List of West Virginia state parks

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There are 37 state parks in the U.S. state of West Virginia {{as of|2017|df=us|lc=y}}.{{efn|The WVDNR Parks and Recreation Section governs 37 state parks (including two rail trails), according to the West Virginia Blue Book (2016) and the West Virginia State Parks website (2017).{{Harvnb|West Virginia Legislature|2016a|pp=75–83.}}{{Harvnb|West Virginia Legislature|2016b|pp=1081–1088.}}{{cite web |url = https://wvstateparks.com/contact/#az_parks |title = West Virginia State Parks |work = West Virginia State Parks website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = December 3, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171203051450/https://wvstateparks.com/contact/ |archive-date = December 3, 2017 }}}} 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.{{efn|Stonewall Jackson Lake is operated through a public–private partnership between the WVDNR Parks and Recreation Section and McCabe-Henley LP.}} In addition to state parks, the WVDNR Parks and Recreation Section governs eight state forests.{{Harvnb|West Virginia Legislature|2016a|p=83.}}{{Harvnb|West Virginia Legislature|2016b|pp=1089–1090.}}

The first West Virginia state park, Droop Mountain Battlefield, was acquired in 1928 and dedicated in 1929; and the newest state parks, Stonewall Jackson Lake and North Bend Rail Trail, were opened in 1990 and 1991, respectively. Four parks that later joined the state park system were established prior to Droop Mountain, the earliest being the Point Pleasant Monument (now Tu-Endie-Wei) in 1901. There are seven former West Virginia state parks: one state park was transferred to the National Park Service (NPS), one to the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, one to the West Virginia Division of Highways, and one to a municipality, and three have ceased to exist entirely.

This list provides an overview of West Virginia state parks and a brief history of their development and governance since the first state park was dedicated in 1929. State parks range in size from {{convert|4|acres|ha|0}} to {{convert|10100|acres|ha|0}}. Of the 37 state parks governed by the WVDNR Parks and Recreation Section, 10 are lodge/resort state parks, 25 are cabin, camping, and day-use state parks, and 2 are rail trails.

Overview

West Virginia's state parks are governed by the West Virginia Division of Natural Resources (WVDNR) Parks and Recreation Section, which is under the jurisdiction of the West Virginia Department of Commerce.{{cite web |url = http://www.legis.state.wv.us/wvcode/Code.cfm?chap=20&art=5#05 |title = West Virginia Code |website = legis.state.wv.us |access-date = December 5, 2017 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171204114530/http://www.legis.state.wv.us/wvcode/Code.cfm?chap=20&art=5#05 |archive-date = December 4, 2017 |df = mdy-all }}{{cite web |url = http://www.legis.state.wv.us/WVCODE/Code.cfm?chap=05b&art=1 |title = West Virginia Code |website = legis.state.wv.us |access-date = December 5, 2017 |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171204114533/http://www.legis.state.wv.us/WVCODE/Code.cfm?chap=05b&art=1 |archive-date = December 4, 2017 |df = mdy-all }}{{Harvnb|West Virginia Legislature|2016a|p=56.}} The WVDNR Parks and Recreation Section manages a system of 37 state parks (including two rail trails) and eight state forests totaling around {{convert|164000|acres|0}} of land, which consists of nearly {{convert|12000|acres|0}} of developed lands with recreational facilities and nearly {{convert|152000|acres|0}} of undeveloped land.{{Harvnb|West Virginia Division of Natural Resources|2016|p=42.}}{{efn|The WVDNR Parks and Recreation Section refers to all its lands (state parks, rail trails, and state forests) as "state parks", and all data released by the section is inclusive of state parks, rail trails, and state forests as "state parks".}} In total, West Virginia has over {{convert|1.6|e6acre|0}} of state and federal protected lands.{{Harvnb|West Virginia Legislature|2016b|p=1081.}} State parks and forests also feature more than {{convert|1400|miles|0}} of hiking trails across 45 areas.

There are state parks in 30 of West Virginia's 55 counties with Pocahontas County having the most at five. WVDNR divides the state into six regional districts to administer its state parks, forests, and wildlife management areas.{{Harvnb|West Virginia Division of Natural Resources|2016|p=v.}} The largest state park by area is Watoga at {{convert|10100|acres|0}}, and Fairfax Stone and Tu-Endie-Wei are the smallest at {{convert|4|acres|spell=in}}.{{cite web |url = http://www.wvstateparks.com/recreation/WVSP_facilities_grid.PDF |title = West Virginia State Parks Facilities Grid |access-date = August 20, 2015 |author = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |date = August 5, 2014 |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151208105451/http://www.wvstateparks.com/recreation/WVSP_facilities_grid.PDF |archive-date = December 8, 2015 |url-status = dead |df = mdy-all }} Four state parks have U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) dams or reservoirs: Beech Fork, Bluestone, Stonewall Jackson Lake, and Tygart Lake.{{cite web |url = http://www.lrh.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Recreation/West-Virginia/ |title = U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Huntington District: West Virginia Lakes and Reservoirs |work = U.S. Army Corps of Engineers website |publisher = U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |access-date = December 2, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171202051445/http://www.lrh.usace.army.mil/Missions/Civil-Works/Recreation/West-Virginia/ |archive-date = December 2, 2017 }}{{cite web |url = http://www.lrp.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/Lakes/ |title = U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Pittsburgh District: Pittsburgh District Lakes and Dams |work = U.S. Army Corps of Engineers website |publisher = U.S. Army Corps of Engineers |access-date = December 2, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171202053132/http://www.lrp.usace.army.mil/Missions/Recreation/Lakes/ |archive-date = December 2, 2017 }} Nine state parks feature New Deal-era buildings and structures completed between 1933 and 1942; Lost River has the most with 78.{{efn|The following nine West Virginia state parks contain New Deal-era buildings and structures: Babcock (46), Cacapon Resort (50), Droop Mountain Battlefield (19), Hawks Nest (10), Holly River (26), Lost River (78), Pinnacle Rock (18), Tomlinson Run (19), and Watoga (72).}} Cathedral is the only state park designated a National Natural Landmark,{{cite web |url = https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/state.htm?State=WV |title = National Natural Landmarks by state: West Virginia |work = National Natural Landmarks website |publisher = National Park Service |access-date = December 1, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171202035929/https://www.nps.gov/subjects/nnlandmarks/state.htm?State=WV |archive-date = December 2, 2017 }} and Grave Creek Mound is the only state park to have ever been designated a National Historic Landmark.{{cite web |url = https://www.nps.gov/history/nhl/find/statelists/wv/WV.pdf |title = Listing of National Historic Landmarks by State: West Virginia |work = National Historic Landmarks website |publisher = National Park Service |access-date = December 2, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171202200731/https://www.nps.gov/history/nhl/find/statelists/wv/WV.pdf |archive-date = December 2, 2017 }} Stonewall Jackson Lake is the first and only West Virginia state park to be developed, constructed, financed, and operated through a public–private partnership.{{cite web |url = http://www.stonewallresort.com/resort_in_west_virginia/property_history/ |title = History & Facts |work = Stonewall Jackson Lake State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, West Virginia Department of Commerce |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201014605/http://www.stonewallresort.com/resort_in_west_virginia/property_history/ |archive-date = December 1, 2017 }}

{{As of|2016|df=us}}, the WVDNR Parks and Recreation Section directly employed more than 400 full-time and around 1,000 seasonal and summer employees who serviced approximately 7.1{{nbsp}}million visitors (65% state residents and 35% out-of-state).{{Harvnb|West Virginia Division of Natural Resources|2016|p=44.}} WVDNR Parks and Recreation Section personnel maintain over {{convert|2.5|e6ft2|0}} of indoor space in more than 1,500 buildings in West Virginia state parks and forests, which have an inventory of 818 lodge rooms, 369 cabins, 1,522 campsites, 144 picnic shelters, and 549 playground units. The total economic impact of West Virginia state parks and forests annually is between {{US$|160.5{{nbsp}}million|link=yes}} and $189.5 million and for every $1 of general tax revenue provided to state parks and forests in 2016, $13.15 on average was generated in fresh revenue for the state. In 2016, visitors to state parks and forests spent $226.5{{nbsp}}million throughout the state, of which 46% ($103.6{{nbsp}}million) was spent by out-of-state visitors. The total economic activity attributed to visitors of state parks and forests in 2016 totaled between $213.4{{nbsp}}million and $248.7{{nbsp}}million.

History

West Virginia's lumber and mineral exploitation had caused tremendous damage to much of its natural environment by the early 20th{{nbsp}}century.{{cite book |last = Sweeten |first = Lena L. |date = May 11, 2010 |title = National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form: New Deal Resources in West Virginia State Parks and State Forests |publisher = United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service |url = http://archive.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/cover/6451099.pdf |access-date = December 1, 2017 |page = 4 of the PDF file |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171202043814/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/cover/6451099.pdf |archive-date = December 2, 2017 }} The state recognized the need to designate and protect lands worthy of conservation, and in 1925 the West Virginia Legislature established the West Virginia State Forest, Park and Conservation Commission to assess the state's opportunities and needs for forests, parks, game preserves, and recreational areas.{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|p=8.}} West Virginia's state park system began to take shape in January of that year, when the Commission purchased land in Pocahontas County for a wildlife and timber preserve that later developed into Watoga.{{cite book |last = Sweeten |first = Lena L. |date = May 11, 2010 |title = National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form: New Deal Resources in West Virginia State Parks and State Forests |publisher = United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service |url = http://archive.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/cover/6451099.pdf |access-date = December 1, 2017 |page = 5 of the PDF file |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171202043814/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/cover/6451099.pdf |archive-date = December 2, 2017 }}

In their report to the Legislature in 1927, the Commission recommended that scenic natural areas be acquired and administered by a State Park System under the State Game and Fish Commission and that historical monuments be administered by a State Monuments System. They also identified a list of potential scenic and historic state park sites.{{efn|In its report to the West Virginia Legislature in 1927, the West Virginia State Forest, Park and Conservation Commission recommended the following locations for scenic state parks: Blennerhassett Island in Wood County, Coopers Rock in Monongalia and Preston counties, Cranberry Glades and its surrounding area in Pocahontas County, Hawks Nest in Fayette County, Pinnacle Rock in Mercer County, and the intersection of the Seneca and Midland trails in Greenbrier County. Seneca Rocks and Smoke Hole Caverns were also recommended; however, the Commission acknowledged that both were slated to join the new Monongahela National Forest. The Commission also recommended the following locations for historic state parks: the Battle of Philippi battlefield in Barbour County, Berkeley Springs in Morgan County, the Caddell Rifle Range near Kingwood in Preston County, Droop Mountain in Pocahontas County, Fort Ashby in Mineral County, the Grave Creek Mound in Marshall County, the James Rumsey Monument in Jefferson County, the Morgan Morgan Monument in Berkeley County, and the Point Pleasant Monument in Mason County. The Commission also deferred to the West Virginia Historical Society for further recommended historic sites for preservation as state parks.}} One of these recommended sites became West Virginia's first state park, Droop Mountain Battlefield, also in Pocahontas County. The park was acquired in 1928 and dedicated on July{{nbsp}}4, 1929, to commemorate one of the largest battles in West Virginia during the American Civil War.{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=89–94.}} Four other historic locations recommended by the commission had already been established and would later become state parks; the earliest of these was the Point Pleasant Monument (now Tu-Endie-Wei), which had been acquired by the state in 1901 and dedicated in 1909.{{efn|name=fn4|Four parks established prior to Droop Mountain would later join the park system: the Point Pleasant Monument (now Tu-Endie-Wei) in Mason County was established in 1901 and became a state park in 1956; the Grave Creek Mound in Marshall County was acquired by the state in 1909 and administered by the West Virginia State Penitentiary warden until becoming a state park in 1970; the James Rumsey Monument in Jefferson County was dedicated in 1915 and made a state park in 1956; and the Morgan Morgan Monument in Berkeley County was erected in 1924 and became a state park in 1956.{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|p=163.}}}}

