Paddling near Morgantown, WV

Morgantown sits in Monongalia County at the meeting of the Monongahela and Cheat River systems, giving paddlers both calm pools and serious whitewater within a short drive. The lock-and-dam pools of the Upper Mon run right through downtown, while the free-flowing Cheat River — one of the longest undammed watersheds in the eastern US — delivers everything from family floats on the Upper Cheat Water Trail to the Class IV–V Cheat Canyon.