Contributor III
Truck traveling West Virginia
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WV has great backroads and Sceinic highways ️ for my Adventures!
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Just out of pure luck with timing, I happened to be passing through NRG only a week or so after they became a National Park.
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Influencer I
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Next to Seneca rock is Seneca creek a very nice native trout stream.
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Are you referring to Smoke Hole Canyon? That used to be a friend’s favorite area. He was furious when the road back to the campground got paved. Said that would attract all the city slickers.. lol
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Picture of Seneca Rocks is above. ^^^ Smoke hole is several miles to the NE.
There is a big campground about 2 miles down from the rocks. Seneca Campground run by the Park Service. Water, electric. Nice campground. Need a cell phone booster. Zero bars. LOL
Zim
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A cell booster won't help you. As best as I can recall Seneca is within the National Radio Quiet Zone. You can't boost what isn't there.
We're actually headed there this weekend to camp, and I can't wait to be unreachable!
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Holy crap. We had a WeBoost and it did work for a day then dropped. Honestly. We did not make calls or text but I did watch some news. I used it in conjunction with my hot spot.A cell booster won't help you. As best as I can recall Seneca is within the National Radio Quiet Zone. You can't boost what isn't there.
Thanks for that. Did not know. I've been coming to Seneca since 1969. We climbed Thias in 72, one of the longest routes there.
Zim
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Surprised you got anything, but that, likely, explains the intermittent issue. It’s, certainly, an incredible space. I didn’t live in the area at the time, but a buddy of mine that used to climb there decades ago would tell stories of jets doing training runs through the valley. That would be amazing to watch!Holy crap. We had a WeBoost and it did work for a day then dropped. Honestly. We did not make calls or text but I did watch some news. I used it in conjunction with my hot spot.A cell booster won't help you. As best as I can recall Seneca is within the National Radio Quiet Zone. You can't boost what isn't there.
Thanks for that. Did not know. I've been coming to Seneca since 1969. We climbed Thias in 72, one of the longest routes there.
Zim
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All I remember is in 69 we rolled into the little campground at the base of the rocks around midnight. We opened the car door and the smell of pot drifted through the woods with the soft music of Joni Mitchell echoing in the background. LMAO. It was the hippy days for sure.
The brief connection may have been a "shift Change" at the secret shack. LOL
Zim
Seneca was used by the Mountain Troops to train for WWII. We've found very old pitons hammered into the cracks.
