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This list of botanical gardens and arboretums in West Virginia is intended to include all significant botanical gardens and arboretums in the U.S. state of West Virginia [1] [2] [3] Name Image
The reservoir basin was drained in 1980 and is now grown over with plants. The garden was founded in 1983 by George Longenecker, a professor at West Virginia University, and a group of volunteers. The city leased the site for the garden in 1999, and the garden has since been maintained by volunteer work. [3]
Oil & Gas Museum: Parkersburg: Wood: Mid-Ohio Valley: Industry: Oil and gas industry in West Virginia and Ohio Old Hemlock: Brandonville: Preston: Mountaineer Country: Historic house: 1782 log house and nature preserve, open for events and by appointment Old Mill at Harman: Harman: Randolph: Potomac Highlands: Mill: Working grist mill
Arundel Park is a 134-hectare (330-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest north of Arundel in West Sussex. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] This old deer park on the chalk of the South Downs has an ancient artificial lake, Swanbourne Lake.
View south along WV 61 at WV 16 just southeast of Mount Hope. West Virginia Route 61 is a north–south state highway in central and southern West Virginia. The southern terminus of the route is at West Virginia Route 41 in Piney View. The northern terminus is at U.S. Route 60 (Patrick Street Bridge) in Charleston.
From 1876 to 1890, the town was called Coal Valley Post Office. The name then changed to Montgomery's Landing, then to Coal Valley. In 1890 it was again renamed, as Cannelton. It was incorporated on April 1, 1891, and the name Montgomery was settled upon; it was named for James C. Montgomery, [5] one of the city's first settlers. The land was ...
The Appalachian Trail extends for 330 miles (530 km) from the southern end of Shenandoah National Park through the forest and along the Blue Ridge Parkway. The forest is within a two-hour drive for over ten million people and thus receives large numbers of visitors, especially in the region closest to Shenandoah National Park.
Heritage Farm Museum and Village is an open-air living history museum in Huntington, West Virginia that focuses on Appalachian history and culture.Originally conceived as a location to house and display the private collection of A. Michael "Mike" and Henriella Perry, Heritage Farm has expanded into an entire Appalachian Frontier Village that was recently [when?] named West Virginia's first ...