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Travels through historic ruins of 19th century oil and gas era farm.


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0.7

Miles

1.1

KM

Singletrack

1,027' 313 m

High

926' 282 m

Low

110' 34 m

Up

10' 3 m

Down

3%

Avg Grade (2°)

8%

Max Grade (5°)

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Description

The Mansion Trail, along with the Caretaker Trail, make up a singletrack loop into the southernmost portion of Mountwood Park. It visits the remaining sandstone foundations of homes and other structures once owned by early oil industrialist W. C. Stiles. From south to north, it is a gradual climb; north to south, it is a twisty, flowing downhill.

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Chris Swarr

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The Stiles Mansion ruins (known as Thornhill) just off the Walter Taitt Trail. W.C. Stiles, Jr. was an oilman industrialist and an inventor whose innovations moved forward the emerging science and industry of oil extraction in the mid 1800s.
Jan 10, 2016 near Deerwalk, WV
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