USFS National Forest System Trails · Monongahela National Forest · West Virginia · Updated June 2026
Thomas Rail Trail (USFS trail 115A) 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 Thomas Rail Trail?
| 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
In Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia, Thomas Rail Trail (USFS trail 115A) covers 1 mi of National Forest System trail. This profile summarizes what the official US Forest Service trail record says about riding it: how long the trail is, what it's built on, how steep the route grades out, and which forms of bike use the agency has designated. Underfoot, the trail is recorded as imported compacted material. USFS slope data puts it in the Easy band (grade band 0-5%), meaning a gentle climb — keep in mind this measures steepness, not trail technicality. Bike use is designated as allowed year-round. No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on this trail in the USFS data, so treat it as a non-motorized route unless a posted order says otherwise. The route is mapped as USFS Trail Class 4 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 Thomas Rail Trail?
- Yes. Mountain bikes are designated as allowed on Thomas Rail Trail in Monongahela National Forest, year-round, per USFS data.
- Are e-bikes allowed on Thomas Rail Trail?
- No e-bike class (1, 2 or 3) is designated on Thomas Rail Trail in the USFS data.
- How long is Thomas Rail Trail?
- Thomas Rail Trail measures about 1 mi in total, summed across its mapped National Forest System segments.
- What is the surface of Thomas Rail Trail?
- USFS data records the tread surface of Thomas Rail Trail as imported compacted material.
- How difficult is Thomas Rail Trail?
- Its grade-based difficulty is Easy (grade band 0-5%), 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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