An alternative to West Virginia would be to do the Pine Creek Rail Trail then head west to the Allegheny National Forest and the Coal Knob-area to both camp and mountain bike on the Coal Knob Mountain Bike Trails. Then wind my may way through Western NY, spend a night in the Finger Lakes before heading home.

• Saturday 10/14 – Drive down to Asaph Run Campground in Wellsboro PA, ride part of Pine Creek Rail Trail
• Sunday 10/15 – Spend all day riding along the Pine Creek Rail Trail, do a second night at Asaph Run.
• Monday 10/16 – Break camp early, head west to Allegheny National Forest
• Through Thursday 10/16 – Camp up at Coal Knob – Jakes Rocks area on Forest Service 160/257 in.
• Friday 10/17 – Head up to New York, camp in either Allegany or Cattaragus County like at Rock City State Forest or Bully Hill State Forest
• Saturday 10/18 – Head east to the Finger Lakes to Finger Lakes National Forest, maybe get ice cream at Glen Dairy Bar.
• Sunday 10/19 – Head back home, maybe stopping at Chenango Forks State Park or Robert Riddel, though at this point I’ll probably be ready to head home and unpack.

The big benefit to this trip is it’s about an 1 1/2 to 2 hours closer to home, so it would be able to return home in one day from the Allegheny National Forest if I decided not to overnight on way back. It’s a long trip home from the Allegheny National Forest but it’s easily done in daylight, if you leave relatively early at about 6 hours driving versus 8 hours driving, without breaks. Plus it’s been years since I’ve spent much time in Western NY, and it might be a fun and something different from West Virginia which I’ve done a lot over the years.