Gravel and dirt carry you along the Greenbrier under the ridges, the river close on one side and hardwood on the other. Cyclists and horses share that bed, and the old railroad keeps crossing back over the water on another bridge. From Lewisburg you sleep at the Caldwell end and ride out through the valley in the morning.
The bed crosses 35 bridges as it works up the valley. West Virginia State Parks calls the Greenbrier River Trail the longest of its kind in the state. White Sulphur Springs is the town east of Lewisburg on that same floor, still on the river, still under the ridges.
You ride out and back from the south end with the van still at Caldwell. Horses get room when you meet them. The river stays with you, a railroad grade between forested ridgelines, shade and then a pocket of light and then shade again.
Greenbrier State Forest in Caldwell is the first night, a small campground in the trees that takes tents and trailers and has electrical hookups, with a bathhouse and a 14-day maximum stay. Spring through fall is the season, weather permitting. If you need more sleeping space than a campervan, look at RV rentals in Lewisburg.
A vertical shaft at Lost World Caverns drops into a chamber with flowstone the size of a room, and you walk the loop yourself. It is the in-town day when you want a few hours off the trail.
Watoga State Park
Watoga is second-growth hardwood, the river a few steps from the pad and Thorny Mountain's fire tower on the skyline. Beaver Creek and Riverside are the two campgrounds, both with electric hookups. The Greenbrier River Trail runs through the park, so the morning ride still starts at camp.
This is the upriver weekend when you want more river in front of the van, and it is the overflow night when the state forest is full. Marlinton is the town north of the park, the Pocahontas County seat on this same river. Closer to Lewisburg, Blue Bend Recreation Area is a swimming hole on Anthony Creek ringed by rhododendron, off State Route 16 near Alvon, with a CCC trail shelter on the loop and electric hookups on some sites.
Cranberry Glades and the Cranberry Wilderness
The Cranberry Glades boardwalk runs a half-mile through two bogs, cranberry shrubs and carnivorous plants at eye level, red spruce around the edge. Give the boardwalk the morning. Next to the glades, the Cranberry Wilderness is the longer hike, maintained trail leaving from the campground trailhead, a walk in and a walk out with the van left at camp.
Cranberry Campground is on the Cranberry River with no RV hookups. Forest Road 76 has a construction detour as of September 2026.
Snowshoe's ski village stands on the high plateau, and in winter that is the day from Lewisburg. The resort operates an on-mountain campground with RV hookups and tent sites, so a van can stay there in summer too.
The mill at Babcock and the New River Gorge overlooks belong to the rest of West Virginia. Keep going into Virginia with a Roanoke campervan or a wider Virginia loop.