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Cranesville Swamp route map
Difficulty: EasyLoop
West Virginia

Cranesville Swamp

Terra Alta, West Virginia

1.2 mi

Distance

154 ft

Elev. Gain

Loop

Route Type

Easy

Difficulty

About This Trail

We don't publish a description for Cranesville Swamp 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:775 ft
Max:795 ft
Gain:47 ft
Loss:47 ft
Elevation profileA line rising and falling between 775 ft and 795 ft across 1.2 mi along the route, drawn from start to end.775 ft782 ft788 ft795 ft0.0 mi0.3 mi0.6 mi0.9 mi1.2 mi

Elevation at the labelled points along this route
PointDistance from startElevation
Start0.0 mi785 ft
High point0.9 mi795 ft
End1.2 mi785 ft

Trail Details

Route Type
Loop

Official sources & verification

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Where it is

Nearest town:
Terra Alta, WV · about 6 mi away
County:
Preston 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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