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Bluestone State Park is a state park in Summers County, West Virginia. The 2,154-acre (872 ha) [ 3 ] park is located along the western shore of Bluestone Lake , an impoundment of the New River built and managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers .
Due to its large size, Bluestone Lake provides many recreational opportunities including boating and fishing. [1] The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources operates Bluestone State Park and Bluestone Wildlife Management Area, each encompassing portions of the lake. [7] Camping and other activities are available in these facilities. [1]
[6] [7] It joins the New River about 4 mi (6.4 km) south of Hinton as part of Bluestone Lake, [1] which is formed by a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers dam on the New. The Bluestone's National Scenic River segment is located mostly in Summers County, as is Pipestem Resort State Park, which lies along a gorge formed by the river. [7] [8]
Babcock State Park located along the New River Gorge. There are 37 state parks in the U.S. state of West Virginia as of 2017. [a] The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) Parks and Recreation Section is the governing body for all 37 state parks and directly operates all but one of them.
The Bluestone National Scenic River protects a 10.5-mile (16.9 km) section of the Bluestone River in Summers and Mercer counties of southern West Virginia.It was created 26 October 1988 under the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act and is protected by the National Park Service.
The section of the lake from just upstream of the Bluestone River to Bluestone Dam is in Bluestone State Park; the rest of the lake in West Virginia basin comprises Bluestone WMA. [6] All together, the WMA comprises 18,019 acres (72.92 km 2 ) of land and water.
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