The Legislature established the West Virginia Conservation Commission Division of State Parks in 1933 to manage the state's growing park system, and to leverage the resources and expertise of the National Park Service (NPS), Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC), Works Progress Administration (WPA), and other New Deal-era programs for further park development.{{cite book |last = Sweeten |first = Lena L. |date = May 11, 2010 |title = National Register of Historic Places Multiple Property Documentation Form: New Deal Resources in West Virginia State Parks and State Forests |publisher = United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service |url = http://archive.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/cover/6451099.pdf |access-date = December 1, 2017 |page = 6 of the PDF file |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171202043814/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/cover/6451099.pdf |archive-date = December 2, 2017 }} By 1945, the Division of State Parks had expanded to 13 state parks with the addition of its first USACE reservoir park at Tygart Lake.{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|p=6.}} Because African Americans were denied access to West Virginia's state parks and forests, the Division of State Parks created the only state park on the basis of racial segregation, Booker T. Washington State Park, in 1949.{{Harvnb|O'Brien|2016|pp=105–106.}} African Americans were restricted from the remainder of the state park and forest systems until the park and forest systems' integration following the Brown v. Board of Education decision by the United States Supreme Court in May 1954.{{cite journal |date = June 10, 1954 |title = Negro W. Va. State Park Opened To Whites |url = https://books.google.com/books?id=u78DAAAAMBAJ |journal = Jet |volume = 6 |issue = 5 |page = 8 |issn = 0021-5996 |access-date = November 30, 2017 |via = Google Books |author = Johnson Publishing Company |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160504113313/https://books.google.com/books?id=u78DAAAAMBAJ |archive-date = May 4, 2016 |df = mdy-all }}{{cite news |title = Booker T. Washington Park, Opened To Whites |newspaper = Delta Democrat Times |location = Greenville, Mississippi |date = May 26, 1954 |page = 8 |url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/10392764/ |access-date = December 9, 2017 |via = Newspapers.com |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171216175140/https://www.newspapers.com/image/10392764/ |archive-date = December 16, 2017 }}{{cite news |title = Public-Owned Negro Park In Charleston Opened To Whites |newspaper = New York Age |location = New York |date = June 12, 1954 |page = 22 |url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/40689827/ |access-date = December 10, 2017 |via = Newspapers.com |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171216175140/https://www.newspapers.com/image/40689827/ |archive-date = December 16, 2017 }}

By 1950, the Division of State Parks was operating 16 state parks totaling {{convert|35973|acres|ha|0}}{{Harvnb|National Park Service Division of Recreation Planning|1950|p=8.}} and by 1954, the state had expanded to 20 state parks totaling {{convert|40355|acres|ha|0}}.{{Harvnb|National Park Service Division of Cooperative Activities|1955|p=7.}}{{Harvnb|National Park Service Division of Cooperative Activities|1955|p=47.}} That year, the NPS noted that West Virginia had made "large percentage gains" in adding refreshments facilities to its park system, which totaled 11.{{Harvnb|National Park Service Division of Cooperative Activities|1955|p=5.}} Revenue bonds allowed the park system to expand and upgrade recreational facilities and lodging throughout the 1950s,{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|p=9.}} and by 1960, the Division of State Parks was operating 24 state parks consisting of {{convert|40987|acres|ha|0}}.{{Harvnb|National Park Service|1960|p=8.}} During the 1960s, the Economic Development Administration (EDA) federal loan program allowed the state to add three new parks to its system: Canaan Valley Resort, Pipestem Resort, and Twin Falls Resort.{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|p=10.}} Visitors to West Virginia state parks and forests totaled 4.3{{nbsp}}million by 1968 and almost 5{{nbsp}}million in 1971.{{cite news |title = Park, Forest Visitors Rise To All-Time High |newspaper = Beckley Post-Herald |location = Beckley, West Virginia |date = March 3, 1969 |page = 7 |url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/15806090/ |access-date = December 3, 2017 |via = Newspapers.com |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171204061243/https://www.newspapers.com/image/15806090/ |archive-date = December 4, 2017 |df = mdy-all }}{{cite news |title = Plans Made For Tomlinson, Raccoon Park Opening |newspaper = The Weirton Daily Times |location = Weirton, West Virginia |date = April 18, 1972 |page = 10 |url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/49223505/ |access-date = December 3, 2017 |via = Newspapers.com |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171204061305/https://www.newspapers.com/image/49223505/ |archive-date = December 4, 2017 |df = mdy-all }} Following the Legislature's passing of the Economic Development Act of 1985, the West Virginia Division of Parks and Recreation was transferred from the West Virginia Conservation Commission to the West Virginia Department of Commerce, where it remains today.{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|p=12.}} The most recent additions to the West Virginia state park system, Stonewall Jackson Lake and North Bend Rail Trail, were added in 1990 and 1991, respectively.{{cite web |url = https://wvstateparks.com/park/north-bend-rail-trail/ |title = North Bend Rail Trail Main Page |work = North Bend Rail Trail website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201011316/https://wvstateparks.com/park/north-bend-rail-trail/ |archive-date = December 1, 2017 }}

