These first two can all be done in one long 9 hour 300-ish mile ride for the die hard iron butt types, but to split it into 2 rides, you get to do every mountain pass in both directions, so that it really doubles the different rides you do on this amazing terrain.
The first starts at Seneca Rocks, a monumental 900' tall Quartzite rock cliff formation that just straight up out of the base of a forsted mountain. It goes up to the 4900' tall peak of Spruce Knob, the highest point in WV (and a great twisty mountain climb ride), over North Fork Mountain on US33, through the very scenic and serene Smoke Hole Canyon and then up into the side of North Fork Mountain on Smoke Hole Rd, then on northeast to Howard's Lick Rd SE into Lost River State Park, a very very nice mountainous ride. Then returns back through the Smoke Hole route.
Spruce/North Fork/Smoke Hole/Lost River ride:
or the long URL:
https://
maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Seneca+Rocks+Discovery+Center,+Roy+Gap+ Road,+Seneca+Rocks,+WV&daddr=US-220+N+to:County+Rte+28%2F11%2FSmoke+Hole+Rd+to:Los t+River+State+Park+Rd,+Moorefield,+WV+to:Howards+L ick+Rd+to:County+Rte+2%2F3%2FSmoke+Hole+Rd+to:Spru ce+Knob+Trail&hl=en&ll=38.790486,-79.149628&spn=0.854177,1.234589&sll=38.903057,-79.204559&sspn=0.213207,0.308647&geocode=FUSOUAIdp tdE-yGcwF4_KYA3SSmRPX-xxCq1iTGcwF4_KYA3SQ%3BFfPYTQIdCYFF-w%3BFbadUQId_4dG-w%3BFYAQUwIdM5pL-ykvqPGVKxe1iTED-hLoxKfpNg%3BFVaDUQIdd9VL-w%3BFYQUUQId1D1G-w%3BFT2DTgIdxWxC-w&oq=Seneca+Rocks+disc&t=p&mra=dme&mrsp=5&sz=12&z= 10
This second route takes you on US-33 over Shenandoah Mountain, then south to Briery Branch Rd as it climbs the mountain again to the Reddish Knob lookout point (4300' peak), then back down the other side on the very twisty mountain pass down Reddish Knob Rd and across Sugar Grove Rd to the very recently paved for the first time Moyer's Gap Rd, which is a very very amazing twisty climb up into the mountains and then through a gap between the two peaks to the north and south of the road, and then turns around back south on Sugar Grove Rd which turns into VA-614 across the border, then you catch US250W through some mountainous twisties to a gas stop, then turn around and take 250 east all the way across the Shenandoah Mountain pass (very exhillarating!), gas up on the other side, turn around and repeat the entire ride minus the Moyer's gap section that you have already ridden both directions.
This route covers both of the best stretches of twisty mountain roads in the entire eastern US (33 and 250 over Shenandoah Mtn), as well as another killer mountain pass on narrower paved roads.
ShenandoahMtn-US33/Reddish Knob/Moyer's Gap/ShenandoahMtn-US250 ride:
or just in case, the long URL:
https://
maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Seneca+Rocks+Discovery+Center,+Roy+Gap+ Road,+Seneca+Rocks,+WV&daddr=US-33+E+to:Hinton+Market,+Rawley+Pike,+Hinton,+VA+to: Briery+Branch+Rd,+Dayton,+VA+to:Reddish+Knob+Spur, +Dayton,+VA+tooe+Hill+Rd+to:Moyers+Gap+Road+to:US-250+W+to:US-250+E+to:Sugar+Grove+Rd+to:Reddish+Knob+Rd+to:Hint on+Market,+Rawley+Pike,+Hinton,+VA+to:Brandywine,+ WV+to:US-33+W&hl=en&sll=38.552461,-79.232025&sspn=0.857022,1.234589&geocode=FUSOUAIdp tdE-yGcwF4_KYA3SSmRPX-xxCq1iTGcwF4_KYA3SQ%3BFYZjTQIdutRG-w%3BFfDgSwIdDKRJ-yFyiiclpHOfAinDjKm3rsG0iTFyiiclpHO***%3BFdidSgIdXG VI-ynV0fE5wri0iTHHqtr33Teutw%3BFY_pSgIdTd5G-ykvc3Ous7e0iTFKwijKrF_tSw%3BFYOwSwIdwgFF-w%3BFWmqSwId65pF-w%3BFe63SAIdZ2xD-w%3BFV_7RwIdptFF-w%3BFaqiSwIdXMhF-w%3BFRQwSwIdSC5H-w%3BFfDgSwIdDKRJ-yFyiiclpHOfAinDjKm3rsG0iTFyiiclpHO***%3BFUheTQIdJ9 JG-yntXZ0urc-0iTFh_WYEs8sAjg%3BFbJyUAIdLrhE-w&oq=Brandyw&t=p&mra=mi&mrsp=13&sz=10&z=10
and for good measure, the very high elevation and very scenic (but less technical) Hawk's Nest/WV60/WV39 route:
long URL:
https://
maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Hawks+Nest+Rd&daddr=Gauley+Bridge,+WV+t o:WV-16+N%2FWV-39+E+to:WV-20+N+to:WV-55+E+to:Seneca+Trail+to:Maury+River+Rd+to:VA-39+E&hl=en&ll=38.084851,-80.183716&spn=1.725115,2.469177&sll=37.824701,-79.436302&sspn=0.108204,0.154324&geocode=FWSfRQIdk z0q-w%3BFXhnRgIdshAp-ynbLNbNZMhOiDGYV31EkmXGDg%3BFcVURwIdvRQp-w%3BFU5VRwId-Ggy-w%3BFUNBRgIdjog4-w%3BFUhERwIdTNE5-w%3BFcXVQwId4JpC-w%3BFWnVQAId1UBE-w&oq=Gauley+Bridge,+WV&t=p&mra=mi&mrsp=7&sz=13&z =9
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