No, Really, You Need to Visit West Virginia 

It is so nice to hear someone compliment West Virginia. As a West Virginian, I get so tired of people automatically making judgements when they hear my accent. I hope people take your advice and come visit!

As a wva holler girl native, I cant tell you how much I appreciate this video and your heartwarming words about the place I was lucky enough to grow up in..God bless❤🙏

I'm from west Virginia and it is wild and wonderful

I'm a native from the southern coal fields. When coal declined in 1969 our family left for better opportunities in NC. After working 40 yrs in NC my wife and I just bought our dream home in WV and are going home to where I was born and raised. Free at last! I love WV!

I have lived and been other places, BUT..lol I always look forward to coming home..West Virginia. It is beautiful here. And the people are friendly.

Visited here over 20 years ago and loved it so much, we bought a farm here and never left🙂👍

Thank you for promoting our beautiful state of WV. I was born and raised in Morgantown. Once I married we moved to the Eastern Panhandle of WV. Then 22 years ago we moved back to the area to help take care of our aging parents.

I grew up in the Northern Panhandle of West by God Virginia. In a selfish way part of me is thankful we are America's best kept secret and we aren't all "touristy" just to preserve this magnificent countryside. Mountaineers are always FREE!

I’ve lived here my entire life and this place is beautiful.

As a kid I spent most holidays and summers in WV. As a adult I get there a couple times a year. When I cross the Ohio river, every bit of weight lifts off my shoulders and I feel at home. And FREE. I love it so much. Birch river to Summerville lake to Sutton lake I love it. Can’t wait to get back this summer.

My wife and I travel by motorcycle and live just North of Pomeroy, Ohio which is just across the Ohio River from West Virginia. In 2002 we were on our way home from the Blue Ridge Parkway and Skyline Drive. Our friend wanted to come across rt 55 which we never heard of. What a beautiful ride. On the Blue Ridge ad Skyline Drive we were up on the mountains looking down. On Rt 55 we were down in the valley for the most part looking up. Either was it was beautiful. We stopped at Senaca Rock where we ate some of the best pizza ever! Blue Rock, Cass, and Elkins. At took RT 33 home. In more recent years we go to Davis WV (Blackwater Falls) and Thomas, WV. where you can get up close to wind turbines and a great overlook just West of Thomas WV. We also travel to Hawk's Nest, New River Gorge, Summerville Lake and every place between. One of my favorite stops is Berdine's 5 and 10 in Harirsville, WV. Berdine's is the oldest still operating 5 and 10 in the country, an amazing stop about 20 miles East of Parkersburg. West Virginia is a hidden beauty. But I also like Virginia and Kentucky. We live in Ohio and there is beauty there too like the Hocking Hills region and any where along the Ohio River.

Parts of my mom's family were in the eastern panhandle by 1730, parts of my dad's family were in the Ohio Valley by 1755. My West Virginia roots run deep. I left the state for a few years, but got back as quickly as I could and I will remain here and eventually my body will be buried here. West Virginia is my home

Hi, I'm from that part of West Virginia. Pocahontas county right in the middle of the Monongahela National Forest 🙂

Grew up in the northern panhandle of WV. Absolutely breath taking. I now live in southern Kansas. I’d love to go back one day. Great video!

I moved to Elkview, West Virginia from California and I love it here! West Virginia is Beautiful!

Spent many summers visiting the beautiful forests of West Virginia. So lucky to have the first 25 years of my life there. Cathedral Forest is incredible, one of the last old growth forests in that area.

Harper's Ferry us rich in history and gorgeous too

You really need to show Harper's Ferry. New River Gorge. Hawks nest. White Sulpher Springs. Greenbier resort.

I love my home town and I will live here for life

I live in the far southeast area of West Virginia bordering Virginia. The Hatfield and McCoys Trail system for ATVs is really big in our area. It has been shut down during the pandemic. It brings in the Atvs and tourist dollars to our area. We travel a lot in the SW Virginia area. The mountains are so nice in that area as well.

I visited twice and love it so much, im buying a house in WV, the house prices are amazing! ❤

Reminded me of Switzerland

I grew up in southern West Virginia in Greenbrier and Monroe Counties. This video makes me miss my ole mountain home, especially since there are none in Florida.

Oh, my precious Mountain Momma! I miss her so. Thank you so very much for the fix, Bill.

I grew up in Gilmer County, near the center of the state. It was very isolated. As a kid, I couldn't wait to leave. Now, I live in Florida but I want to go back and buy a farm. I miss the seasons.

Live 30 mins from Seneca Rocks/20 from Smoke hole caverns/ and Spruce Knobs isn't a bad drive either. Awesome state, feels great to get away and to find some truly breathing scenes that sometimes you don't ever have to share with other people.