Current state parks

class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%" \|+ Current West Virginia state parks ! style="width:;" scope="col"\| Park name ! style="width:;" class="unsortable" scope="col"\| Image ! style="width:;" scope="col"\| County and location ! style="width:;" scope="col"\| Area in acres (ha) ! style="width:;" scope="col"\| Date of establishment ! style="width:;" class="unsortable" scope="col"\| Streams and/or lakes ! style="width:*;" class="unsortable" scope="col"\| Remarks
scope="row"\|Audra \|\|File:Middle Fork River Audra.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Audra State Park}} \|\| Barbour and Upshur {{coord\|39\|02\|25\|N\|80\|03\|55\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Audra State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1535080}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Audra State Park (Feature ID: 1535080) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|355}} acres (144 ha) \|\| 1950{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=17–19.}} \|\| Middle Fork River{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/AudraStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|title = Map of Audra State Park \|work = Audra State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130184245/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/AudraStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }}\|\| Former site of the commercial logging town of Audra and of Barbour County's first 4-H camp. The park's Alum Cave is formed at the base of a sandstone formation, where it makes contact with pyritiferous shale.
scope="row"\|Babcock \|\|File:Autumn-grist-mill-west-virginia-waterfalls1 - West Virginia - ForestWander.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Babcock State Park}} \|\| Fayette {{coord\|37\|59\|38\|N\|80\|58\|16\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Babcock State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1535093}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Babcock State Park (Feature ID: 1535093) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|4,127}} acres (1,670 ha) \|\|1934{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=19–30.}} \|\| Glade Creek Manns Creek{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BabcockStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|title = Map of Babcock State Park \|work = Babcock State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130184523/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BabcockStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| Named for previous owner Edward V. Babcock, the park contains two architectural landmarks: its administration building, one of the major Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) accomplishments in West Virginia, and Glade Creek Grist Mill, one of the most photographed structures in West Virginia. Completed in 1976, the mill is a working monument to the more than 500 mills formerly located in the state.{{Harvnb\|West Virginia Legislature\|2012\|p=788.}}{{Harvnb\|Chambers\|2004\|p=111.}}{{cite web \|url = https://wvstateparks.com/park/babcock-state-park/ \|title = Babcock State Park Main Page \|work = Babcock State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = December 4, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171204114247/https://wvstateparks.com/park/babcock-state-park/ \|archive-date = December 4, 2017 }} A historic district containing the park's CCC resources is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).{{cite book \|last = Hanbury \|first = Mary Ruffin \|date = January 31, 2018 \|title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: New Deal Resources in Babcock State Park Historic District \|publisher = United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service \|url = https://archive.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/fayette/100003518.pdf \|access-date = September 8, 2022 \|pages = 3–5 of the PDF file \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220908094723/https://archive.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/fayette/100003518.pdf \|archive-date = September 8, 2022 }}
scope="row"\|Beartown \|\|File:BeartownStateParkWV-square.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Beartown State Park}} \|\| Greenbrier and Pocahontas {{coord\|38\|03\|08\|N\|80\|16\|35\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Beartown State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1550209}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Beartown State Park (Feature ID: 1550209) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|110}} acres (45 ha) \|\| 1970{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=31–32.}} \|\| None{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BeartownStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|title = Map of Beartown State Park \|work = Beartown State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130184810/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BeartownStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| Trails wind through a network of crevices between massive fragmented boulders, which are a part of the "Droop Sandstone" formation. Large elephant ear lichens (Lobaria pulmonaria) in the "Big Beartown" section of the park are more than 500 years old.
scope="row"\|Beech Fork \|\|File:Beech Fork State Park Lake.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Beech Fork State Park}} \|\| Cabell and Wayne {{coord\|38\|18\|05\|N\|82\|19\|50\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Beech Fork State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|2043571}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Beech Fork State Park (Feature ID: 2043571) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|3,860}} acres (1,562 ha) \|\| 1978{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|p=33.}} \|\| Beech Fork Lake{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BeechForkStatePark_brochure_map-1.pdf \|title = Map of Beech Fork State Park \|work = Beech Fork State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130184944/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BeechForkStatePark_brochure_map-1.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| Includes the {{convert\|720\|acre\|ha\|adj=on}} Beech Fork Lake, a reservoir created by a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) dam.
scope="row"\|Berkeley Springs \|\|File:BerkeleySpringsSP WestVirginia-square.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Berkeley Springs State Park}} \|\| Morgan {{coord\|39\|37\|35\|N\|78\|13\|45\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Berkeley Springs State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1557917}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Berkeley Springs State Park (Feature ID: 1557917) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|7}} acres (3 ha) \|\| 1970{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=34–41.}} \|\| Warm Spring Run{{Cite map \|publisher = United States Geological Survey \|title = Hancock Quadrangle, Maryland–West Virginia–Pennsylvania \|year = 2016 \|scale = 1 : 24,000 \|series = 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) \|url = https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24829/8149336.pdf \|access-date = December 1, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201154049/https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24829/8149336.pdf \|archive-date = December 1, 2017 }} \|\| Listed on the NRHP. The park's springs, held in trust for the public since 1776, were known by European settlers as early as 1736 and were frequented by Lord Fairfax and George Washington. The temperature of the spring water remains at a constant {{convert\|74.3\|F\|C\|abbr=off}}.{{Harvnb\|West Virginia Legislature\|2012\|p=789.}}{{NRISref\|2010a\|access-date=July 25, 2015}}{{Harvnb\|Chambers\|2004\|pp=519–520.}}
scope="row"\|Blackwater Falls \|\|File:Black-waterfalls-evening-foliage - West Virginia - ForestWander.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Blackwater Falls State Park}} \|\| Tucker {{coord\|39\|06\|43\|N\|79\|29\|43\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Blackwater Falls State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1550381}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Blackwater Falls State Park (Feature ID: 1550381) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|2,358}} acres (954 ha) \|\| 1937{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=42–51.}} \|\| Blackwater River North Fork Blackwater River Pendleton Lake{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BlackwaterFallsStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|title = Map of Blackwater Falls State Park \|work = Blackwater Falls State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130185651/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BlackwaterFallsStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }}\|\| Major attractions include {{convert\|63\|foot\|m\|adj=on\|0}} Blackwater Falls, {{convert\|8\|mile\|km\|adj=on\|0}} Blackwater Canyon, Elakala Falls on Shays Run, and Pendleton Falls on Pendleton Run. The park's original forests were completely lumbered by 1924, and the current secondary forests were spurred by a CCC reforestation program in the 1930s.{{Harvnb\|Chambers\|2004\|pp=493–494.}}{{cite web \|url = http://www.blackwaterfalls.com/views_overlooks.htm \|title = Breathtaking Views \|work = Blackwater Falls State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = August 20, 2015 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160103232226/http://www.blackwaterfalls.com/views_overlooks.htm \|archive-date = January 3, 2016 }}
scope="row"\|Blennerhassett Island Historical \|\|File:Blennerhassett Mansion retouched.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park}} \|\| Wood {{coord\|39\|16\|16\|N\|81\|37\|34\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Blackwater Falls State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1560348}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park (Feature ID: 1560348) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|511}} acres (207 ha) \|\| 1989{{cite journal \|last = Williams \|first = Robert F. \|date = February 22, 1990 \|title = Administrative Law Judge's Recommended Decision \|url = http://www.psc.state.wv.us/scripts/orders/ViewDocument.cfm?CaseActivityID=29443&Source=Archives \|publisher = Public Service Commission of West Virginia \|page = 7 \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130190100/http://www.psc.state.wv.us/scripts/orders/ViewDocument.cfm?CaseActivityID=29443&Source=Archives \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| Ohio River{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BlennerhassettIslandHistoricalStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|title = Map of Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park \|work = Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130190354/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BlennerhassettIslandHistoricalStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| The park is divided between two facilities: a museum in Parkersburg and {{convert\|511\|acres\|ha\|adj=on\|0}} Blennerhassett Island, which contains the reconstructed (1984–1991) Palladian-style Blennerhassett Mansion, originally completed in 1800. The island is accessible by paddle steamers May through October and is listed on the NRHP.{{Harvnb\|West Virginia Legislature\|2012\|pp=789–790.}}{{Harvnb\|Chambers\|2004\|pp=307–308.}}
scope="row"\|Bluestone \|\|File:Bluestone Lake at Bluestone River.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Bluestone State Park}} \|\| Summers {{coord\|37\|37\|05\|N\|80\|56\|09\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Bluestone State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1536147}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Bluestone State Park (Feature ID: 1536147) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|2,155}} acres (872 ha) \|\|1950{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=52–54.}} \|\| Bluestone River Bluestone Lake New River{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BluestoneStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|title = Map of Bluestone State Park \|work = Bluestone State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130190505/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BluestoneStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| Named for the bluish-gray shale between sandstone deposits. Adjoins Bluestone Lake, the state's second largest body of water, which was formed as a result of Bluestone Dam, completed by the USACE in 1948.{{Harvnb\|Chambers\|2004\|p=167.}}
scope="row"\|Cacapon Resort \|\|File:Cacapon Resort State Park - Lake.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Cacapon Resort State Park}} \|\| Morgan {{coord\|39\|31\|06\|N\|78\|18\|34\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Cacapon Resort State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1536845}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Cacapon Resort State Park (Feature ID: 1536845) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|6,115}} acres (2,475 ha) \|\| 1937{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=55–61.}} \|\| Cacapon Lake{{cite web \|url = http://www.wvstateparks.com/Brochures/CacaponResortBrochure.pdf \|title = Cacapon Resort State Park brochure \|work = Cacapon Resort State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = August 20, 2015 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081746/http://www.wvstateparks.com/Brochures/CacaponResortBrochure.pdf \|archive-date = March 4, 2016 }}{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CacaponResortStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|title = Map of Cacapon Resort State Park \|work = Cacapon Resort State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130190858/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CacaponResortStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| Initially constructed by the CCC beginning in 1937, with facility expansions in the 1950s and the addition of a Robert Trent Jones golf course in 1973, the park is considered a showcase of the state park system due its proximity to the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. The state park system's first wobble clay shooting range was opened here in 2007.{{Harvnb\|West Virginia Legislature\|2012\|p=790.}}{{Harvnb\|Chambers\|2004\|p=521.}}
scope="row"\|Camp Creek{{efn\|The WVDNR Parks and Recreation Section administers Camp Creek State Forest and Camp Creek State Park together under a single superintendent.{{Harvnb\|West Virginia Legislature\|2016a\|p=77.}}}} \|\|File:Camp-creek-waterfalls-3 - West Virginia - ForestWander.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Camp Creek State Park}} \|\| Mercer {{coord\|37\|30\|29\|N\|81\|07\|58\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Camp Creek State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|2043576}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Camp Creek State Park (Feature ID: 2043576) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|500}} acres (202 ha) \|\| 1987{{cite web \|url = http://www.campcreekstatepark.com \|title = Camp Creek State Park website: Welcome \|work = Camp Creek State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = August 20, 2015 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170607023925/http://www.campcreekstatepark.com/ \|archive-date = June 7, 2017 \|url-status = dead \|df = mdy-all }} \|\|Camp Creek{{cite web \|url = http://www.campcreekstatepark.com/Camp%20Creek%20State%20Park.pdf \|title = Map of Camp Creek State Park \|work = Camp Creek State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = August 20, 2015 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170616191704/http://www.campcreekstatepark.com/Camp%20Creek%20State%20Park.pdf \|archive-date = June 16, 2017 }} \|\|Formed from Camp Creek State Forest in 1987, when a tract of {{convert\|500\|acres\|ha\|0}} was set aside to create this recreation area. It is administered with Camp Creek State Forest.
scope="row"\|Canaan Valley Resort \|\|File:Blackwater River Canaan Valley Resort State Park.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Canaan Valley Resort State Park}} \|\| Tucker {{coord\|39\|01\|38\|N\|79\|27\|43\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Canaan Valley Resort State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1550628}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Canaan Valley Resort State Park (Feature ID: 1550628) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|6,120}} acres (2,477 ha) \|\| 1957{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=62–65.}}\|\| Blackwater River{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CanaanValleyResortStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|title = Map of Canaan Valley Resort State Park \|work = Canaan Valley Resort State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130191341/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CanaanValleyResortStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| One of three state parks, along with Pipestem Resort and Twin Falls Resort, planned in the 1960s with funds from the Economic Development Administration (EDA). Contains the first ski facility in West Virginia, opened in 1971.{{Harvnb\|Chambers\|2004\|p=494.}}
scope="row"\|Carnifex Ferry Battlefield \|\|File:Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park}} \|\| Nicholas {{coord\|38\|12\|32\|N\|80\|56\|22\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1537045}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park (Feature ID: 1537045) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|165}} acres (67 ha)\|\|1931{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=66–73.}} \|\| Gauley River{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CarnifexFerryBattlefieldStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|title = Map of Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park \|work = Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130191619/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CarnifexFerryBattlefieldStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| Site of 1861 American Civil War Battle of Carnifex Ferry, which secured Union control of western Virginia and eventually led to the formation of West Virginia. The park, which includes Patteson House, a restored mid-19th-century farmhouse, is listed on the NRHP.{{Harvnb\|Chambers\|2004\|pp=106–107.}}
scope="row"\|Cass Scenic Railroad \|\|File:Cass Scenic Railroad State Park - Heisler 6 and Shay 11.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Cass Scenic Railroad State Park}} \|\| Pocahontas {{coord\|38\|26\|55\|N\|79\|55\|38\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Cass Scenic Railroad State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1550645}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Cass Scenic Railroad State Park (Feature ID: 1550645) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|940}} acres (380 ha) \|\| 1961{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=74–81.}} \|\| Greenbrier River Leatherbark Run{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CassScenicRailroadStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|title = Map of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park \|work = Cass Scenic Railroad State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130191725/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CassScenicRailroadStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }}{{Harvnb\|Chambers\|2004\|pp=472–473.}} \|\| A former logging spur, the park's scenic railroad climbs West Virginia's second-tallest peak, Bald Knob. In addition to the railroad, the state acquired the town of Cass and restored 13 of its former company houses as rental units for park visitors, creating West Virginia's only restored company town complete with the Cass Country Store. The park is listed on the NRHP.{{cite web \|url = https://wvstateparks.com/park/cass-scenic-railroad-state-park/ \|title = Cass Scenic Railroad State Park Main Page \|work = Cass Scenic Railroad State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = December 4, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171204114710/https://wvstateparks.com/park/cass-scenic-railroad-state-park/ \|archive-date = December 4, 2017 }}
scope="row"\|Cathedral \|\|File:Cathedral State Park West Virginia Eastern Hemlock-square.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Cathedral State Park}} \|\| Preston {{coord\|39\|19\|35\|N\|79\|32\|19\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Cathedral State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1550653}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Cathedral State Park (Feature ID: 1550653) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|133}} acres (54 ha) \|\| 1942{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=82–85.}} \|\| Rhine Creek{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CathedralStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|title = Map of Cathedral State Park \|work = Cathedral State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130191847/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CathedralStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| Formerly known as Brookside Woods, the park is a {{convert\|133\|acres\|ha\|adj=on\|0}} stand of uncut old-growth forest and contains the only remaining stand of virgin Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) in West Virginia. The park is entirely contained within the Brookside Historic District, which is listed on the NRHP. It was also designated a National Natural Landmark by the National Park Service.{{Harvnb\|West Virginia Legislature\|2012\|p=791.}}{{cite book \|last = Zimmerman \|first = Courtney Fint \|date = July 18, 2012 \|title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Brookside Historic District \|publisher = United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service \|url = http://archive.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/preston/13000264.pdf \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|pages = 2–9 of the PDF file \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130191920/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/preston/13000264.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }}
scope="row"\|Cedar Creek \|\|File:Cedar Creek State Park.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Cedar Creek State Park}} \|\| Gilmer {{coord\|38\|52\|54\|N\|80\|51\|44\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Cedar Creek State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1537131}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Cedar Creek State Park (Feature ID: 1537131) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|2,588}} acres (1,047 ha) \|\| 1953{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=85–87.}}\|\|Cedar Creek{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CedarCreekStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|title = Map of Cedar Creek State Park \|work = Cedar Creek State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130192047/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CedarCreekStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| Contains two relocated structures of historic significance: the Log Cabin Service Station (1928), which now serves as the park office and nature center, and Pine Run School (1909), a one-room country schoolhouse with period furnishings.{{Harvnb\|Chambers\|2004\|pp=457–458.}}
scope="row"\|Chief Logan{{efn\|The WVDNR Parks and Recreation Section operates Chief Logan Lodge and Conference Center and Chief Logan State Park under separate management teams. While they are occasionally listed and counted separately in Parks and Recreation Section media, they are included together in this list as Chief Logan State Park.{{Harvnb\|West Virginia Legislature\|2016a\|p=78.}}}} \|\|File:Chief Logan State Park - C&O 2755.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Chief Logan State Park}} \|\| Logan {{coord\|37\|53\|57\|N\|82\|00\|46\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Chief Logan State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1537310}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Chief Logan State Park (Feature ID: 1537310) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|3,303}} acres (1,337 ha) \|\| 1961{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=87–89.}} \|\| Buffalo Creek{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ChiefLoganStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|title = Map of Chief Logan State Park \|work = Chief Logan State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130192145/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ChiefLoganStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| Formerly a part of the Merrill Coal Company camp, now minus the camp's houses, mining equipment, and tipple. Performed at the park is The Aracoma Story, a historical drama about Aracoma, the daughter of Cornstalk, and the Shawnee tribespeople who lived at the present-day location.
scope="row"\|Droop Mountain Battlefield \|\|File:Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park}} \|\| Pocahontas {{coord\|38\|06\|43\|N\|80\|16\|17\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1550954}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park (Feature ID: 1550954) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|287}} acres (116 ha) \|\| 1928 \|\| None{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/DroopMountainBattlefieldStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|title = Map of Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park \|work = Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130192342/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/DroopMountainBattlefieldStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| Site of the one of West Virginia's largest engagements during the American Civil War, and listed on the NRHP. Dedicated on July 4, 1929, it was the first state park established in West Virginia. In 1935, the CCC built the park's iconic wooden observation tower and a rental cabin that now serves as a museum.{{Harvnb\|West Virginia Legislature\|2012\|p=792.}}{{Harvnb\|Chambers\|2004\|pp=470–471.}}
scope="row"\|Fairfax Stone Historical Monument \|\|File:Fairfaxstone-square.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park}} \|\| Grant, Preston, and Tucker {{coord\|39\|11\|42\|N\|79\|29\|14\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1697231}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Fairfax Stone Historical Monument (Feature ID: 1697231) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|4}} acres (2 ha) \|\| 1957{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=95–96.}} \|\| North Branch Potomac River headwaters{{Cite map \|publisher = United States Geological Survey \|title = Davis Quadrangle, West Virginia–Maryland \|year = 2016 \|scale = 1 : 24,000 \|series = 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) \|url = https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24919/8156840.pdf \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130194225/https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24919/8156840.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }}{{cite web \|url = http://www.wvcommerce.org/App_Media/Assets/publications/travelrec/FairfaxStoneStateParkBrochure.pdf \|title = Brochure for Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park \|work = West Virginia Department of Commerce website \|publisher = West Virginia Department of Commerce, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130194735/http://www.wvcommerce.org/App_Media/Assets/publications/travelrec/FairfaxStoneStateParkBrochure.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| The park contains the Fairfax Stone historic marker, which traditionally marked the western boundary of Lord Fairfax's Northern Neck Proprietary and is responsible for the present-day boundary between Maryland and West Virginia. The park is listed on the NRHP.{{Harvnb\|West Virginia Legislature\|2012\|p=795.}}
scope="row"\|Greenbrier River Trail \|\|File:G R T 2004 Trail Long Straight.JPG{{Commons category-icon\|Greenbrier River Trail}} \|\| Greenbrier and Pocahontas {{coord\|37\|59\|42\|N\|80\|17\|55\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Greenbrier River Trail}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1551295}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Greenbrier River Trail (Feature ID: 1551295) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|936}} acres (379 ha) \|\| 1980{{cite news \|title = Try the variety of West Virginia \|newspaper = Bluefield Daily Telegraph \|location = Bluefield, West Virginia \|date = June 10, 1986 \|page = 34 \|url = https://newspaperarchive.com/bluefield-daily-telegraph-jun-10-1986-p-34/ \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|via = NewspaperArchive.com \|archive-date = December 4, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171204114536/https://newspaperarchive.com/bluefield-daily-telegraph-jun-10-1986-p-34/ \|url-status = live }} \|\|Greenbrier River{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GreenbrierRiverTrailStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|title = Map of the Greenbrier River Trail \|work = Greenbrier River Trail website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130195129/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GreenbrierRiverTrailStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| The trail is a {{convert\|78\|miles\|km\|adj=on\|0}} section of a former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway line between North Caldwell and Cass.
