet. The planning figures above — distance, elevation gain, estimated time, route type — come from the source listed on this trail.

The managing agency is the authority for conditions, closures and route notes. See official sources below. Spot something we should add?

Trail Conditions

Trail Conditions

Unknown

We have no current condition data for this trail. Check with the operator before you go, and submit a report below if you've been recently.

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Elevation Profile

Min:509 ft
Max:663 ft
Gain:175 ft
Loss:175 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 509 ft and 663 ft across 3.3 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.509 ft560 ft612 ft663 ft0.0 mi0.8 mi1.6 mi2.4 mi3.3 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi663 ft
End3.3 mi663 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Out & Back

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Cheat Lake, WV · about 1 mi away
County:
Monongalia County, WV

Nearest town and county from U.S. Census Bureau place records and county boundaries.

We display cached information from agency feeds. Hours, fees, permits, closures, fire restrictions, and conditions change without notice. Outdoors is not the permitting authority. Confirm current conditions for this trail using the links above before you go — you are responsible for compliance. Last verified by us: May 23, 2026. Our copy is more than a month old — please reconfirm with the agency before relying on it.Spot an error in our data?

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Path geometry came from our pre-launch legacy database. Routes have not yet been re-verified against the operator and may differ from the actual trail.

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