Eastern Panhandle - West Virginia Explorer
WEBThe Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia includes eight of the easternmost counties in West Virginia — Grant, Hardy, Morgan, Hampshire, Mineral, Berkeley, Jefferson, and Pendleton counties in eastern West Virginia. It spans a landscape of broad valleys drained by the Potomac River and its branches, including the Cacapon, and Shenandoah rivers.
Summersville Lake - West Virginia Explorer
WEBSummersville Lake is a 2,700-acre reservoir and the largest lake in West Virginia. More than 60 miles of shoreline at the summer-pool water level help attracts thousands of boaters and anglers as well as rock climbers who scale high cliffs along much of its upper pool. The lake, with a maximum depth is 327 feet, is formed by a rock-fill dam ...
Train Tours / Railroads - West Virginia Explorer
WEB315 Railroad Avenue. Elkins, WV 26241. 304-636-9477. Mountain Rail Adventures offers a variety of scenic day and overnight excursions. Its trains leave from historic depots at Cass, Cheat, Durbin, and Elkins. Potomac Eagle. 149 Eagle Drive. Romney, WV …
Pedal-train excursion leads tourists into remote central W.Va.
WEBAug 9, 2018 · A new pedal-train excursion that leads tourists along a glittering trout stream and deep into the mountains of central West Virginia has attracted more than 1,200 guests from 20 states in the last 30 days, according to spokesmen for the venue. "Most of what we're seeing so far is from word-of-mouth or from Facebook," conductor Bruce Gill said ...
Website launches interactive map of W.Va. ghost stories
WEBSep 11, 2021 · Ghost hunters who are exploring West Virginia will have an easier time sharing and investigating experiences thanks to a new interactive map of hauntings being published by WVGhosts.com. Available at haunts.WVGhosts.com, the map locates the sites of more than 200 reported encounters with ghosts …
Ted Fauster: Meet the top five monsters from the West Virginia hills
WEBJan 13, 2022 · No. 5: The Grafton Monster. The Grafton Monster may still wander lonely among the hills of lower Tygart Valley. (Illustration by Ted Fauster) Formerly a railroad boomtown, Grafton, West Virginia, today seems somewhat an anomaly -- a village of big-city architecture locked in a territory of small farms and dense woodlands.
Marlinton, West Virginia - West Virginia Explorer
WEBRoadkill Cookoff at Marlinton, WV. Marlinton, West Virginia (WV), the county seat of Pocahontas County, was settled in 1749 by Stephen Sewell and Jacob Marlin, the first Europeans known to have settled in the valley of the Greenbrier River.. The name Marlinton is often pronounced colloquially as if spelled "Marlington." An oak in Marlinton above the mouth of Knapp Creek once marked the corner ...
Monongahela National Forest - West Virginia Explorer
WEBThe Monongahela National Forest protect more than 921,000 acres in eastern West Virginia (WV), including vast areas near the cities of Davis, Elkins, Parsons, Marlinton, Webster Springs, Richwood and White Sulphur Springs. Much of the range of the Allegheny Mountains in West Virginia is located within the forest. Many of the highest summits in ...
Beckley, West Virginia - West Virginia Explorer
WEBBeckley, WV (West Virginia), in Raleigh County, ranked eighth among the largest cities in West Virginia in 2010 with a population of more than 17,000 residents. Named for Alfred Beckley, who settled near the site in 1838, Beckley has traditionally been a lodging and overland transportation hub. Hotels in the Beckley, WV, area fill to capacity ...
Cass Scenic Railroad State Park - West Virginia Explorer
WEBAutumn at Cass, WV. Ascend by steam train from the historic village of Cass, on the Greenbrier River, to the second-highest peak in West Virginia at Cass Scenic Railroad State Park. Authentic coal-fired locomotives carry passengers on two- and 4.5-hour narrated excursions through the highlands and the history of timbering.
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