scope="row"\|Hawks Nest \|\|File:Hawks Nest.JPG{{Commons category-icon\|Hawks Nest State Park}} \|\| Fayette {{coord\|38\|07\|26\|N\|81\|07\|08\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Hawks Nest State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1540077}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Hawks Nest State Park (Feature ID: 1540077) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|370}} acres (150 ha) \|\| 1935{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=102–108.}} \|\| Hawks Nest Lake Mill Creek New River Turkey Creek{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/HawksNestStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|title = Map of Hawks Nest State Park \|work = Hawks Nest State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130195249/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/HawksNestStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| Planned by the NPS and built by the CCC, the park features an aerial tramway to a marina on the New River, and its overlook allows for panoramic views of New River Gorge. Its lodge was designed by The Architects Collaborative (TAC). A {{convert\|71\|acres\|ha\|adj=on\|0}} historic district containing the park's CCC resources is listed on the NRHP.{{Harvnb\|Chambers\|2004\|pp=120–121.}}{{cite book \|last = Sweeten \|first = Lena L. \|date = June 14, 2010 \|title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: New Deal Resources in Hawk's Nest State Park Historic District \|publisher = United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service \|url = http://archive.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/fayette/10001225.pdf \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|pages = 3–6 of the PDF file \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130195310/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/fayette/10001225.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }}
scope="row"\|Holly River \|\|File:Holly River State Park - Upper Falls.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Holly River State Park}} \|\| Webster {{coord\|38\|39\|53\|N\|80\|20\|04\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Holly River State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1540398}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Holly River State Park (Feature ID: 1540398) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|8,294}} acres (3,357 ha) \|\| 1938{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=109–113.}} \|\|Laurel Fork of Holly River{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/HollyRiverStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|title = Map of Holly River State Park \|work = Holly River State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130195444/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/HollyRiverStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| The park's land was salvaged in 1937 following its purchase by the Farm Security Administration (FSA) for the purposes of reforestation and stream reclamation following extensive logging operations in the area. The park's historic district containing 93 Works Progress Administration (WPA) resources was listed on the NRHP.{{cite book \|last = Sweeten \|first = Lena L. \|date = June 14, 2010 \|title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: New Deal Resources in Holly River State Park Historic District \|publisher = United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service \|url = http://archive.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/webster/10001228.pdf \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|pages = 3–6 of the PDF file \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130195508/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/webster/10001228.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }}
scope="row"\|Little Beaver \|\|File:Little Beaver State Park WV 1 LR.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Little Beaver State Park}} \|\| Raleigh {{coord\|37\|44\|42\|N\|81\|05\|02\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Little Beaver State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1542023}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Little Beaver State Park (Feature ID: 1542023) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|562}} acres (227 ha) \|\| 1971{{cite book \|last1 = Jourdan \|first1 = Katherine M. \|last2 = Clark \|first2 = Robell \|date = November 5, 1997 \|title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Little Beaver Dam \|publisher = United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service \|url = http://archive.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/raleigh/98000287.pdf \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|pages = 7–10 of the PDF file \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130210113/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/raleigh/98000287.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\|Little Beaver Creek Little Beaver Lake{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/LittleBeaverStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|title = Map of Little Beaver State Park \|work = Little Beaver State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130195913/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/LittleBeaverStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }}\|\| Originally developed as a Raleigh County recreation area by the CCC in the late 1930s. Used as a county 4-H camp from 1941 to 1965. The park's lake was created in 1941 when the CCC and WPA constructed the {{convert\|400\|feet\|m\|adj=on\|0}} Little Beaver Dam on Little Beaver Creek.{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|p=113.}}
scope="row"\|Lost River \|\|File:Lighthorse Harry Lee Cabin Mathias WV 2014 06 21 01.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Lost River State Park}} \|\| Hardy {{coord\|38\|55\|22\|N\|78\|53\|22\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Lost River State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1551946}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Lost River State Park (Feature ID: 1551946) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|3,712}} acres (1,502 ha)\|\| 1934{{cite book \|last = Sweeten \|first = Lena L. \|date = June 14, 2010 \|title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: New Deal Resources in Lost River State Park Historic District \|publisher = United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service \|url = http://archive.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/hardy/10001226.pdf \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|pages = 3–6 of the PDF file \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130195950/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/hardy/10001226.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| Howards Lick Run{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/LostRiverStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|title = Map of Lost River State Park \|work = Lost River State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130200032/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/LostRiverStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| Henry Lee III received this land in 1796 for his American Revolutionary War service. His son Charles Carter Lee founded Hardy White Sulphur Springs resort here in 1852. Later renamed Lee White Sulphur Springs, it burned down in 1910. The state acquired the land in 1934, and the NPS and CCC developed the park and its recreational facilities. The park's 142 CCC resources and its Lighthorse Harry Lee Cabin ({{circa\|1800}}) are listed on the NRHP.{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=114–119.}}
scope="row"\|Moncove Lake \|\|File:Moncove Lake.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Moncove Lake State Park}} \|\| Monroe {{coord\|37\|37\|19\|N\|80\|21\|04\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Moncove Lake State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1556682}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Moncove Lake Wildlife Management Area (Feature ID: 1556682) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|896}} acres (363 ha) \|\| 1991{{Harvnb\|West Virginia Legislature\|2016b\|p=1085.}} \|\|Devil Creek Moncove Lake{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MoncoveLakeStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|title = Map of Moncove Lake State Park \|work = Moncove Lake State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130200202/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MoncoveLakeStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| The park's {{convert\|144\|acre\|ha\|adj=on\|0}} Moncove Lake was created in 1960 by the 1959 impoundment of Devil Creek. Formerly a wildlife management area, the park is located under an autumn flyway for migrating raptors, including broad-winged hawks (Buteo platypterus).{{Harvnb\|West Virginia Legislature\|2012\|p=793.}}{{cite news \|title = Moncove Lake In Monroe County Is Known As Fisherman's Delight \|newspaper = Beckley Post Herald \|location = Beckley, West Virginia \|date = July 30, 1969 \|page = 10 \|url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/15824294/ \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|via = Newspapers.com \|url-status = live \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171203224549/https://www.newspapers.com/image/15824294/ \|archive-date = December 3, 2017 \|df = mdy-all }}
scope="row"\|North Bend \|\|File:North Bend State Park-Lodge.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|North Bend State Park}} \|\| Ritchie {{coord\|39\|13\|23\|N\|81\|06\|37\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=North Bend State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1544197}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for North Bend State Park (Feature ID: 1544197) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|2,492}} acres (1,009 ha) \|\| 1951{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=120–122.}} \|\| North Bend Lake North Fork Hughes River{{cite web \|url = http://www.wvdnr.gov/Parks/Maps/NorthBendStateParkMap.pdf \|title = Map of North Bend State Park \|work = West Virginia Division of Natural Resources website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130200555/http://www.wvdnr.gov/Parks/Maps/NorthBendStateParkMap.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| Named through a contest sponsored by the Ritchie Gazette in the 1950s, the park features the "Extra Mile Trail" for the disabled and hosts the annual International Sports Jamboree for physically or visually challenged athletes. The park's {{convert\|305\|acre\|ha\|adj=on\|0}} North Bend Lake was created by an impoundment on the North Fork Hughes River in 2002.{{cite news \|title = Deadline looms for Sports Jamboree \|newspaper = News and Sentinel \|location = Parkersburg, West Virginia \|date = June 6, 2017 \|url = http://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-news/2017/06/deadline-looms-for-sports-jamboree/ \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130233021/http://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-news/2017/06/deadline-looms-for-sports-jamboree/ \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 \|url-status = dead \|df = mdy-all }}{{cite web \|url = http://www.wvdnr.gov/fishing/public_access.asp?county=Ritchie&type=Lakes&point=I74 \|title = North Bend Lake \|work = West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Fish Management website \|publisher = West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130230704/http://www.wvdnr.gov/fishing/public_access.asp?county=Ritchie&type=Lakes&point=I74 \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }}
scope="row"\|North Bend Rail Trail \|\|File:North Bend Rail Trail.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|North Bend Rail Trail State Park}} \|\| Doddridge, Harrison, Ritchie, and Wood {{coord\|39\|17\|06\|N\|80\|58\|14\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=North Bend Rail Trail}}\|\| Not applicable \|\| 1991 \|\|Goose Creek Hushers Run Little Kanawha River Middle Island Creek North Fork Hughes River Walker Creek{{cite web \|url = http://www.wvcommerce.org/App_Media/Assets/publications/travelrec/NorthBendRailTrailBrochure.pdf \|title = Brochure and Map of the North Bend Rail Trail \|work = West Virginia Department of Commerce website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, West Virginia Department of Commerce \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130201045/http://www.wvcommerce.org/App_Media/Assets/publications/travelrec/NorthBendRailTrailBrochure.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| Consists of a {{convert\|72\|mi\|km\|adj=on\|0}} section of an abandoned spur of the CSX Transportation system between Parkersburg and Wolf Summit. Passes through 13 tunnels and over 36 bridges, and is part of the {{convert\|5500\|mi\|km\|adj=on\|0}} American Discovery Trail. The longest tunnel is the {{convert\|2207\|ft\|m\|adj=on\|0}} Tunnel No.{{nbsp}}6 between West Union and Central Station.{{Harvnb\|West Virginia Legislature\|2016b\|p=1088.}}{{cite news \|title = Get Away From It All At Historic North Bend \|newspaper = Akron Beacon Journal \|location = Akron, Ohio \|date = August 28, 2016 \|page = E007 \|url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/220334317/ \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|via = Newspapers.com \|url-status = live \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171203224536/https://www.newspapers.com/image/220334317/ \|archive-date = December 3, 2017 \|df = mdy-all }}
scope="row"\|Pinnacle Rock \|\|File:Pinnacle Rock State Park.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Pinnacle Rock State Park}} \|\| Mercer {{coord\|37\|18\|43\|N\|81\|17\|32\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Pinnacle Rock State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1544944}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Pinnacle Rock State Park (Feature ID: 1544944) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|374}} acres (151 ha) \|\| 1938{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|p=123.}}{{Harvnb\|Chambers\|2004\|p=196.}} \|\|Jimmy Lewis Lake{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/PinnacleRockStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|title = Map of Pinnacle Rock State Park \|work = Pinnacle Rock State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130201158/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/PinnacleRockStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| Named for the {{convert\|3100\|ft\|m\|adj=on\|0}} tall Pinnacle Rock sandstone formation. Its rustic park facilities were built by the CCC in 1938 and the {{convert\|15\|acre\|ha\|adj=on\|0}} Jimmy Lewis Lake was built between 1965 and 1968.{{cite web \|url = http://www.wvdnr.gov/fishing/public_access.asp?county=Mercer&type=Lakes&point=I53 \|title = Jimmy Lewis Lake \|work = West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Fish Management website \|publisher = West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201004804/http://www.wvdnr.gov/fishing/public_access.asp?county=Mercer&type=Lakes&point=I53 \|archive-date = December 1, 2017 }}
scope="row"\|Pipestem Resort \|\|File:Pipestem Resort State Park-Bluestone Gorge.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Pipestem Resort State Park}} \|\| Mercer and Summers {{coord\|37\|32\|23\|N\|80\|59\|39\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Pipestem Resort State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1544952}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Pipestem State Park (Feature ID: 1544952) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|4,050}} acres (1,640 ha) \|\| 1963{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=124–130.}} \|\| Bluestone River Long Branch Creek Long Branch Lake Mountain Creek{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/PipestemResortStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|title = Map of Pipestem Resort State Park \|work = Pipestem Resort State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130201315/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/PipestemResortStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| Named for the pipestem bush (Spiraea alba). Considered the "crown jewel" of the state park system upon its completion in 1971, it is one of three state parks, along with Twin Falls Resort and Canaan Valley Resort, to receive funding from the EDA. The park has a seasonal aerial tramway between the rim and floor of Bluestone Canyon, which features a vertical drop of approximately {{convert\|1200\|ft\|m\|0}}.{{Harvnb\|Chambers\|2004\|p=171.}}
scope="row"\|Prickett's Fort \|\|File:Fortp1.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Prickett's Fort State Park}} \|\| Marion {{coord\|39\|31\|01\|N\|80\|05\|40\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Prickett's Fort State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1718091}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Pricketts Fort State Park (Feature ID: 1718091) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|188}} acres (76 ha) \|\| 1975{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=134–136.}}\|\| Monongahela River Pricketts Creek{{Cite map \|publisher = United States Geological Survey \|title = Rivesville Quadrangle, West Virginia \|year = 2016 \|scale = 1 : 24,000 \|series = 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) \|url = https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24864/8152016.pdf \|access-date = December 1, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201154653/https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24864/8152016.pdf \|archive-date = December 1, 2017 }}{{cite web \|url = http://www.wvcommerce.org/App_Media/Assets/publications/travelrec/PrickettsFortStateParkBrochure.pdf \|title = Brochure for Prickett's Fort State Park \|work = West Virginia Department of Commerce website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, West Virginia Department of Commerce \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130201622/http://www.wvcommerce.org/App_Media/Assets/publications/travelrec/PrickettsFortStateParkBrochure.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| Features a reconstruction of Prickett's Fort, an 18th-century fortification built to defend settlers against Native American attacks. Includes the Prickett cemetery (1772), the area's oldest burial ground. The park's Prickett's Fort and Jacob Prickett Jr. Log House are listed on the NRHP.{{Harvnb\|Chambers\|2004\|pp=420–421.}}
scope="row"\|Stonewall Jackson Lake \|\|File:Stonewall Jackson Lake.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Stonewall Jackson Lake State Park}} \|\| Lewis {{coord\|38\|56\|57\|N\|80\|29\|44\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Stonewall Jackson Lake State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|2043584}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Stonewall Jackson Lake State Park (Feature ID: 2043584) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|1,736}} acres (703 ha) \|\| 1990\|\| Stonewall Jackson Lake West Fork River{{cite web \|url = http://www.stonewallresort.com/i/downloads/Resort_Map.pdf \|title = Map of Stonewall Jackson Lake State Park \|work = Stonewall Jackson Lake State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130201725/http://www.stonewallresort.com/i/downloads/Resort_Map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| Located along the {{convert\|2650\|acre\|ha\|adj=on\|0}} USACE Stonewall Jackson Lake, the park was developed, constructed, financed, and operated through a public–private partnership between McCabe-Henley LP and WVDNR.{{Harvnb\|West Virginia Legislature\|2012\|p=794.}}{{cite web \|url = http://www.wvdnr.gov/fishing/public_access.asp?county=Lewis&type=Lakes&point=I97 \|title = Stonewall Jackson Lake \|work = West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Fish Management website \|publisher = West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201013757/http://www.wvdnr.gov/fishing/public_access.asp?county=Lewis&type=Lakes&point=I97 \|archive-date = December 1, 2017 }}
scope="row"\|Tomlinson Run \|\|File:Tomlinson run state park-square.JPG{{Commons category-icon\|Tomlinson Run State Park}} \|\| Hancock {{coord\|40\|32\|49\|N\|80\|35\|32\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Tomlinson Run State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1548127}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Tomlinson Run State Park (Feature ID: 1548127) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|1,396}} acres (565 ha) \|\| 1935{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=137–139.}} \|\|Tomlinson Run Tomlinson Run Lake{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/TomlinsonRunStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|title = Map of Tomlinson Run State Park \|work = Tomlinson Run State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130201811/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/TomlinsonRunStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| Developed by the West Virginia Conservation Commission with support from the NPS, the park features the {{convert\|30\|acre\|ha\|adj=on\|0}} Tomlinson Run Lake, completed by the WPA in 1942.
scope="row"\|Tu-Endie-Wei \|\|File:Point Pleasant monument-square.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Tu-Endie-Wei State Park}} \|\| Mason {{coord\|38\|50\|21\|N\|82\|08\|28\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Tu-Endie-Wei State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1553276}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Tu-Endie-Wei Point Pleasant Battle Monument State Park (Feature ID: 1553276) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|4}} acres (2 ha) \|\| 1956{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=131–133.}}\|\| Kanawha River Ohio River{{Cite map \|publisher = United States Geological Survey \|title = Gallipolis Quadrangle, Ohio–West Virginia \|year = 2016 \|scale = 1 : 24,000 \|series = 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) \|url = https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24947/8162915.pdf \|access-date = December 1, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201154401/https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24947/8162915.pdf \|archive-date = December 1, 2017 }}{{cite web \|url = http://www.wvcommerce.org/App_Media/Assets/publications/travelrec/TuEndieWeiStateParkBrochure.pdf \|title = Brochure for Tu-Endie-Wei State Park \|work = West Virginia Department of Commerce website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, West Virginia Department of Commerce \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130202023/http://www.wvcommerce.org/App_Media/Assets/publications/travelrec/TuEndieWeiStateParkBrochure.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| Located at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha rivers. Site of the only major action during Lord Dunmore's War, the Battle of Point Pleasant. Acquired by the state in 1901. The granite obelisk monument commemorating the battle was dedicated in 1909, and they were added to the state park system in 1956. The park features the Mansion House Museum ({{circa\|1796}}) and a monument to Cornstalk who is buried there. The park is listed on the NRHP.{{Harvnb\|Chambers\|2004\|pp=274–275.}}
scope="row"\|Twin Falls Resort \|\|File:Spring-waterfall-mountain-laurel - Virginia - ForestWander.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Twin Falls Resort State Park}} \|\| Wyoming {{coord\|37\|38\|00\|N\|81\|26\|12\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Twin Falls Resort State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1548401}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Twin Falls State Park (Feature ID: 1548401) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|3,776}} acres (1,528 ha) \|\| 1964{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=140–143.}} \|\| Black Fork Marsh Fork{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/TwinFallsResortStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|title = Map of Twin Falls Resort State Park \|work = Twin Falls Resort State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130202151/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/TwinFallsResortStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| Named for two waterfalls about {{convert\|0.5\|mi\|km\|spell=in}} apart: one on the Marsh Fork and one on the Black Fork of Cabin Creek. One of three resort state parks funded by the EDA along with Canaan Valley Resort and Pipestem Resort. Contains a golf course, a reconstructed pioneer homestead serving as a living museum, and a lodge designed by TAC. Its diverse species of flora reflect an overlap of northern and southern ecosystems.{{Harvnb\|Chambers\|2004\|p=213.}}
scope="row"\|Tygart Lake \|\|File:TygartSP.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Tygart Lake State Park}} \|\| Barbour and Taylor {{coord\|39\|16\|24\|N\|80\|00\|26\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Tygart Lake State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1548443}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Tygart Lake State Park (Feature ID: 1548443) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|2,134}} acres (864 ha) \|\|1945{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=143–146.}} \|\| Tygart Lake Tygart Valley River{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/map.pdf \|title = Map of Tygart Lake State Park \|work = Tygart Lake State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130202259/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| Contains the {{convert\|1750\|acre\|ha\|adj=on\|0}} USACE Tygart Lake, created as a result of the Public Works Administration's Tygart Dam in 1938. The dam, designed by Charles M. Wellons and Paul Philippe Cret, is listed on the NRHP.{{Harvnb\|Chambers\|2004\|pp=412–413.}}{{cite book \|last = Maddex \|first = Lee R. \|date = September 7, 1994 \|title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Tygart River Reservoir Dam \|publisher = United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service \|url = http://archive.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/taylor/95000763.pdf \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|pages = 6–28 of the PDF file \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130202416/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/pocahontas/10001227.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }}
scope="row"\|Valley Falls \|\|File:Valley Falls State Park (1).jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Valley Falls State Park}} \|\| Marion and Taylor {{coord\|39\|23\|25\|N\|80\|05\|14\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Valley Falls State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1718208}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Valley Falls State Park (Feature ID: 1718208) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|1,145}} acres (463 ha) \|\|1964{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=146–149.}} \|\| Tygart Valley River{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ValleyFallsStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|title = Map of Valley Falls State Park \|work = Valley Falls State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130202341/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ValleyFallsStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| Named for two fast-moving waterfalls of {{convert\|12\|ft\|m\|0}} and {{convert\|18\|ft\|m\|0}} in height on the Tygart Valley River. During the 19th century, a milling and industrial town flourished at this site.
scope="row"\|Watoga \|\|File:Watoga State Park.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Watoga State Park}} \|\| Pocahontas {{coord\|38\|06\|13\|N\|80\|09\|00\|W\|region:US-WV\|name= Watoga State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1553392}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Watoga State Park (Feature ID: 1553392) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|10,100}} acres (4,087 ha) \|\| 1934{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=150–157.}} \|\| Greenbrier River Island Lick Run Watoga Lake{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WatogaStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|title = Map of Watoga State Park \|work = Watoga State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130202448/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WatogaStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| Initially developed as a state forest in 1926. One of West Virginia's first CCC camps was established here in 1933. The largest of West Virginia's state parks, it contains the {{convert\|11\|acre\|ha\|adj=on\|0}} Watoga Lake. A historic district containing the park's 103 CCC resources is listed on the NRHP.{{Harvnb\|Chambers\|2004\|p=471.}}{{cite book \|last = Sweeten \|first = Lena L. \|date = June 14, 2010 \|title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: New Deal Resources in Watoga State Park Historic District \|publisher = United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service \|url = http://archive.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/pocahontas/10001227.pdf \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|pages = 3–6 of the PDF file \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130202416/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/pocahontas/10001227.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }}
scope="row"\|Watters Smith Memorial \|\|File:Watters Smith Memorial State Park.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Watters Smith Memorial State Park}} \|\| Harrison {{coord\|39\|10\|10\|N\|80\|24\|40\|W\|region:US-WV\|name= Watters Smith Memorial State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1548838}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Watters Smith Memorial State Park (Feature ID: 1548838) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|532}} acres (215 ha) \|\| 1949{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=157–162.}}{{Harvnb\|Chambers\|2004\|pp=436–437.}} \|\| Duck Creek{{cite web \|url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WattersSmithMemorialStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|title = Map of Watters Smith Memorial State Park \|work = Watters Smith Memorial State Park website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130203023/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WattersSmithMemorialStatePark_brochure_map.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| Consists of the pioneer homestead of Watters Smith who moved here with his wife Elizabeth in 1796. A log cabin similar to the original was reconstructed at the park along with period farm buildings. The Smith family home ({{circa\|1876}}) has also been restored as a museum. The park is listed on the NRHP.{{cite book \|last = Post \|first = Ann \|date = September 11, 1971 \|title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Watters Smith Memorial State Park \|publisher = United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service \|url = http://archive.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/harrison/74002003.pdf \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|pages = 2–3 of the PDF file \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130203728/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/harrison/74002003.pdf \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }}

