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North Bend State Park sits on 2,459 acres (995 ha) [2] along the North Fork of the Hughes River in Ritchie County near Harrisville, West Virginia. The park is named after the sharp bend in the river that the formed three sides of the original park boundary. The North Bend Rail Trail, a 72-mile (116 km) hiking and biking corridor, is also ...
North Carolina operates the Kerr Lake State Recreation Area with campgrounds including Kimball Point, Satterwhite Point, Bullocksville, North Bend Park, County Line, Hibernia, and others. Campsites range from primitive (for tents), to yurts, cabins, and some campgrounds feature equestrian (with stables) and RVs electric and water hookups.
The park's 305-acre (123 ha) North Bend Lake was created by an impoundment on the North Fork Hughes River in 2002. [151] [153] [154] North Bend Rail Trail: Category:North Bend Rail Trail State Park on Wikimedia Commons: Doddridge, Harrison, Ritchie, and Wood
Smith Mountain Lake State Park: Huddleston: 1,248 acres (5.05 km 2) 1967 Open Southwest Virginia Museum Historical State Park: Big Stone Gap: 1.5 acres (0.0061 km 2) 1943 Open Staunton River State Park: Scottsburg: 2,336 acres (9.45 km 2) 1939 Open Staunton River Battlefield State Park: Randolph: 300 acres (1.2 km 2) 1955 Open Sweet Run State Park
North Bend Lake is a 305 acres (123 ha; 0.477 sq mi) lake created through the Natural Resources Conservation Service via the Little Kanawha Conservation District. North Bend Lake, located within the North Bend State Park along the North Fork of the Hughes River in Ritchie County near Cairo, West Virginia, is 8.1 miles (13.0 km) in length, and has an average permanent pool width of 310 feet (94 m).
The North Bend Rail Trail was built on one of the most distinguished railroad lines in U.S. history. [3] Chartered in 1851, the Northwestern Virginia Railroad built 103 miles from the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) mainline at Grafton, West Virginia, to the Ohio River at Parkersburg, West Virginia. The line was sold to the B&O upon ...
Camp North Bend, also known as Camp Waskowitz, is a 9 + 1 ⁄ 2 acre complex of wood-frame buildings. Constructed by and for the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) in 1935, it was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1993. [ 1 ]
In 1864 North Bend served as the headquarters of Major General Philip Sheridan as 30,000 Union Army troops prepared to cross the James River on a pontoon bridge during the Overland Campaign. The home has been in the Copland family since 1916. [3] North Bend was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1989. [1]