Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
August A. Busch Memorial Conservation Area is a 6,987-acre (28.28 km 2) conservation area that is owned and managed by the Missouri Department of Conservation.Located in St. Charles County, Missouri, the land was purchased by the Department of Conservation with help from Alice Busch, the wife of August Anheuser Busch, Sr., in 1947 from the U.S. Government.
Springfield WMA was abolished on April 1, 2004, when the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources' lease for the site expired after MeadWestvaco refused to renew it. [2] The site was subsequently purchased by a developer who intended to during it into housing lots. In May 2015, Potomac Conservancy purchased the land. They plan to place a ...
[10] [c] In total, West Virginia has over 1.6 million acres (6,475 km 2) of state and federal protected lands. [11] State parks and forests also feature more than 1,400 miles (2,253 km) of hiking trails across 45 areas. [10] There are state parks in 30 of West Virginia's 55 counties with Pocahontas County having the most at five.
The Greenbrier River Trail (GRT), [1] is a lineal state park comprising a 77.1-mile (124.1 km) rail trail between North Caldwell and Cass in eastern West Virginia, United States. [ 2 ] The GRT route and its contours were originally engineered by the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway , serving as a passenger and freight line before becoming unviable ...
Smoke Hole Canyon — traditionally called The Smoke Holes [1] and later simply Smoke Hole — is a rugged 20 miles (32 km) long gorge carved by the South Branch Potomac River in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia, United States. The area is rather isolated and remote with parts accessible only by boat or on foot.
The Warrior Trail roughly follows an old Native American route that dates back at least 5,000 years and is one of the oldest known footpaths in the United States. [3] The route was used by the peoples of southwestern Pennsylvania to obtain products originating in central Ohio, [4] and the original route continued into that state after a crossing of the Ohio River near the present Moundsville ...
Springfield is a census-designated place (CDP) in northwestern Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census , Springfield had a population of 477. [ 3 ] Springfield is located north of Romney along West Virginia Route 28 at its junction with Green Spring Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 1) and Springfield Pike (West ...
Blues Beach is a predominantly river camp community located south of Springfield and north of Wappocomo on West Virginia Route 28 along the South Branch Potomac River. Blues Beach is also the location of the John Blue Bridge, commonly referred to as "Blue Beach Bridge." Long Road (West Virginia Secondary Route 28/4) intersects with WV 28 here.