Hence why we are called Wild and Wonderful!, We are truly Almost Heaven!

Thank you for this awesome video.. Who knew! A place we will definitely visit now!!

The longest damn ride down those mountains I love sight seeing🤣😂😂😂

Great video! Thanks for sharing!

Another great video Bill. Hope you got some more video of the General Store

As always, you tear at my heart strings when you video in WV. I am not from the heart of WV but from the northern panhandle. But the views are the same no matter where you go. You can be in a bigger city and in just a relatively short amount of time by car you can be looking at views like this. I love your channel and would like to ask you to say a prayer for my (diabetic) husband who had to have surgery this week to remove one of his toes. I'm trying to get caught up on everything and was sooooooo happy to see you posted this. Thanks, Bill.

Thanks for the video tour. We are planning a road trip to WV in June of 2021. We visited WV on a church trip in 1980 from Minnesota and I remember how beautiful it was back then.

Thank you for the efforts you put into making this video.

Thanks for the video, Bill!! I'm intent on relocating there; excited to hear about the area with no cell phone signal 😄 (Nice). Will look for more of your videos!!

Thanks for visiting,

Climbing Seneca Rocks sounds exciting...but I would freak out and lose my balance without thinking about it...but I would like to climb on the suspension bridge. I have been by the formation several times and just viewed its awesomeness...but wow!

I'm from Florida, but driving through west Virginia i was blown away with how beautiful it was, we ended up staying for the weekend very nice place to visit!

I was born and raised on the Allegheny Plateau (Marion Co., WV)in North Central, WV near the confluence of the Tygart, West Fork and Monongahela Rivers. I currently live in the Mid-Ohio Valley (Wirt, Co., WV) along the Little Kanawha River and fairly close to the Ohio River. I've lived in NC, SC, VA, CA, FL, CO and Israel, but there's nowhere quite like WV. No matter where I've lived (or will live in the future), it'll always be home. You don't get these hills out of your soul very easily. Thanks for the positive video about my home state.

Love the vid and am sharing it to FB. Love watching it and saying to myself, " I know exactly where he was standing for that shot!" I live in Ritchie right now but have lived in Tucker and Pendleton, with Pendleton being my favorite county for sheer beauty around every bend, picturesque little agricultural towns and sweet, sweet spring water. Thank you for making a positive vid about my state....I agree with you, I love it that we can't get cell service here!! Oh, and the reason why more people don't come to Pendleton, Hardy, Grant, etc. are the limited places to stay....all those counties have not invested in any good hotels to accommodate tourists. Even across the line into Monterey, VA , one of the most beautiful towns you'll ever see, you have very little place to stay that's comfortable and/or doesn't cost your firstborn. Then there is also the lack of good restaurants in these counties...there are a few hidden gems but mostly not much to choose from.

I live in Kentucky,just 20 minutes from West Virginia line,I love WVa.,it’s as you said just a paradise of beauty.we go up to New River every fall...

One word, roads. People don't come here, especially where you were because of the roads. I love it here and those who know, know that its an amazing place to live, farm, fish, hunt and enjoy life... but heaven help you if you have to choose between a giant pot hole, the edge of the road (which is undoubtedly also a steep drop off) and the FedEx truck. 😅🤣😂 That and most modern ppl want their cell phone and internet at all times. Also, I just got a drone!! So excited to start sharing my wonderful state with the world!

Yes, I am from Franklin, in Pendleton County. It looks so familiar in your video. I lived there for 18 years, now I live in Washington State. I miss Franlikin, and the Germnany Valley!

Love West Virginia. I am from Harrison county, born and raised here.

Hello from the beautiful mountains of hedgesville Wv

"Looks haunted. So, I'm going to walk down here." Hahahaha! Good one!

Glad I found your channel. Great presentation. Can you recommend areas to live where there is shopping, entertainment, etc plus all the beautiful places you shared? Retired and thinking of moving there. The hills and mountains are calling me.

You should visit WV in the fall when the leaves have changed colors...amazing

You’d love Marshall County in the fall it’s beautiful I live here and my husband and I walk the ridge and there is live stock along our walks that follow us along the fences and the way the sun sets over the warm autumn colored his out in our backyard is incredible. I feel blessed to live here. I don’t know how anyone would ever want to live anywhere else!💚

Have you travelled around Warm Springs & Covtington in Virginia the scenery is similar, absolutely gorgeous

Almost Heaven... Indeed it is!