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scope="row"|Audra

||File:Middle Fork River Audra.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Audra State Park}} || Barbour and Upshur
{{coord|39|02|25|N|80|03|55|W|region:US-WV|name=Audra State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1535080}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Audra State Park (Feature ID: 1535080) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|355}} acres
(144 ha) || 1950{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=17–19.}} || Middle Fork River{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/AudraStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |title = Map of Audra State Park |work = Audra State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130184245/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/AudraStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }}|| Former site of the commercial logging town of Audra and of Barbour County's first 4-H camp. The park's Alum Cave is formed at the base of a sandstone formation, where it makes contact with pyritiferous shale.

scope="row"|Babcock

||File:Autumn-grist-mill-west-virginia-waterfalls1 - West Virginia - ForestWander.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Babcock State Park}} || Fayette
{{coord|37|59|38|N|80|58|16|W|region:US-WV|name=Babcock State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1535093}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Babcock State Park (Feature ID: 1535093) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|4,127}} acres
(1,670 ha) ||1934{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=19–30.}} || Glade Creek
Manns Creek{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BabcockStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |title = Map of Babcock State Park |work = Babcock State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130184523/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BabcockStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || Named for previous owner Edward V. Babcock, the park contains two architectural landmarks: its administration building, one of the major Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) accomplishments in West Virginia, and Glade Creek Grist Mill, one of the most photographed structures in West Virginia. Completed in 1976, the mill is a working monument to the more than 500 mills formerly located in the state.{{Harvnb|West Virginia Legislature|2012|p=788.}}{{Harvnb|Chambers|2004|p=111.}}{{cite web |url = https://wvstateparks.com/park/babcock-state-park/ |title = Babcock State Park Main Page |work = Babcock State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = December 4, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171204114247/https://wvstateparks.com/park/babcock-state-park/ |archive-date = December 4, 2017 }} A historic district containing the park's CCC resources is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP).{{cite book |last = Hanbury |first = Mary Ruffin |date = January 31, 2018 |title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: New Deal Resources in Babcock State Park Historic District |publisher = United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service |url = https://archive.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/fayette/100003518.pdf |access-date = September 8, 2022 |pages = 3–5 of the PDF file |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220908094723/https://archive.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/fayette/100003518.pdf |archive-date = September 8, 2022 }}

scope="row"|Beartown

||File:BeartownStateParkWV-square.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Beartown State Park}} || Greenbrier and Pocahontas
{{coord|38|03|08|N|80|16|35|W|region:US-WV|name=Beartown State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1550209}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Beartown State Park (Feature ID: 1550209) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|110}} acres
(45 ha) || 1970{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=31–32.}} || None{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BeartownStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |title = Map of Beartown State Park |work = Beartown State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130184810/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BeartownStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || Trails wind through a network of crevices between massive fragmented boulders, which are a part of the "Droop Sandstone" formation. Large elephant ear lichens (Lobaria pulmonaria) in the "Big Beartown" section of the park are more than 500 years old.

