📜 Isolated cemetery on Red Ash Island, West Virginia.
🔍 Final resting place for coal miners and smallpox victims.

Why Go

⛏️ Learn about dangerous mining life
🚶 Explore remains of abandoned coal towns
🌳 Enjoy a scenic two-mile hike

Why Avoid

⚠️ Inaccessible during wet weather and high water
⛰️ Requires navigating a massive boulder field
💧 Trail includes swampy areas

Tips

🅿️ Park at Brooklyn-Southside Junction trailhead (1-hour hike to island)
👟 Wear appropriate footwear for rocky, swampy terrain
🗺️ Look for a small stream on the left to cross, as it widens further down the trail