North Bend offers outdoor skills programs July 21
Rangers at North Bend State Park on July 21 will helps guests learn new outdoors skills, offering introductory courses in backpacking, geocaching, and backcountry camping....
Chief Logan State Park dedicates its first cabins July 16
The West Virginia State Parks system on July 16 will dedicate three new cabins at Chief Logan State Park in Logan County during a...
Blair Mountain battlefield returned to National Register
Blair Mountain, the site of the largest labor uprising in U.S. history, has been added again to the National Register of Historic Places, according...
Canaan resort launches mountaineer wilderness skills workshops
Visitors to Canaan Valley Resort in the highlands of northeastern West Virginia are learning the fundamentals of wilderness living from experts in the field,...
Blennerhassett Island to debut classical garden party June 23
Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park will debut an early 19th century-style garden party June 23 at the park’s recently restored Blennerhassett Pleasure Garden.
The party...
Mysterious Ferguson’s Rock becomes Beckley attraction
Questions may always surround a mysterious inscribed boulder that's the become the subject of a preservation effort for a group of historians in Raleigh...
Historic Berkeley Springs spa offers loyalty card for patrons
The historic spa at Berkeley Springs, West Virginia, is introducing a loyalty-card program to accommodate regular patrons of its bathhouses, according to spa officials.
One...
New restaurant opening at Hawks Nest State Park
Featuring stunning views of the New River Gorge, The Vista Restaurant at Hawks Nest State Park has opened under park management, the W.Va. Division...
Biologists find success restoring trout in eastern panhandle
Biologists with the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources have released fingerling brook trout into a tributary of the Cacapon River with the help...
Little Beaver lake nominated to ‘mom-approved” list
The lake at Little Beaver State Park has been nominated one of the best places to go for family-friendly fishing and boating in West...
Five W.Va. state parks great for beating summer heat
I can't think of a West Virginia state park that wouldn't be ideal for a summer getaway. Many boast swimming pools and streams that...
Needleseye park at Oak Hill now open to hikers, climbers
Climbers and hikers are welcome to begin exploring a 300-acre park under construction near the New River Gorge that includes more than two miles...
