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Valley Falls State Park is a 1,145 acre (4.63 km²) day use facility sited along both banks of the Tygart Valley River. The park is located about 7 miles (11 km) south of exit 137 of I-79, near Fairmont, West Virginia. The park's main feature is a half-mile long set of cascades — the "Valley Falls" — that separate Marion and Taylor County ...
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
Category: Waterfalls of West Virginia. 5 languages. ... Valley Falls State Park This page was last edited on 2 December 2023, at 13:11 (UTC). ...
Hikers can view 29 waterfalls in West Virginia along the nation's first statewide waterfall trail in the youngest national park, New River Gorge.
WV 58 west (Virginia Avenue) to I-79: WV 131 north (Benedum Drive) – Airport: WV 76 east – Flemington: WV 279 west to I-79: Taylor US 250 north – Fairmont: west end of US 250 overlap: Pruntytown: US 250 south – Elkins: east end of US 250 overlap: Grafton: WV 310 north – Valley Falls State Park: US 119: Preston WV 92 north ...
Since 1994, almost 70% of the Valley has become the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge, the nation's 500th National Wildlife Refuge, [1] with Canaan Valley Resort State Park and Blackwater Falls State Park nearby. Canaan Valley was designated a National Natural Landmark in 1974. [2]
Canaan Valley Resort State Park is also nearing completion on $2.65 million in upgrades to its facilities. The combined $9.5 million in projects bring much-needed improvements to Blackwater Falls ...
The entire course and drainage area of the Blackwater lie within Tucker County. [6] It rises on Canaan Mountain at an elevation of 3,594 feet (1,095 m) [1] and initially meanders north-northeastwardly through the wetlands of Canaan Valley, passing through the Canaan Valley Resort State Park and the Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge, [6] and collecting two short tributaries known as the ...