Born there and couldn't wait to get out. Moved to Baltimore, MD and from there, a plethora of counties/towns in MD and a few other states. Can't wait to go home now some 55 plus yrs later

I'm really considering moving to West Virginia. I'm originally from North Alabama and currently in Montana. While Montana has some of the most beautiful places on Earth(Glacier), there's also a lot of dead grass, smokey air, cloudy skies, and burnt trees. West Virginia looks like a good middle ground between the vast, wild Mountain land of Montana and the Lush, vibrant color and vegetation of Alabama.

You need to check out where I live in the South Branch Valley!!! Talk about beautiful! I thank God every day for living here

Talking about the weather, yesterday evening I was walking my dogs across the ridge and over in the valley and on top of the other mountain it was pouring rain. You could see it and hear it coming down.

I live right on the edge of the Mon Forest. We own the farm that was owned by my ancestors from the late 1700s. Right on the Shavers Fork of the Cheat outside of Elkins. You are right, West Virginia is the perfect place to live and grow up. I have been lots of other places but always come back here

I live northeast of where you shot this video. I'm from one of WV's 4 unaffiliated counties. In western MD. Garrett co to be exact. While you were shooting this video I was just finishing up installing all the HVAC system on the new visitor center for Canann Valley the Federal wildlife preserve.

Fayetteville WV here...New River Gorge...nicknamed Grand Canyon of the East...outdoor mecca of the East

Love the video. I"m from the other part of the state, in Huntington. I definitely live on the wrong side of the state when it comes to natural beauty.

Ok you convinced me. I live in Maine but I'll come to visit WV this summer.

Seebert WV is soo beautiful right next to Watoga State park. My favorite place about my state.

And as for the fishing and hunting in WV, fishing they stock the rivers with trout so if you love trout fishing it is the place to be. Of course you still got your bass and other species but most people come for rainbow and golden trout. Hunting is mostly for whitetails, black bear, turkey and a few other seasons throughout the year.

I’m from Southern West Virginia it is a beautiful state

I’m from Southern West Virginia McDowell County love and miss this place

I grew up in that area in the Monaghela National Forest area. I do miss it I take my family back once a year for 3 weeks and we just go sight seeing all the time. Until the pandemic hit

Hi Bill. Watching another video. Love them. We need to join our two States together.

love west virginia born in Fairmont, now disabled, but can get around, began my loveof WV with my father who was a power equipment sales man. once i obtained my drivers license he would let me drive him on his route, which included, towns/ cities most notable experience was walking to the center of the new river gorge bridge and looking straight down on the new river, now without the ability to earn a living i spend as much time as possible traveling the state see a road, turn and explore :) jamey Gross remember the "hole in the wall at seneca

Oh and the capital. The boulevard along the river. Craftsmen homes. Capital grounds.

I was born and partly raised in WVa. We moved to the Mojave desert of California when i was young. That is about as different as you can get in terms of climate.

I traveled through West Virginia on my motorcycle and completely fell in love with the state. I people were absolutely wonderful, friendly and welcoming. I dream of moving there for my retirement home.

I’m from Colorado. I have never lived anywhere else. But for some reason I really wanna move to WV. Just trying to talk to husband into it.

I live in Lost River, WV. A nice small Town .We have a river that runs under ground and comes back up several miles dowstream ,this is where we get our name of our Town, not much excitement goes on but if your looking for a place to come to get away from it all West Virginia is a place to come and it holds lots of beauty.You will not be disapointed.

I was born in Mineral county, WV. Lived n Florida Miami st of my life but love my mountain home & WV heritage

Raleigh county southern West Virginia born and raised…still love it

I originally come from Morgantown WV and I had left there after having my major open heart surgery in July 1986. I was born and raised there in Monongalia County. I love where I come from and that's where my family is. The good Lord's will, My daughter and I plan to visit our family in the fall of 2021. Beautiful country especially in the fall when the leaves show their pigment ( colors ). I recommend this state as a Tourist Attraction . You won't regret it ! Robert Lee Kerns- Columbus GA

I live in Elkins not far from where you were at. No far from there you had the Greenbank radio observatory with one of the largest radio telescopes in the world the Cass Railroad and some of the best skiing at Snowshoe resort

I livedd in Terra Alta WV which is known for the snowiest town in WV you can Google that. Beautiful I enjoyed living there for 13 yrs and then I moved. I enjoyed sightseeing WV for sure.

Check out the gauley river, it's a great white water rafting experience

Cave spluncking is another tourist attraction for the more exstream adventureres . I bought a camp in dunmore by Greenbank and I seen guys with scuba diving gear and oxygen tanks . The Appalachian mountain range is four million years old compared to the Rockies that is realitivly new only around one million years old . Which made more underground caverns some filled with water . The name of the road by my camp is an old Indian name for hollow mountain.

