page_title: Barbours Creek Wilderness Addition
section_title: Location and access
hierarchical_section_title: Barbours Creek Wilderness Addition / Location and access
caption_attribution_description: English: Boundary of the Barbours Creek addition as identified by the Wilderness Society
context_page_description: Barbours Creek Wilderness Addition, a wildland in the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests of western Virginia, has been recognized by the Wilderness Society as a special place worthy of protection from logging and road construction. The Wilderness Society has designated the area as a “Mountain Treasure”.
  Next to the Barbours Creek Wilderness, the area extends the wilderness opportunity to an upland oak forest managed mainly for bear. There is a good walk along Potts Mountain.
  The area is part of the Barbours Creek-Shawvers Run Cluster.
context_section_description: The area is located in the Appalachian Mountains of Southwestern Virginia, about 18 miles southwest of Covington, Virginia.  Barbours Creek is on the south, Va 617 on the northwest, Va 621  on the northeast, and the James River Ranger District of the George Washington National Forest on  the north and east.
  There are no designated trails in the area.  A 1.1 mile section of an unimproved road, FDR 5036, the                  Potts Creek Jeep Road, is on the western edge of the area. A parking lot for access to the area is located at the intersection of Va 617 and Potts Creek Road.
  The boundary of the wildland, as determined by the Wilderness Society, is shown in the adjacent map.   The outline on the map includes two areas: the Barbours Creek Wilderness Addition on the southeast; and the Toms Thumb wild area in the James River Ranger District on the west.  
  Additional roads and trails are given on National Geographic Maps 788 (Covington, Alleghany Highlands).  A great variety of information, including topographic maps, aerial views, satellite data and weather information, is obtained by selecting the link with the wild land's coordinates  in the upper right of this page.
  Beyond maintained trails, old logging roads can be used to explore the area.  The Appalachian Mountains were extensively timbered in the early twentieth century leaving logging roads that are  becoming overgrown but still passable. Old logging roads and railroad grades can be located by consulting the historical topographic maps available from the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The Barbours Creek Wilderness Addition wildarea is covered by USGS topographic map Jordan Mines.
caption: Boundary of the Barbours Creek addition as identified by the Wilderness Society
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