Spice Run Wilderness

Spice Run Wilderness is a remote protected area in West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest, named for the native spicebush. Before gaining federal wilderness status in 2009, it was the site of a booming lumber settlement where timber was cut and floated down the Greenbrier River to sawmills, and only one house from that community survives. Today the area includes the watersheds of Spice Run, Davy Run, and Kincaid Run, all native brook trout tributaries of the Greenbrier River. It is also important for recreation and wildlife, with at least 230 recorded bird species and habitat for threatened or endangered animals including the northern flying squirrel.

Hillsboro, West Virginia · United States