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Website. wvstateparks.com /park /coopers-rock-state-forest /. Coopers Rock State Forest is a 12,747-acre (52 km 2) [1] state forest in Monongalia and Preston counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Its southern edge abuts Cheat Lake and the canyon section of Cheat River, a popular whitewater rafting river in the eastern United States.
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
White Park (Concord, New Hampshire), a public park in Concord, New Hampshire, US; White Park, a public park in Morgantown, West Virginia, US; Cattle. White Park cattle, also known as Ancient White Park, White Forest, White Horned, Wild White, and "the Park" American White Park, a different breed of cattle; British White cattle, another breed ...
Jim Bissett, The Dominion Post, Morgantown, W.Va. July 4, 2024 at 7:18 AM. ... It was a mostly sunny day on July 4, 1929, when Droop Mountain became the first state park in West Virginia.
Nov. 13—MORGANTOWN — Construction on some, if not all, of the new White Park trail and bridge will not begin until spring of 2024. Morgantown Staff Engineer Drew Gatlin explained as much ...
74002404 [3] Added to NRHP. February 13, 1974. Prickett's Fort State Park is a 188-acre (76.1 ha) West Virginia state park north of Fairmont, near the confluence of Prickett's Creek and the Monongahela River. The park features a reconstructed refuge fort and commemorates life on the Virginia frontier during the late 18th century.
The national recreation area protects three prominent West Virginia landmarks: Spruce Knob, the highest point in West Virginia (and the highest of the Allegheny Mountains) with a summit elevation of 4,863 feet (1482 m). Seneca Rocks, a 900-foot (270 m) high quartzite crag popular with rock climbers. Smoke Hole Canyon, a canyon along the South ...
Dorsey Knob is a mountain summit located off U.S. Route 119 at the southern edge of Morgantown in Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States. Dorsey Knob is contained within a park spanning 71 acres (29 ha) that features the mountain's landmark Sky Rock (also referred to as Dorsey Knob). The top of Sky Rock is at an altitude of 1,398 feet ...