Staunton Va to Elkins WV
Any suggestions? DP with a Toad. Looks like every road is 2 lane and crooked as a snake.
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There is only one way that makes any sense at all to go from Staunton, VA to Elkins, WV: US 250. Yes, it is two lanes. Yes it goes through the mountains, but short of hiring a helicopter, or teleporting, there is no alternative that makes any sense.
I have taken that route many times over the years, even dragging a travel trailer. It's not bad at all. It does indeed go up and down and even around. But it is a major highway and not at all painful. And while there are both coal trucks and fracking rigs on the road, the fact they ARE on the road should reassure you that big rigs can indeed traverse it.
Sure, you COULD go via US 33, which is both out of the way, but worse with regard to up and down and around. You could also take I-81 to Hagerstown, I-68 to Morgantown, I-79 south to Weston, WV, and then US 33 BACK east to Elkins. Besides adding around 300 miles to the trip, that route, too, is up and down and around, even on the interstates.
I have taken that route many times over the years, even dragging a travel trailer. It's not bad at all. It does indeed go up and down and even around. But it is a major highway and not at all painful. And while there are both coal trucks and fracking rigs on the road, the fact they ARE on the road should reassure you that big rigs can indeed traverse it.
Sure, you COULD go via US 33, which is both out of the way, but worse with regard to up and down and around. You could also take I-81 to Hagerstown, I-68 to Morgantown, I-79 south to Weston, WV, and then US 33 BACK east to Elkins. Besides adding around 300 miles to the trip, that route, too, is up and down and around, even on the interstates.
