To 'Discover' the route of the American Discovery Trail in West Virginia click on the ADTS page: Trail Directory for West Virginia. West Virginia is called the Mountain State largely because it has the highest mean altitude east of the Mississippi River. The mountains and the over 110,000 square miles of hardwood forests in West Virginia make the state "wild and wonderful".

To learn more about the State of West Virginia simply click on the highlighted links throughout this article. The West Virginia state animal is the Black Bear. To take a closer look at West Virginia click: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Virginia. To research general state information click : http://wvweb.com/stateinfo.asp. To find out more click : http://www.netstate.com/states/intro/wv_intro.htm. You will also find many fun facts about West Virginia at : http://www.50states.com/wvirgini.htm. If you would like to visit West Virginia start at the official website of the West Virginia tourism office : http://www.wvtourism.com/spec.aspx?pgID=165. Go right to the source with a visit to the official website for the 35th state : http://www.wv.gov/sec.aspx?pgID=19. The State Bird of West Virginia is the Cardinal. Take a look at West Virginia Topography: http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/mgg/topo/state2.pl?region=wv.jpg