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1938. Named for. Tygart Lake on Tygart River. Governing body. West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. Website. wvstateparks.com /park /tygart-lake-state-park /. Tygart Lake State Park sits on 391 acres (1.58 km 2) [3] along the shores of Tygart Lake in Taylor County near Grafton, West Virginia, United States.
List of West Virginia state parks. 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.
Morgantown is a city in and the county seat of Monongalia County, West Virginia, United States, situated along the Monongahela River. The most populous city in North Central West Virginia and the third-most populous city in the state, Morgantown is best known as the home of West Virginia University. The population was 30,347 at the 2020 census. [8]
West Virginia Botanic Garden. Coordinates: 39°37′45″N 79°52′05″W. The West Virginia Botanic Garden is a botanical garden located in Morgantown, West Virginia, and is the only botanical garden in the state of West Virginia. [1] It covers approximately 85 acres of land and 4.5 miles of walking trails, and has 8 gardens. [2]
There are 44 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, 1 of which is a National Historic Landmark. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted October 11, 2024.[2] Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. Contents: Counties in West Virginia.
Morgan Grove Park. Morgan's Grove Park is located in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States, and shares a history dating back to the 18th century and Morgan's Grove, from which the historic park got its name. The park has a little over twenty acres of trees, meadows, a playground, and spring-fed stream. The park also has a 1500 square foot ...
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 ...
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.