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Beartown State Park is a 110-acre (45 ha) [1] state park located on the eastern summit of Droop Mountain, 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Hillsboro, West Virginia, in northern Greenbrier County, West Virginia (with a small portion of the park also located in Pocahontas County).
West Virginia contains a network of eight state forests that help to protect over 70,000 acres (28,000 ha) of wooded lands in the state. Most of the forests are managed by the West Virginia Division of Forestry, although Kanawha State Forest is managed as a state park by the Division of Natural Resources.
Initially developed as a state forest in 1926. One of West Virginia's first CCC camps was established here in 1933. The largest of West Virginia's state parks, it contains the 11-acre (4 ha) Watoga Lake. A historic district containing the park's 103 CCC resources is listed on the NRHP. [124] [196] [198] [199] Watters Smith Memorial
The largest of West Virginia's state parks, it covers slightly over 10,100 acres (41 km 2). [2] Nearby parks include the Greenbrier River Trail, which is adjacent to the park, Beartown State Park, and Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park. Also immediately adjacent to the park is the 9,482-acre Calvin Price State Forest. It is one of the ...
Beartown State Forest is a publicly owned forest with recreational features located in the towns of Great Barrington, Monterey, Lee, and Tyringham, Massachusetts. [2] The state forest 's more than 10,000 acres (4,000 ha) include 198 acres (80 ha) of recreational parkland. [ 2 ]
Beartown State Forest, a forest located in the towns of Great Barrington, Monterey, Lee, and Tyringham, Massachusetts, in the United States; Beartown State Park, a state park located in Droop Mountain, in northern Greenbrier County, West Virginia, in the United States
Forest Road 222 passes along the southern boundary. [3] Bear Hollow Road, VA 631, extends from Forest Road 222 for 1.7 miles. At this point the road is gated, but hikers can continue on the Roaring Fork Trail, Forest Trail 6504, for 2.3 miles crossing Beartown Wilderness Addition B into the Beartown Wilderness to reach Roaring Fork. [4] [3]
Beartown Wilderness is a U.S. wilderness area in the Eastern Divide Ranger District of the George Washington and Jefferson National Forests. The Wilderness consists of 5,613 acres (22.72 km 2 ) of land with elevations ranging from 2,400 to 4,800 feet (730 to 1,460 m). [ 2 ]