{"id":16604,"date":"2021-04-05T08:05:43","date_gmt":"2021-04-05T12:05:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/?p=16604"},"modified":"2021-04-09T08:14:23","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T12:14:23","slug":"hiking-wv-blackwater-canyon-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/archives\/16604","title":{"rendered":"Hiking WV: Blackwater Canyon Trail"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year we went hiked past Douglas Falls several times but it was incredibly busy, so I didn&#8217;t bother with the scramble down.<\/p>\n<p>Distance: 4.8 miles<br \/>\nElevation: 2327-2648 feet (383&#8242; gain)<br \/>\nTrail: Blackwater Canyon Trail<\/p>\n<p>For some reason, we didn&#8217;t see anyone on this hike. Funny that.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/51095421017\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2021-04-02_Blackwater_Canyon_020\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51095421017_9153e38291.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"2021-04-02_Blackwater_Canyon_020\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/51096127185\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2021-04-02_Blackwater_Canyon_052\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51096127185_e62cc0bb1b.jpg?resize=225%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"225\" height=\"500\" alt=\"2021-04-02_Blackwater_Canyon_052\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/51095870138\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2021-04-02_Blackwater_Canyon_054\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51095870138_3acaa564fe.jpg?resize=225%2C500&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"225\" height=\"500\" alt=\"2021-04-02_Blackwater_Canyon_054\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>If you go far enough down the trail, and peer through the trees, you can see <a href=\"https:\/\/wvstateparks.com\/park\/blackwater-falls-state-park\/\">Lindy Point<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/51095420447\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2021-04-02_Blackwater_Canyon_062\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51095420447_5ff7cb3b7c.jpg?resize=500%2C333&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" alt=\"2021-04-02_Blackwater_Canyon_062\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Unexpected finding.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/random_michelle\/51096127035\/in\/dateposted-public\/\" title=\"2021-04-02_Blackwater_Canyon_066\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/51096127035_c976a19c7a.jpg?resize=500%2C375&#038;ssl=1\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"2021-04-02_Blackwater_Canyon_066\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year we went hiked past Douglas Falls several times but it was incredibly busy, so I didn&#8217;t bother with the scramble down. Distance: 4.8 miles Elevation: 2327-2648 feet (383&#8242; gain) Trail: Blackwater Canyon Trail For some reason, we didn&#8217;t see anyone on this hike. Funny that. If you go far enough down the trail, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1069,22,1068,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hiking","category-photos","category-state-parks","category-west-virginia"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pefxA-4jO","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/notreally\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}