scope="row"|Beech Fork

||File:Beech Fork State Park Lake.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Beech Fork State Park}} || Cabell and Wayne
{{coord|38|18|05|N|82|19|50|W|region:US-WV|name=Beech Fork State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|2043571}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Beech Fork State Park (Feature ID: 2043571) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|3,860}} acres
(1,562 ha) || 1978{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|p=33.}} || Beech Fork Lake{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BeechForkStatePark_brochure_map-1.pdf |title = Map of Beech Fork State Park |work = Beech Fork State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130184944/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BeechForkStatePark_brochure_map-1.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || Includes the {{convert|720|acre|ha|adj=on}} Beech Fork Lake, a reservoir created by a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) dam.

scope="row"|Berkeley Springs

||File:BerkeleySpringsSP WestVirginia-square.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Berkeley Springs State Park}} || Morgan
{{coord|39|37|35|N|78|13|45|W|region:US-WV|name=Berkeley Springs State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1557917}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Berkeley Springs State Park (Feature ID: 1557917) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|7}} acres
(3 ha) || 1970{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=34–41.}} || Warm Spring Run{{Cite map |publisher = United States Geological Survey |title = Hancock Quadrangle, Maryland–West Virginia–Pennsylvania |year = 2016 |scale = 1 : 24,000 |series = 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) |url = https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24829/8149336.pdf |access-date = December 1, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201154049/https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24829/8149336.pdf |archive-date = December 1, 2017 }} || Listed on the NRHP. The park's springs, held in trust for the public since 1776, were known by European settlers as early as 1736 and were frequented by Lord Fairfax and George Washington. The temperature of the spring water remains at a constant {{convert|74.3|F|C|abbr=off}}.{{Harvnb|West Virginia Legislature|2012|p=789.}}{{NRISref|2010a|access-date=July 25, 2015}}{{Harvnb|Chambers|2004|pp=519–520.}}

scope="row"|Blackwater Falls

||File:Black-waterfalls-evening-foliage - West Virginia - ForestWander.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Blackwater Falls State Park}} || Tucker
{{coord|39|06|43|N|79|29|43|W|region:US-WV|name=Blackwater Falls State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1550381}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Blackwater Falls State Park (Feature ID: 1550381) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|2,358}} acres
(954 ha) || 1937{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=42–51.}} || Blackwater River
North Fork Blackwater River
Pendleton Lake{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BlackwaterFallsStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |title = Map of Blackwater Falls State Park |work = Blackwater Falls State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130185651/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BlackwaterFallsStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }}|| Major attractions include {{convert|63|foot|m|adj=on|0}} Blackwater Falls, {{convert|8|mile|km|adj=on|0}} Blackwater Canyon, Elakala Falls on Shays Run, and Pendleton Falls on Pendleton Run. The park's original forests were completely lumbered by 1924, and the current secondary forests were spurred by a CCC reforestation program in the 1930s.{{Harvnb|Chambers|2004|pp=493–494.}}{{cite web |url = http://www.blackwaterfalls.com/views_overlooks.htm |title = Breathtaking Views |work = Blackwater Falls State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = August 20, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160103232226/http://www.blackwaterfalls.com/views_overlooks.htm |archive-date = January 3, 2016 }}

scope="row"|Blennerhassett
Island Historical

||File:Blennerhassett Mansion retouched.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park}} || Wood
{{coord|39|16|16|N|81|37|34|W|region:US-WV|name=Blackwater Falls State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1560348}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park (Feature ID: 1560348) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|511}} acres
(207 ha) || 1989{{cite journal |last = Williams |first = Robert F. |date = February 22, 1990 |title = Administrative Law Judge's Recommended Decision |url = http://www.psc.state.wv.us/scripts/orders/ViewDocument.cfm?CaseActivityID=29443&Source=Archives |publisher = Public Service Commission of West Virginia |page = 7 |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130190100/http://www.psc.state.wv.us/scripts/orders/ViewDocument.cfm?CaseActivityID=29443&Source=Archives |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || Ohio River{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BlennerhassettIslandHistoricalStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |title = Map of Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park |work = Blennerhassett Island Historical State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130190354/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BlennerhassettIslandHistoricalStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || The park is divided between two facilities: a museum in Parkersburg and {{convert|511|acres|ha|adj=on|0}} Blennerhassett Island, which contains the reconstructed (1984–1991) Palladian-style Blennerhassett Mansion, originally completed in 1800. The island is accessible by paddle steamers May through October and is listed on the NRHP.{{Harvnb|West Virginia Legislature|2012|pp=789–790.}}{{Harvnb|Chambers|2004|pp=307–308.}}

scope="row"|Bluestone

||File:Bluestone Lake at Bluestone River.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Bluestone State Park}} || Summers
{{coord|37|37|05|N|80|56|09|W|region:US-WV|name=Bluestone State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1536147}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Bluestone State Park (Feature ID: 1536147) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|2,155}} acres
(872 ha) ||1950{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=52–54.}} || Bluestone River
Bluestone Lake
New River{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BluestoneStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |title = Map of Bluestone State Park |work = Bluestone State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130190505/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/BluestoneStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || Named for the bluish-gray shale between sandstone deposits. Adjoins Bluestone Lake, the state's second largest body of water, which was formed as a result of Bluestone Dam, completed by the USACE in 1948.{{Harvnb|Chambers|2004|p=167.}}

scope="row"|Cacapon Resort

||File:Cacapon Resort State Park - Lake.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Cacapon Resort State Park}} || Morgan
{{coord|39|31|06|N|78|18|34|W|region:US-WV|name=Cacapon Resort State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1536845}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Cacapon Resort State Park (Feature ID: 1536845) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|6,115}} acres
(2,475 ha) || 1937{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=55–61.}} || Cacapon Lake{{cite web |url = http://www.wvstateparks.com/Brochures/CacaponResortBrochure.pdf |title = Cacapon Resort State Park brochure |work = Cacapon Resort State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = August 20, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160304081746/http://www.wvstateparks.com/Brochures/CacaponResortBrochure.pdf |archive-date = March 4, 2016 }}{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CacaponResortStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |title = Map of Cacapon Resort State Park |work = Cacapon Resort State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130190858/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CacaponResortStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || Initially constructed by the CCC beginning in 1937, with facility expansions in the 1950s and the addition of a Robert Trent Jones golf course in 1973, the park is considered a showcase of the state park system due its proximity to the Baltimore–Washington metropolitan area. The state park system's first wobble clay shooting range was opened here in 2007.{{Harvnb|West Virginia Legislature|2012|p=790.}}{{Harvnb|Chambers|2004|p=521.}}

scope="row"|Camp Creek{{efn|The WVDNR Parks and Recreation Section administers Camp Creek State Forest and Camp Creek State Park together under a single superintendent.{{Harvnb|West Virginia Legislature|2016a|p=77.}}}}

||File:Camp-creek-waterfalls-3 - West Virginia - ForestWander.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Camp Creek State Park}} || Mercer
{{coord|37|30|29|N|81|07|58|W|region:US-WV|name=Camp Creek State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|2043576}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Camp Creek State Park (Feature ID: 2043576) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|500}} acres
(202 ha) || 1987{{cite web |url = http://www.campcreekstatepark.com |title = Camp Creek State Park website: Welcome |work = Camp Creek State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = August 20, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170607023925/http://www.campcreekstatepark.com/ |archive-date = June 7, 2017 |url-status = dead |df = mdy-all }} ||Camp Creek{{cite web |url = http://www.campcreekstatepark.com/Camp%20Creek%20State%20Park.pdf |title = Map of Camp Creek State Park |work = Camp Creek State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = August 20, 2015 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170616191704/http://www.campcreekstatepark.com/Camp%20Creek%20State%20Park.pdf |archive-date = June 16, 2017 }} ||Formed from Camp Creek State Forest in 1987, when a tract of {{convert|500|acres|ha|0}} was set aside to create this recreation area. It is administered with Camp Creek State Forest.

scope="row"|Canaan Valley
Resort

||File:Blackwater River Canaan Valley Resort State Park.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Canaan Valley Resort State Park}} || Tucker
{{coord|39|01|38|N|79|27|43|W|region:US-WV|name=Canaan Valley Resort State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1550628}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Canaan Valley Resort State Park (Feature ID: 1550628) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|6,120}} acres
(2,477 ha) || 1957{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=62–65.}}|| Blackwater River{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CanaanValleyResortStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |title = Map of Canaan Valley Resort State Park |work = Canaan Valley Resort State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130191341/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CanaanValleyResortStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || One of three state parks, along with Pipestem Resort and Twin Falls Resort, planned in the 1960s with funds from the Economic Development Administration (EDA). Contains the first ski facility in West Virginia, opened in 1971.{{Harvnb|Chambers|2004|p=494.}}

scope="row"|Carnifex Ferry
Battlefield

||File:Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park}} || Nicholas
{{coord|38|12|32|N|80|56|22|W|region:US-WV|name=Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1537045}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park (Feature ID: 1537045) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|165}} acres
(67 ha)||1931{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=66–73.}} || Gauley River{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CarnifexFerryBattlefieldStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |title = Map of Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park |work = Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130191619/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CarnifexFerryBattlefieldStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || Site of 1861 American Civil War Battle of Carnifex Ferry, which secured Union control of western Virginia and eventually led to the formation of West Virginia. The park, which includes Patteson House, a restored mid-19th-century farmhouse, is listed on the NRHP.{{Harvnb|Chambers|2004|pp=106–107.}}

scope="row"|Cass Scenic
Railroad

||File:Cass Scenic Railroad State Park - Heisler 6 and Shay 11.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Cass Scenic Railroad State Park}} || Pocahontas
{{coord|38|26|55|N|79|55|38|W|region:US-WV|name=Cass Scenic Railroad State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1550645}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Cass Scenic Railroad State Park (Feature ID: 1550645) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|940}} acres
(380 ha) || 1961{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=74–81.}} || Greenbrier River
Leatherbark Run{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CassScenicRailroadStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |title = Map of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park |work = Cass Scenic Railroad State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130191725/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CassScenicRailroadStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }}{{Harvnb|Chambers|2004|pp=472–473.}} || A former logging spur, the park's scenic railroad climbs West Virginia's second-tallest peak, Bald Knob. In addition to the railroad, the state acquired the town of Cass and restored 13 of its former company houses as rental units for park visitors, creating West Virginia's only restored company town complete with the Cass Country Store. The park is listed on the NRHP.{{cite web |url = https://wvstateparks.com/park/cass-scenic-railroad-state-park/ |title = Cass Scenic Railroad State Park Main Page |work = Cass Scenic Railroad State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = December 4, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171204114710/https://wvstateparks.com/park/cass-scenic-railroad-state-park/ |archive-date = December 4, 2017 }}

scope="row"|Cathedral

||File:Cathedral State Park West Virginia Eastern Hemlock-square.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Cathedral State Park}} || Preston
{{coord|39|19|35|N|79|32|19|W|region:US-WV|name=Cathedral State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1550653}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Cathedral State Park (Feature ID: 1550653) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|133}} acres
(54 ha) || 1942{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=82–85.}} || Rhine Creek{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CathedralStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |title = Map of Cathedral State Park |work = Cathedral State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130191847/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CathedralStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || Formerly known as Brookside Woods, the park is a {{convert|133|acres|ha|adj=on|0}} stand of uncut old-growth forest and contains the only remaining stand of virgin Eastern hemlock (Tsuga canadensis) in West Virginia. The park is entirely contained within the Brookside Historic District, which is listed on the NRHP. It was also designated a National Natural Landmark by the National Park Service.{{Harvnb|West Virginia Legislature|2012|p=791.}}{{cite book |last = Zimmerman |first = Courtney Fint |date = July 18, 2012 |title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Brookside Historic District |publisher = United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service |url = http://archive.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/preston/13000264.pdf |access-date = November 30, 2017 |pages = 2–9 of the PDF file |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130191920/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/preston/13000264.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }}