You are so cool!

I love West Virginia and plan on moving there in about a year. Just want to find a piece of property that i can have a small homestead, raise my own animals, grow my own food and have my coffee and some peace and quiet........anyone have any suggestions???

Mom and dad retired in Point Pleasant WV (home of the Mothman) and dad loved it. He left WV when he was taken home in 9/2019 but as a die hard Texan I knew he had been converted in 2016 when he came to Texas and was ready to go home after a couple of weeks. It’s just mom there now (technically my step mom) and last year I grieved not getting to travel there for her birthday. My husbands job ties us to Dallas, but I dream of WV summers, relaxing fall weather and colors, the snowy winters don’t even bother me. My plan is to retire there like they did.

Watching on January 30, 2022. Never been there, but planning a road trip from dirty Jersey later this year. Looking for a more peaceful place to wind it down

West Virginia is my Home ❤️

That last white building is one of the last remaining one-room schoolhouses in Pendleton County. Nice views of Germany Valley! If you visit Franklin, you'll be able to take a walking tour and see 39 historic homes - one of the corner buildings is an old pharmacy and doctor's office! This area is full of history - prehistory, with hundreds of years of permanent Native American settlement around Seneca Rocks, log cabins like Sites Homestead at Seneca Rocks, built as a one-room cabin in 1839. George Washington was tasked by the Virginia governor to establish forts to protect settlers from Indian raids and there are dozens of small forts listed in early land records. During the Revolutionary War, Tories took refuge in the mountains west of Seneca Rocks - there's a sign on 33 that details this. During the Civil War, Pendleton County was divided between those favoring the Union and those supporting the Confederates. For those visitors interested in geology, this whole region typifies karst topography - lots of sinks, caves, underground rivers - for spelunkers, this is a rich area! Geology students from JMU make trips here each semester to learn about the rocks. Hunters can find turkeys, bear, and deer - even bear with a V-shaped spot of cream-colored fur on their chests - that's the native species of WV bear. Several species of trout are found in the streams and rivers here. And if you like rock climbing, several local companies offer instruction before taking students on Seneca Rocks. I love the old barns - some timber-framed. I moved here from Northern Virginia after falling in love with the area - visitors would do well to come with an open mind, try what's here, and listen to the locals. Ask questions - but nothing like, "So how come you don't have cell service?" Leave your home at home and really experience life in WV. Living here is a bit more rustic than a lot of people are willing to take on. We have no Starbucks, no McDonald's, Walmart is 45 minutes away or more, grocery shopping can be 35 minutes away. There is nothing that screams "tourist". Enjoy the waterfalls, the streams, the mountain views, sunsets from Spruce Knob, wildflowers in three seasons, the small country roads. I absolutely love it here!

Born here love it here

Bill, I can be your tour guide. I live in Bridgeport which is centrally located, 2 hours to the mountains, hour and half to Pittsburgh, 3 hours to D.C., and 8 hours to the ocean. There's a lot of places I could show you and even more I have yet to discover. I used to think I wanted to live other places but after this pandemic I have realized that there is no place like West by God Virginia.

Climbed Seneca Rocks, the south summit, many times.

One reason for the lack of cell phone service in the are might be National Radio Quiet Zone that covers the area.

WV Native from Ritchie County🤟

I am retired, so my wife are selling our house in Maryland and moving to WVA in a couple of months…we can’t wait to get there…!!!

Lake Nantahala area to Highlands NC area to Gorgeous State Park is my favorite to adventure, n DEALS GAP 🔥🤙🏼

love living in west virginia

Love the state and especially the area I am from. I also love how quiet it is, yes I want more people to know about this area but I also like the peacefulness of being "alone". From where I live in Grant county you are within a short drive of Smoke Hole Canyon, Dolly sods, Seneca Rocks, Blackwater Falls, Spruce Knob and so many more. Everytime I visit these places there are always a bunch of out of staters visiting but not enough to make things crazy.

I did about 3 days ago when I moved to Virginia

Loved the video tour with the exception of when the music would come blasting in. It forced me to turn the volume way down then back up when Bill would speak so consequently I was turning it up down up down constantly which was annoying.

I volunteer for WVSTA we help maintain the Allegheny Trail, West Virginia's long distance hiking trail. It has a good bit of everything West Virginia has to offer for the ones that really want to get away.

I am so happy to see that you made it back from West Virginia all in one piece… You really need to be careful out there Bigfoot mating season has ended but mama Bigfoot is now sitting on her eggs which makes her extremely volatile and dangerous…Beautiful footage of a beautiful state by the way…

Braxton County is the middle of the state. Ppl from WV will refer to areas south of this as "The Mountains."