USFS National Forest System Trails · Monongahela National Forest · West Virginia · Updated June 2026
Elk Rail Trail #422 (USFS trail 422) is a 1 mi trail in Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed year-round, with no Class 1 e-bike designation on record.
Can I bike Elk Rail Trail #422?
| Use | Status | Season on record |
|---|---|---|
| Mountain bike | Allowed | year-round |
| Class 1 e-bike (pedal-assist, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 2 e-bike (throttle, 20 mph) | — | |
| Class 3 e-bike (pedal-assist, 28 mph) | — |
Zooming out: across Monongahela National Forest, 100% of rideable trail miles are open to mountain bikes — a Bike Access Grade of B.
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About this trail
Elk Rail Trail #422 (USFS trail 422) runs 1 mi through Monongahela National Forest in West Virginia. The figures here are pulled from the official US Forest Service trail data for Monongahela National Forest, covering the trail's mileage, tread, grade band, and the bike and e-bike uses the agency lists as designated. Underfoot, the trail is recorded as native material. Based on slope, this is a Intermediate trail (grade band 10-12%); that reflects moderate gradient and is not the same as a technical MTB difficulty rating. Bike use is designated as allowed year-round. The agency lists no Class 1, 2 or 3 e-bike designation here; absent a local order to the contrary, that means e-bikes are not an allowed use on this trail. The route is mapped as USFS Trail Class 3 on the agency's 1-to-5 development scale, where 1 is the most primitive, minimally maintained tread and 5 is the most developed. For day-of certainty on closures or seasonal orders, check directly with the ranger district, since this reflects the USFS data as of the latest refresh.
Frequently asked questions
- Can you mountain bike on Elk Rail Trail #422?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Elk Rail Trail #422 in Monongahela National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Elk Rail Trail #422?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Elk Rail Trail #422 in the USFS data.
- How long is Elk Rail Trail #422?
- Elk Rail Trail #422 measures about 1 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Elk Rail Trail #422?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Elk Rail Trail #422 as native material.
- How difficult is Elk Rail Trail #422?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Intermediate (grade band 10-12%), derived from USFS slope data. This reflects steepness, not technical mountain-bike difficulty.
How we read this data
Grade-based difficulty above is the USFS grade (route steepness), not a technical mountain-bike rating — a gentle-grade trail can still be rocky or technical, and vice versa. Bike and e-bike status come verbatim from the USFS managed-use fields for this trail; we never infer access we can't cite. See our methodology for how the dataset is built and what each field means.
Where it is
Approximate location of Monongahela National Forest (USFS trail geometry isn't mapped).
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