scope="row"|Cedar Creek

||File:Cedar Creek State Park.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Cedar Creek State Park}} || Gilmer
{{coord|38|52|54|N|80|51|44|W|region:US-WV|name=Cedar Creek State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1537131}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Cedar Creek State Park (Feature ID: 1537131) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|2,588}} acres
(1,047 ha) || 1953{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=85–87.}}||Cedar Creek{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CedarCreekStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |title = Map of Cedar Creek State Park |work = Cedar Creek State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130192047/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/CedarCreekStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || Contains two relocated structures of historic significance: the Log Cabin Service Station (1928), which now serves as the park office and nature center, and Pine Run School (1909), a one-room country schoolhouse with period furnishings.{{Harvnb|Chambers|2004|pp=457–458.}}

scope="row"|Chief Logan{{efn|The WVDNR Parks and Recreation Section operates Chief Logan Lodge and Conference Center and Chief Logan State Park under separate management teams. While they are occasionally listed and counted separately in Parks and Recreation Section media, they are included together in this list as Chief Logan State Park.{{Harvnb|West Virginia Legislature|2016a|p=78.}}}}

||File:Chief Logan State Park - C&O 2755.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Chief Logan State Park}} || Logan
{{coord|37|53|57|N|82|00|46|W|region:US-WV|name=Chief Logan State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1537310}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Chief Logan State Park (Feature ID: 1537310) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|3,303}} acres
(1,337 ha) || 1961{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=87–89.}} || Buffalo Creek{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ChiefLoganStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |title = Map of Chief Logan State Park |work = Chief Logan State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130192145/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ChiefLoganStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || Formerly a part of the Merrill Coal Company camp, now minus the camp's houses, mining equipment, and tipple. Performed at the park is The Aracoma Story, a historical drama about Aracoma, the daughter of Cornstalk, and the Shawnee tribespeople who lived at the present-day location.

scope="row"|Droop Mountain
Battlefield

||File:Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park}} || Pocahontas
{{coord|38|06|43|N|80|16|17|W|region:US-WV|name=Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1550954}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park (Feature ID: 1550954) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|287}} acres
(116 ha) || 1928 || None{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/DroopMountainBattlefieldStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |title = Map of Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park |work = Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130192342/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/DroopMountainBattlefieldStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || Site of the one of West Virginia's largest engagements during the American Civil War, and listed on the NRHP. Dedicated on July 4, 1929, it was the first state park established in West Virginia. In 1935, the CCC built the park's iconic wooden observation tower and a rental cabin that now serves as a museum.{{Harvnb|West Virginia Legislature|2012|p=792.}}{{Harvnb|Chambers|2004|pp=470–471.}}

scope="row"|Fairfax Stone
Historical
Monument

||File:Fairfaxstone-square.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park}} || Grant, Preston, and Tucker
{{coord|39|11|42|N|79|29|14|W|region:US-WV|name=Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1697231}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Fairfax Stone Historical Monument (Feature ID: 1697231) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|4}} acres
(2 ha) || 1957{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=95–96.}} || North Branch
Potomac River
headwaters{{Cite map |publisher = United States Geological Survey |title = Davis Quadrangle, West Virginia–Maryland |year = 2016 |scale = 1 : 24,000 |series = 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) |url = https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24919/8156840.pdf |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130194225/https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24919/8156840.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }}{{cite web |url = http://www.wvcommerce.org/App_Media/Assets/publications/travelrec/FairfaxStoneStateParkBrochure.pdf |title = Brochure for Fairfax Stone Historical Monument State Park |work = West Virginia Department of Commerce website |publisher = West Virginia Department of Commerce, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, Parks and Recreation |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130194735/http://www.wvcommerce.org/App_Media/Assets/publications/travelrec/FairfaxStoneStateParkBrochure.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || The park contains the Fairfax Stone historic marker, which traditionally marked the western boundary of Lord Fairfax's Northern Neck Proprietary and is responsible for the present-day boundary between Maryland and West Virginia. The park is listed on the NRHP.{{Harvnb|West Virginia Legislature|2012|p=795.}}

scope="row"|Greenbrier River
Trail

||File:G R T 2004 Trail Long Straight.JPG{{Commons category-icon|Greenbrier River Trail}} || Greenbrier and Pocahontas
{{coord|37|59|42|N|80|17|55|W|region:US-WV|name=Greenbrier River Trail}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1551295}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Greenbrier River Trail (Feature ID: 1551295) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|936}} acres
(379 ha) || 1980{{cite news |title = Try the variety of West Virginia |newspaper = Bluefield Daily Telegraph |location = Bluefield, West Virginia |date = June 10, 1986 |page = 34 |url = https://newspaperarchive.com/bluefield-daily-telegraph-jun-10-1986-p-34/ |access-date = November 30, 2017 |via = NewspaperArchive.com |archive-date = December 4, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171204114536/https://newspaperarchive.com/bluefield-daily-telegraph-jun-10-1986-p-34/ |url-status = live }} ||Greenbrier River{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GreenbrierRiverTrailStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |title = Map of the Greenbrier River Trail |work = Greenbrier River Trail website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130195129/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/GreenbrierRiverTrailStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || The trail is a {{convert|78|miles|km|adj=on|0}} section of a former Chesapeake and Ohio Railway line between North Caldwell and Cass.

scope="row"|Hawks Nest

||File:Hawks Nest.JPG{{Commons category-icon|Hawks Nest State Park}} || Fayette
{{coord|38|07|26|N|81|07|08|W|region:US-WV|name=Hawks Nest State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1540077}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Hawks Nest State Park (Feature ID: 1540077) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|370}} acres
(150 ha) || 1935{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=102–108.}} || Hawks Nest Lake
Mill Creek
New River
Turkey Creek{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/HawksNestStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |title = Map of Hawks Nest State Park |work = Hawks Nest State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130195249/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/HawksNestStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || Planned by the NPS and built by the CCC, the park features an aerial tramway to a marina on the New River, and its overlook allows for panoramic views of New River Gorge. Its lodge was designed by The Architects Collaborative (TAC). A {{convert|71|acres|ha|adj=on|0}} historic district containing the park's CCC resources is listed on the NRHP.{{Harvnb|Chambers|2004|pp=120–121.}}{{cite book |last = Sweeten |first = Lena L. |date = June 14, 2010 |title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: New Deal Resources in Hawk's Nest State Park Historic District |publisher = United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service |url = http://archive.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/fayette/10001225.pdf |access-date = November 30, 2017 |pages = 3–6 of the PDF file |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130195310/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/fayette/10001225.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }}

scope="row"|Holly River

||File:Holly River State Park - Upper Falls.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Holly River State Park}} || Webster
{{coord|38|39|53|N|80|20|04|W|region:US-WV|name=Holly River State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1540398}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Holly River State Park (Feature ID: 1540398) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|8,294}} acres
(3,357 ha) || 1938{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=109–113.}} ||Laurel Fork of Holly River{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/HollyRiverStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |title = Map of Holly River State Park |work = Holly River State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130195444/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/HollyRiverStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || The park's land was salvaged in 1937 following its purchase by the Farm Security Administration (FSA) for the purposes of reforestation and stream reclamation following extensive logging operations in the area. The park's historic district containing 93 Works Progress Administration (WPA) resources was listed on the NRHP.{{cite book |last = Sweeten |first = Lena L. |date = June 14, 2010 |title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: New Deal Resources in Holly River State Park Historic District |publisher = United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service |url = http://archive.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/webster/10001228.pdf |access-date = November 30, 2017 |pages = 3–6 of the PDF file |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130195508/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/webster/10001228.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }}

scope="row"|Little Beaver

||File:Little Beaver State Park WV 1 LR.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Little Beaver State Park}} || Raleigh
{{coord|37|44|42|N|81|05|02|W|region:US-WV|name=Little Beaver State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1542023}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Little Beaver State Park (Feature ID: 1542023) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|562}} acres
(227 ha) || 1971{{cite book |last1 = Jourdan |first1 = Katherine M. |last2 = Clark |first2 = Robell |date = November 5, 1997 |title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Little Beaver Dam |publisher = United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service |url = http://archive.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/raleigh/98000287.pdf |access-date = November 30, 2017 |pages = 7–10 of the PDF file |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130210113/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/raleigh/98000287.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} ||Little Beaver Creek
Little Beaver Lake{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/LittleBeaverStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |title = Map of Little Beaver State Park |work = Little Beaver State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130195913/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/LittleBeaverStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }}|| Originally developed as a Raleigh County recreation area by the CCC in the late 1930s. Used as a county 4-H camp from 1941 to 1965. The park's lake was created in 1941 when the CCC and WPA constructed the {{convert|400|feet|m|adj=on|0}} Little Beaver Dam on Little Beaver Creek.{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|p=113.}}

scope="row"|Lost River

||File:Lighthorse Harry Lee Cabin Mathias WV 2014 06 21 01.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Lost River State Park}} || Hardy
{{coord|38|55|22|N|78|53|22|W|region:US-WV|name=Lost River State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1551946}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Lost River State Park (Feature ID: 1551946) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|3,712}} acres
(1,502 ha)|| 1934{{cite book |last = Sweeten |first = Lena L. |date = June 14, 2010 |title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: New Deal Resources in Lost River State Park Historic District |publisher = United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service |url = http://archive.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/hardy/10001226.pdf |access-date = November 30, 2017 |pages = 3–6 of the PDF file |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130195950/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/hardy/10001226.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || Howards Lick Run{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/LostRiverStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |title = Map of Lost River State Park |work = Lost River State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130200032/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/LostRiverStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || Henry Lee III received this land in 1796 for his American Revolutionary War service. His son Charles Carter Lee founded Hardy White Sulphur Springs resort here in 1852. Later renamed Lee White Sulphur Springs, it burned down in 1910. The state acquired the land in 1934, and the NPS and CCC developed the park and its recreational facilities. The park's 142 CCC resources and its Lighthorse Harry Lee Cabin ({{circa|1800}}) are listed on the NRHP.{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=114–119.}}

scope="row"|Moncove Lake

||File:Moncove Lake.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Moncove Lake State Park}} || Monroe
{{coord|37|37|19|N|80|21|04|W|region:US-WV|name=Moncove Lake State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1556682}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Moncove Lake Wildlife Management Area (Feature ID: 1556682) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|896}} acres
(363 ha) || 1991{{Harvnb|West Virginia Legislature|2016b|p=1085.}} ||Devil Creek
Moncove Lake{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MoncoveLakeStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |title = Map of Moncove Lake State Park |work = Moncove Lake State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130200202/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/MoncoveLakeStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || The park's {{convert|144|acre|ha|adj=on|0}} Moncove Lake was created in 1960 by the 1959 impoundment of Devil Creek. Formerly a wildlife management area, the park is located under an autumn flyway for migrating raptors, including broad-winged hawks (Buteo platypterus).{{Harvnb|West Virginia Legislature|2012|p=793.}}{{cite news |title = Moncove Lake In Monroe County Is Known As Fisherman's Delight |newspaper = Beckley Post Herald |location = Beckley, West Virginia |date = July 30, 1969 |page = 10 |url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/15824294/ |access-date = November 30, 2017 |via = Newspapers.com |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171203224549/https://www.newspapers.com/image/15824294/ |archive-date = December 3, 2017 |df = mdy-all }}

