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Hills Creek Falls (Lower) 63 to 65 ft (19 to 20 m) 38°10′25″N 80°20′06″W / 38.173611°N 80.335000°W / 38.173611; -80.335000 ( Falls of Hills Creek (Pocahontas County, West Virginia
The region's geologic setting and landscape history make the Potomac Highlands one of the most scenic areas within the central Appalachian Mountains.The eastern part of the region is within the Ridge and Valley physiographic province, where long, steep-sided mountain ridges alternate with parallel broad, flat valleys.
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map.
Falls View is located 4 miles (6.4 km) southwest of Gauley Bridge, on the north bank of the Kanawha River. As of the 2010 census , its population was 238. [ 2 ] Falls View was established in the early 20th century as a residential village for managers from the Electro Metallurgical Co., part of the Union Carbide and Carbon Corporation . [ 4 ]
Oct. 4—BLUEFIELD — Southern West Virginia's peak of fall foliage has not arrived yet, but trees were changing already Wednesday as the West Virginia Department of Tourism celebrated autumn's ...
Hawks Nest State Park is located on 370 acres (150 ha) [2] in Fayette County near Ansted, West Virginia.The park's clifftop overlook along U.S. Route 60 provides a scenic vista of the New River, some 750 feet (230 m) below. [4]
[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.
Babcock State Park is a state park located along the New River Gorge on 4,127 acres (16.7 km 2) wooded [2] in Fayette County, West Virginia. It is located approximately 20 miles away from the New River Gorge Bridge. Located near the park headquarters, the Glade Creek Grist Mill is commonly photographed. [3] [4] [5] It was named in honor of ...