Dolly Sods Wilderness

The Dolly Sods Wilderness is a location in the Mire region of Appalachia.

Background
Named after Johann Dahle, a German settler who settled near the area in the 19th century, following his service as a Hessian soldier alongside the British, and the "sods," open fields on mountainsides used for grazing and logging. Leveraging the unique tree composition of the remote wilderness, the trees were felled until wholesale desertification of the region took place. The region was later used by the Army as a maneuver area for practicing artillery and mortar operations, as well as combat maneuvers. It wasn't until the end of World War II that major conservation efforts were undertaken.

By 2077, these conservation efforts had lasted well over a century and returned large parts of the area to its original splendor. Dolly Sods became a major attraction for tourists and hikers, leading to the expansion of infrastructure by the United States Forest Service to accommodate them, utilizing careful expansion with policies, citations, and general attitudes to keep and preserve the wilderness and pristine nature of the park.

Layout
The Dolly Sods Wilderness is one of three marked locations that make up the general Dolly Sods area. The other two locations are the Dolly Sods lookout to the northwest, and the Dolly Sods Campground to the south. The location contains two buildings which are connected by a dirt path - a large entrance building and the ranger station to the west, beside the lookout tower.

A yao guai often guards the front of the entrance building. Once it is dealt with, the first area after entering the front door is a large reception area, to which all the other rooms in the building are connected. To the right of reception is a large gift store with some remnants of its pre-War merchandise still intact, including toys and crockery. To the left of reception is a large sitting area with a dining table and a grand piano. The magazine rack in this room sometimes holds a potential magazine.

There are also two storage areas in this building. One contains filing cabinets with generic loot and the other contains rifles and ammo behind a locked door (Picklock 2). Behind the main building are several outhouses, one of which contains the body of a dead Vault 94 dweller.

Sections

 * Dolly Sods Campground
 * Dolly Sods lookout
 * Dolly Sods Wilderness ranger station

Notable loot

 * One potential Vault-Tec bobblehead - In the shop, under the counter beneath the cash register.
 * One potential magazine - In the camp office building, in the room with the grand piano, on the magazine rack by the deep red sofa.
 * Power armor chassis with T-series armor pieces - From the back porch of the easternmost cabin to the southeast. There is a pickup truck immediately beside the porch and a stump a short distance away. Southeast of the stump and past the firepit, the armor will be down the hill, partially hidden in the grass.

Appearances
The Dolly Sods Wilderness appears only in Fallout 76.

Behind the scenes
The Dolly Sods Wilderness is based on the real world location of Dolly Sods Wilderness in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia.