West Virginia - US Route 219
US Route 219
Photos were generally taken heading northward.
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Buildings get progressively more inhabitable to the 1881 Monroe County Courthouse in Union.
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Old Field Mountain is straight ahead in Maxwelton, with Loop Mountain behind and Sugartree Branch Mountain in the far distance. Cross Mountain is closest, to the west.
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More of Loop Mountain, with Butler Mountain in front and a hint of Sugartree Branch behind.
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Across a pass from Spice, descending Droop Mountain. Interestingly descriptive names.
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From this new vantage, Cranberry Mountain is ahead and Swago Mountain is to its right.
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More Swago Mountain, and then the southern end of Black Mountain inserts itself between the two.
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In Hillsboro, I come to the Pearl S. Buck birthplace.
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Some more Swago, cut with a bit of Black Mountain, before I get to Mill Point.
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In Edray, looking north at Gay Knob and west.
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Chestnut Flat, Gay Knob, and Cloverlick Mountain feature in the first photo, and the second is Marlin Mountain to the southeast.
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Buzzard Ridge just west of north, then bent west toward Gauley Mountain. US Route 219 soon joins US Route 250 - see big link at bottom.
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A major charcoal plant (West Virginia is full of the stuff) just south of Parsons.
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From south to north and top to bottom, the 1900 Tucker County Courthouse in Parsons. (Construction started in 1898, hence the date.)
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The jail and jailer's residence was built first, just south of the courthouse and now obscured by a new "old-style" building.
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Heading south from WV 32 and Blackwater Falls, windmills threaten in the distance. Luckily, the threat passes over the horizon, and in a few miles you rise over a hill and come upon the following reassuring sight:
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Yikes! US 219 SB needs a Windmill Ahead sign, because this really sneaks up on you and can be a scary experience. Stretching off to the right are more windmills, the same ones one sees from afar in the two photos above:
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Here are those same windmills in the northbound direction, south of Benbush.
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A new set appears close to the Maryland border, a few miles before US Route 219 proceeds into that state and encounters still more turbines.
US Route 250 and Routes 219/250
US Route 219 roads photos
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