West Virginia Route 28 is a north–south route through the

Potomac Highlands The Potomac Highlands of West Virginia (or just the Potomac Highlands) () centers on five West Virginian counties (Grant, Hampshire, Hardy, Mineral, and Pendleton) in the upper Potomac River watershed in the western portion of the state's Eastern ...

of the

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. The southern terminus of the route is at

West Virginia Route 39 West Virginia Route 39 is an east–west state highway in West Virginia. The western terminus of the route is at U.S. Route 60 and West Virginia Route 16 in Gauley Bridge. The eastern terminus is at the Virginia Virginia, officially the ...

in Huntersville. The northern terminus is at the

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state line in Wiley Ford, where the route continues into Cumberland as

Canal Parkway Canal Parkway, which carries the unsigned Maryland Route 61 (MD 61) designation, is a state highway and automobile parkway in the U.S. state of Maryland. The road begins at the West Virginia state line at the North Branch Potomac River oppos ...

upon crossing the

North Branch Potomac River The North Branch Potomac River flows from Fairfax Stone in West Virginia to its confluence with the South Branch Potomac River near Green Spring, West Virginia, where it turns into the Potomac River proper. Course From the Fairfax Stone, th ...

Attractions

* National Radio Astronomy Observatory *

Seneca Rocks Seneca Rocks is a large crag and local landmark in Pendleton County in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia, United States. The south peak is one of a small number of peaks inaccessible except by technical rock climbing techniques on the East ...

National Recreation Area *

Fort Ashby Fort Ashby is a historic stockade fort located in Fort Ashby, West Virginia, US. A military installation constructed during the French and Indian War, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Origin On October 26, 1755, Colone ...

Greater Cumberland Regional Airport Greater Cumberland Regional Airport is a public airport in the town of Wiley Ford in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States. It is two miles (3 km) south of Cumberland (population 21,518) in Allegany County, Maryland. Although the ...

*Mineral County Fair *

North Fork Mountain North Fork Mountain is a quartzite-capped mountain ridge in the Ridge and Valley physiographic province of the Allegheny Mountains (or "High Alleghenies" or "Potomac Highlands") of eastern West Virginia. Kile Knob, at 4,588 feet (1,398 m), is th ...

Historic sites

* Old Pine Church, Purgitsville *

Sloan–Parker House The Sloan–Parker House, also known as the Stone House, Parker Family Residence, or Richard Sloan House, is a late-18th-century stone residence near Junction, Hampshire County, in the U.S. state of West Virginia. It was built on land vacate ...

, Junction * The Burg, Mechanicsburg *

Indian Mound Cemetery Indian Mound Cemetery is a cemetery located along the Northwestern Turnpike ( U.S. Route 50) on a promontory of the "Yellow Banks" overlooking the South Branch Potomac River and Mill Creek Mountain in Romney, West Virginia, United States. The ce ...

, Romney * Davis History House, Romney * Literary Hall, Romney *

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, Romney * Wappocomo farm & Train Station, Romney * Fort Forman site, Vance * The Rocks, Wappocomo *

Hanging Rocks Hanging Rocks are perpendicular cliffs rising nearly above the South Branch Potomac River in Hampshire County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Hanging Rocks are located four miles (6 km) north of Romney at Wappocomo on West Virgini ...

, Wappocomo * Shouse-Martin House, Springfield *

, Fort Ashby *

Fort Sellers Fort Sellers was a small stockade on the east side of Pattersons Creek at the confluence with the Potomac River, in Franklin District, in present-day Mineral County, West Virginia Mineral County is a county in the U.S. state of West Virginia. I ...

, near Short Gap

Major intersections

WV 28 Alternate

West Virginia Route 28 Alternate is a north–south

alternate route An official alternate route is a special route in the United States that provides an alternate alignment for a highway. They are loop roads and found in many road systems in the United States including the U.S. Highway system and various state a ...

of West Virginia Route 28 around Wiley Ford in northern

. The southern terminus of the route is at WV 28 in Wiley Ford. The northern terminus is at the

state line in Ridgeley, where the road continues into Cumberland as MD 942 (Bridge Street) after crossing the

. The road passes by Fort Ohio in Ridgeley.

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