47 state parks and historic sites in West Virginia
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- Audra State ParkSixty-odd campsites strung along the Middle Fork River in heavily wooded Barbour County, with the river…
- Babcock State Park4,127 acres above the New River Gorge, built around the Glade Creek Grist Mill — a working replica assembled…
- Beartown State ParkA 110-acre natural area on the eastern summit of Droop Mountain, where a boardwalk threads unique rocky…
- Beech Fork State Park275 campsites, 99 of them lakefront, spread across four camping areas beside the water. Cabins, 14 miles of…
- Berkeley Springs State ParkThe mineral spa at the centre of the town it is named for, where the spring runs at a constant 74.3 degrees…
- Blackwater Falls State ParkThe Blackwater River drops in a single 57-foot cascade, its water tinted amber by the tannic acid of fallen…
- Blennerhassett Island Historical State ParkAn island in the Ohio River reached by sternwheeler, with a reconstructed Palladian mansion at its centre and…
- Bluestone State ParkLakeside ground at the confluence of the Bluestone and New rivers, just above the dam that made the…
- Cabwaylingo State Forest8,296 forested acres in the southern hills, named by splicing together the four counties around it — Cabell…
- Cacapon Resort State ParkA 6,000-plus-acre resort park under a folded mountain ridge in the Eastern Panhandle, open year-round. A…
- Calvin Price State Forest9,000-plus acres of mixed hardwood and pine in Pocahontas and Greenbrier counties, kept undeveloped. Named…
- Camp Creek State Park and ForestNearly 6,000 acres of park and forest with waterfalls, 35 miles of trail and seven miles of seasonally…
- Canaan Valley Resort State ParkA four-season resort park on a high Allegheny plateau — golf and hiking in summer, downhill and cross-country…
- Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park156 acres on the rim of the Gauley River Canyon, preserving the ground of an 1861 Civil War battle. A…
- Cass Scenic Railroad State ParkA company logging town preserved whole, with Shay locomotives still climbing to Bald Knob on the original…
- Cathedral State ParkWest Virginia's largest old-growth forest and one of the biggest stands of virgin hemlock left in the state…
- Cedar Creek State Park2,588 wooded acres of rolling hills near Glenville, with 75 campsites, a bathhouse and a park store. Fourteen…
- Chief Logan State ParkA park at the trailheads of the Hatfield-McCoy Trail System, which makes it the natural overnight after a…
- Coopers Rock State ForestCanyon overlooks less than 15 miles from Morgantown, with sandstone cliffs for climbing and bouldering and…
- Droop Mountain Battlefield State ParkA Civil War battle site in the Greenbrier River valley north of Lewisburg, on the Civil War Discovery Trail…
- Elk River TrailSeventy-three miles of former railbed from Clendenin to Gassaway, running the Elk River across Braxton, Clay…
- Fairfax Stone State ParkFour acres around a boundary stone set in the 1700s to settle a land dispute between the English colonies of…
- Greenbrier River TrailSeventy-eight miles of former railroad from Caldwell north, crossing 35 bridges and two tunnels — the longest…
- Greenbrier State ForestMore than 5,100 acres of secluded forest in the southeast, with cabins, a campground and a swimming pool…
- Hawks Nest State Park270 acres on the rim above the New River Gorge, with an aerial tramway down to the water and jetboat rides…
- Holly River State Park8,101 acres in a narrow valley ringed by mountains over 2,800 feet — the state's second-largest park. Known…
- Kanawha State Forest9,300 acres seven miles from Charleston, with more than 60 miles of hiking and biking trail. Naturalists come…
- Kumbrabow State ForestWest Virginia's highest state forest, 9,474 acres on top of Rich Mountain more than 3,000 feet above sea…
- Little Beaver State Park562 acres around an 18-acre lake where anglers may fish year-round, with nearly 20 miles of trail to explore…
- Lost River State Park3,934 quiet acres of Hardy County mountain woodland in the Eastern Panhandle, built around cabins rather than…
- Moncove Lake State ParkA 250-acre park beside a 500-acre wildlife management area on the southeastern edge of the state, with a lake…
- North Bend Rail TrailSeventy-two miles across north-central West Virginia, over 36 bridges and through 10 tunnels — including a…
- North Bend State ParkNamed for the horseshoe curve of the North Fork of the Hughes River, this year-round park in the Mid-Ohio…
- Panther State ForestWest Virginia's southernmost state forest, 11,389 rugged acres on the Kentucky border. Hiking, swimming and…
- Pinnacle Rock State ParkA 3,100-foot sandstone fin standing over U.S. Route 52 near Bramwell, and the reason the park exists. Below…
- Pipestem Resort State ParkA full resort on the east rim of the Bluestone River Gorge — two lodges, cabins, 82 campsites, championship…
- Prickett’s Fort State ParkA reconstruction of Prickett's Fort, five miles north of Fairmont, which served as a place of refuge in…
- Seneca State ForestThe oldest and largest of West Virginia's state forests, 12,884 acres in rugged Pocahontas County along the…
- Stonewall Resort State Park1,900 acres three miles off I-79 on Stonewall Jackson Lake, whose shoreline runs 82 miles. A lodge, cottages…
- Summersville Lake State ParkWest Virginia's newest state park and its first in more than 30 years: 177 acres on the northern shore of the…
- Tomlinson Run State Park1,398 acres at the top of the Northern Panhandle along the Ohio River, divided in two: a wilderness area on…
- Tu-Endie-Wei State ParkThe point where the Kanawha meets the Ohio at Point Pleasant, marked by an 84-foot granite monument to the…
- Twin Falls Resort State ParkA resort park on a high wooded ridge in Wyoming County, with over 25 miles of hiking and biking trail, an…
- Tygart Lake State ParkA quiet lakeside park in the Allegheny foothills of north-central West Virginia, with a lodge and cabins…
- Valley Falls State ParkFour waterfalls in a row on the dark, fast Tygart Valley River, across 1,145 acres that were once a lumber…
- Watoga State ParkWest Virginia's largest state park at 10,100 acres, deep in the mountains of Pocahontas County. Cabins, two…
- Watters Smith Memorial State Park532 acres in Harrison County preserving the homestead of the pioneer Watters Smith, restored with log cabins…
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