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Pipestem Resort State Park is a 4,050-acre (1,640 ha) [1] state park located in southern West Virginia, on the border between Mercer and Summers counties. The park was built with grants provided by the Area Redevelopment Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce under the administration of President John F. Kennedy. [3]
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.
At the downstream end, guests can enter through Bluestone State Park. At the upstream end, visitors can ride the seasonal aerial tram at Pipestem Resort State Park to reach the bottom of the gorge. A hiking trail, the Bluestone Turnpike Trail, runs the length of the National Scenic River at the bottom of Bluestone Gorge. [ 4 ]
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 ] Pollution
Summersville Lake State Park spans 177 acres (72 ha) of forested hills along the northern shore of Summersville Lake, a reservoir on the Gauley River. [1] [2] As the largest lake in West Virginia, Summersville Lake covers 2,790 acres (1,130 ha) with over 60 miles (97 km) of shoreline at the summer pool water level.
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. The park and lake are named after the Bluestone River, that flows into the New River at the park.
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For marketing purposes, the resort is referred to as Stonewall Resort and Stonewall Resort State Park despite the legal name of the park still being Stonewall Jackson Lake State Park. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] The resort is located in Lewis County, West Virginia , about 10 miles (16 km) south of Weston and about three miles (5 km) off the Roanoke Exit (Exit ...