My drive took me east to Oneida, then south to the Helenwood/Huntsville visitor center, which I drove past but quickly backtracked to. Then it was south to Rugby, which is out at the tail end of the park - a historic Victorian village, run by a nonprofit association which has provided the use of one of the buildings for an NPS visitor center. I stopped at the Rugby visitor center first, and got directions to the NPS building.
Now I headed even further south - to Wartburg, to the visitor center for Obed National Wild & Scenic River, which is a smaller NPS unit that is under the same administration as Big South Fork. I talked with the ranger there for a while, and then headed out. I was driving west through Obed, and stopped at a picnic area for lunch. It was down by the river, and a very pretty and quiet spot.
My final stop was the Crossville visitor center, to the west. I had trouble looking that up online because Google Maps does not acknowledge the existence of the street it is on... However, it still showed up on the satellite view! I found it and was triumphant.
At this point it was late in the afternoon, so I only stayed a few minutes before heading out. Now it was just a long drive north to Jamestown, and then north and east to get back to the Bandy Creek visitor center. It was a long drive, especially in that tiny Prius - my knee was sore from being wedged in there for so long! But it was a beautiful drive, with perfect weather, and now I know how to get to all the visitor centers for Big South Fork NRRA if I ever need to again!
Although I will check the map before I set out.
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