Johnny Molloy 
Five-Star Trails: West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest 
Your Guide to the Area’s Most Beautiful Hikes

A whopping 900, 000 acres, the mighty Monongahela National Forest is the heart and soul of West Virginia and a natural getaway for hikers and weekend backpackers.
Five-Star Trails: West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest leads hikers to classics, such as High Falls and Senaca Rocks, as well as such lesser-known but equally scenic hikes as Canyon Rim and Laurel Creek.


The 2nd edition of
Five-Star Trails: West Virginia’s Monongahela National Forest has been completely revised. Veteran author Johnny Molloy used his decades of exploring West Virginia’s largest national forest to choose only the best hikes, covering the mosaic of experiences to be had in the ‘Mon’–whether to rocky overlooks, deep into untamed wildernesses, to backcountry waterfalls, even to botanically rare and rich parcels–special places one and all.


To this end, Molloy has completely rewritten the book, rehiking hikes from the previous edition and adding more than a dozen new hikes for this edition. All the maps and elevation profiles have been professionally redone, and new photographs have been taken. Together, these new elements have been fashioned into a guide worthy of West Virginia’s fabulous national forest that is the Monongahela.

About the author

Johnny Molloy is a writer and adventurer based in Johnson City, TN. He has written more than 40 books about the outdoors, including hiking guidebooks, camping guidebooks, paddling guidebooks, comprehensive guidebooks about a specific area, and true outdoor adventure books throughout the Eastern United States. Molloy writes for varied magazines and websites, and he is a columnist and feature writer for his local paper, the
Johnson City Press.