scope="row"|North Bend

||File:North Bend State Park-Lodge.jpg{{Commons category-icon|North Bend State Park}} || Ritchie
{{coord|39|13|23|N|81|06|37|W|region:US-WV|name=North Bend State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1544197}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for North Bend State Park (Feature ID: 1544197) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|2,492}} acres
(1,009 ha) || 1951{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=120–122.}} || North Bend Lake
North Fork Hughes River{{cite web |url = http://www.wvdnr.gov/Parks/Maps/NorthBendStateParkMap.pdf |title = Map of North Bend State Park |work = West Virginia Division of Natural Resources website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130200555/http://www.wvdnr.gov/Parks/Maps/NorthBendStateParkMap.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || Named through a contest sponsored by the Ritchie Gazette in the 1950s, the park features the "Extra Mile Trail" for the disabled and hosts the annual International Sports Jamboree for physically or visually challenged athletes. The park's {{convert|305|acre|ha|adj=on|0}} North Bend Lake was created by an impoundment on the North Fork Hughes River in 2002.{{cite news |title = Deadline looms for Sports Jamboree |newspaper = News and Sentinel |location = Parkersburg, West Virginia |date = June 6, 2017 |url = http://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-news/2017/06/deadline-looms-for-sports-jamboree/ |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130233021/http://www.newsandsentinel.com/news/local-news/2017/06/deadline-looms-for-sports-jamboree/ |archive-date = November 30, 2017 |url-status = dead |df = mdy-all }}{{cite web |url = http://www.wvdnr.gov/fishing/public_access.asp?county=Ritchie&type=Lakes&point=I74 |title = North Bend Lake |work = West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Fish Management website |publisher = West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130230704/http://www.wvdnr.gov/fishing/public_access.asp?county=Ritchie&type=Lakes&point=I74 |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }}

scope="row"|North Bend
Rail Trail

||File:North Bend Rail Trail.jpg{{Commons category-icon|North Bend Rail Trail State Park}} || Doddridge, Harrison, Ritchie, and Wood
{{coord|39|17|06|N|80|58|14|W|region:US-WV|name=North Bend Rail Trail}}|| Not applicable || 1991 ||Goose Creek
Hushers Run
Little Kanawha River
Middle Island Creek
North Fork Hughes River
Walker Creek{{cite web |url = http://www.wvcommerce.org/App_Media/Assets/publications/travelrec/NorthBendRailTrailBrochure.pdf |title = Brochure and Map of the North Bend Rail Trail |work = West Virginia Department of Commerce website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, West Virginia Department of Commerce |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130201045/http://www.wvcommerce.org/App_Media/Assets/publications/travelrec/NorthBendRailTrailBrochure.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || Consists of a {{convert|72|mi|km|adj=on|0}} section of an abandoned spur of the CSX Transportation system between Parkersburg and Wolf Summit. Passes through 13 tunnels and over 36 bridges, and is part of the {{convert|5500|mi|km|adj=on|0}} American Discovery Trail. The longest tunnel is the {{convert|2207|ft|m|adj=on|0}} Tunnel No.{{nbsp}}6 between West Union and Central Station.{{Harvnb|West Virginia Legislature|2016b|p=1088.}}{{cite news |title = Get Away From It All At Historic North Bend |newspaper = Akron Beacon Journal |location = Akron, Ohio |date = August 28, 2016 |page = E007 |url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/220334317/ |access-date = November 30, 2017 |via = Newspapers.com |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171203224536/https://www.newspapers.com/image/220334317/ |archive-date = December 3, 2017 |df = mdy-all }}

scope="row"|Pinnacle Rock

||File:Pinnacle Rock State Park.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Pinnacle Rock State Park}} || Mercer
{{coord|37|18|43|N|81|17|32|W|region:US-WV|name=Pinnacle Rock State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1544944}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Pinnacle Rock State Park (Feature ID: 1544944) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|374}} acres
(151 ha) || 1938{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|p=123.}}{{Harvnb|Chambers|2004|p=196.}} ||Jimmy Lewis Lake{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/PinnacleRockStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |title = Map of Pinnacle Rock State Park |work = Pinnacle Rock State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130201158/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/PinnacleRockStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || Named for the {{convert|3100|ft|m|adj=on|0}} tall Pinnacle Rock sandstone formation. Its rustic park facilities were built by the CCC in 1938 and the {{convert|15|acre|ha|adj=on|0}} Jimmy Lewis Lake was built between 1965 and 1968.{{cite web |url = http://www.wvdnr.gov/fishing/public_access.asp?county=Mercer&type=Lakes&point=I53 |title = Jimmy Lewis Lake |work = West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Fish Management website |publisher = West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201004804/http://www.wvdnr.gov/fishing/public_access.asp?county=Mercer&type=Lakes&point=I53 |archive-date = December 1, 2017 }}

scope="row"|Pipestem Resort

||File:Pipestem Resort State Park-Bluestone Gorge.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Pipestem Resort State Park}} || Mercer and Summers
{{coord|37|32|23|N|80|59|39|W|region:US-WV|name=Pipestem Resort State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1544952}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Pipestem State Park (Feature ID: 1544952) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|4,050}} acres
(1,640 ha) || 1963{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=124–130.}} || Bluestone River
Long Branch Creek
Long Branch Lake
Mountain Creek{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/PipestemResortStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |title = Map of Pipestem Resort State Park |work = Pipestem Resort State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130201315/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/PipestemResortStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || Named for the pipestem bush (Spiraea alba). Considered the "crown jewel" of the state park system upon its completion in 1971, it is one of three state parks, along with Twin Falls Resort and Canaan Valley Resort, to receive funding from the EDA. The park has a seasonal aerial tramway between the rim and floor of Bluestone Canyon, which features a vertical drop of approximately {{convert|1200|ft|m|0}}.{{Harvnb|Chambers|2004|p=171.}}

scope="row"|Prickett's Fort

||File:Fortp1.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Prickett's Fort State Park}} || Marion
{{coord|39|31|01|N|80|05|40|W|region:US-WV|name=Prickett's Fort State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1718091}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Pricketts Fort State Park (Feature ID: 1718091) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|188}} acres
(76 ha) || 1975{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=134–136.}}|| Monongahela River
Pricketts Creek{{Cite map |publisher = United States Geological Survey |title = Rivesville Quadrangle, West Virginia |year = 2016 |scale = 1 : 24,000 |series = 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) |url = https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24864/8152016.pdf |access-date = December 1, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201154653/https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24864/8152016.pdf |archive-date = December 1, 2017 }}{{cite web |url = http://www.wvcommerce.org/App_Media/Assets/publications/travelrec/PrickettsFortStateParkBrochure.pdf |title = Brochure for Prickett's Fort State Park |work = West Virginia Department of Commerce website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, West Virginia Department of Commerce |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130201622/http://www.wvcommerce.org/App_Media/Assets/publications/travelrec/PrickettsFortStateParkBrochure.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || Features a reconstruction of Prickett's Fort, an 18th-century fortification built to defend settlers against Native American attacks. Includes the Prickett cemetery (1772), the area's oldest burial ground. The park's Prickett's Fort and Jacob Prickett Jr. Log House are listed on the NRHP.{{Harvnb|Chambers|2004|pp=420–421.}}

scope="row"|Stonewall Jackson
Lake

||File:Stonewall Jackson Lake.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Stonewall Jackson Lake State Park}} || Lewis
{{coord|38|56|57|N|80|29|44|W|region:US-WV|name=Stonewall Jackson Lake State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|2043584}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Stonewall Jackson Lake State Park (Feature ID: 2043584) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|1,736}} acres
(703 ha) || 1990|| Stonewall Jackson Lake
West Fork River{{cite web |url = http://www.stonewallresort.com/i/downloads/Resort_Map.pdf |title = Map of Stonewall Jackson Lake State Park |work = Stonewall Jackson Lake State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130201725/http://www.stonewallresort.com/i/downloads/Resort_Map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || Located along the {{convert|2650|acre|ha|adj=on|0}} USACE Stonewall Jackson Lake, the park was developed, constructed, financed, and operated through a public–private partnership between McCabe-Henley LP and WVDNR.{{Harvnb|West Virginia Legislature|2012|p=794.}}{{cite web |url = http://www.wvdnr.gov/fishing/public_access.asp?county=Lewis&type=Lakes&point=I97 |title = Stonewall Jackson Lake |work = West Virginia Division of Natural Resources Fish Management website |publisher = West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201013757/http://www.wvdnr.gov/fishing/public_access.asp?county=Lewis&type=Lakes&point=I97 |archive-date = December 1, 2017 }}

scope="row"|Tomlinson Run

||File:Tomlinson run state park-square.JPG{{Commons category-icon|Tomlinson Run State Park}} || Hancock
{{coord|40|32|49|N|80|35|32|W|region:US-WV|name=Tomlinson Run State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1548127}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Tomlinson Run State Park (Feature ID: 1548127) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|1,396}} acres
(565 ha) || 1935{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=137–139.}} ||Tomlinson Run
Tomlinson Run Lake{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/TomlinsonRunStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |title = Map of Tomlinson Run State Park |work = Tomlinson Run State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130201811/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/TomlinsonRunStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || Developed by the West Virginia Conservation Commission with support from the NPS, the park features the {{convert|30|acre|ha|adj=on|0}} Tomlinson Run Lake, completed by the WPA in 1942.

scope="row"|Tu-Endie-Wei

||File:Point Pleasant monument-square.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Tu-Endie-Wei State Park}} || Mason
{{coord|38|50|21|N|82|08|28|W|region:US-WV|name=Tu-Endie-Wei State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1553276}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Tu-Endie-Wei Point Pleasant Battle Monument State Park (Feature ID: 1553276) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|4}} acres
(2 ha) || 1956{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=131–133.}}|| Kanawha River
Ohio River{{Cite map |publisher = United States Geological Survey |title = Gallipolis Quadrangle, Ohio–West Virginia |year = 2016 |scale = 1 : 24,000 |series = 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) |url = https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24947/8162915.pdf |access-date = December 1, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201154401/https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24947/8162915.pdf |archive-date = December 1, 2017 }}{{cite web |url = http://www.wvcommerce.org/App_Media/Assets/publications/travelrec/TuEndieWeiStateParkBrochure.pdf |title = Brochure for Tu-Endie-Wei State Park |work = West Virginia Department of Commerce website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources, West Virginia Department of Commerce |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130202023/http://www.wvcommerce.org/App_Media/Assets/publications/travelrec/TuEndieWeiStateParkBrochure.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || Located at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha rivers. Site of the only major action during Lord Dunmore's War, the Battle of Point Pleasant. Acquired by the state in 1901. The granite obelisk monument commemorating the battle was dedicated in 1909, and they were added to the state park system in 1956. The park features the Mansion House Museum ({{circa|1796}}) and a monument to Cornstalk who is buried there. The park is listed on the NRHP.{{Harvnb|Chambers|2004|pp=274–275.}}

scope="row"|Twin Falls Resort

||File:Spring-waterfall-mountain-laurel - Virginia - ForestWander.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Twin Falls Resort State Park}} || Wyoming
{{coord|37|38|00|N|81|26|12|W|region:US-WV|name=Twin Falls Resort State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1548401}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Twin Falls State Park (Feature ID: 1548401) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|3,776}} acres
(1,528 ha) || 1964{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=140–143.}} || Black Fork
Marsh Fork{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/TwinFallsResortStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |title = Map of Twin Falls Resort State Park |work = Twin Falls Resort State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130202151/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/TwinFallsResortStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || Named for two waterfalls about {{convert|0.5|mi|km|spell=in}} apart: one on the Marsh Fork and one on the Black Fork of Cabin Creek. One of three resort state parks funded by the EDA along with Canaan Valley Resort and Pipestem Resort. Contains a golf course, a reconstructed pioneer homestead serving as a living museum, and a lodge designed by TAC. Its diverse species of flora reflect an overlap of northern and southern ecosystems.{{Harvnb|Chambers|2004|p=213.}}

scope="row"|Tygart Lake

||File:TygartSP.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Tygart Lake State Park}} || Barbour and Taylor
{{coord|39|16|24|N|80|00|26|W|region:US-WV|name=Tygart Lake State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1548443}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Tygart Lake State Park (Feature ID: 1548443) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|2,134}} acres
(864 ha) ||1945{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=143–146.}} || Tygart Lake
Tygart Valley River{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/map.pdf |title = Map of Tygart Lake State Park |work = Tygart Lake State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130202259/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || Contains the {{convert|1750|acre|ha|adj=on|0}} USACE Tygart Lake, created as a result of the Public Works Administration's Tygart Dam in 1938. The dam, designed by Charles M. Wellons and Paul Philippe Cret, is listed on the NRHP.{{Harvnb|Chambers|2004|pp=412–413.}}{{cite book |last = Maddex |first = Lee R. |date = September 7, 1994 |title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Tygart River Reservoir Dam |publisher = United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service |url = http://archive.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/taylor/95000763.pdf |access-date = November 30, 2017 |pages = 6–28 of the PDF file |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130202416/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/pocahontas/10001227.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }}

scope="row"|Valley Falls

||File:Valley Falls State Park (1).jpg{{Commons category-icon|Valley Falls State Park}} || Marion and Taylor
{{coord|39|23|25|N|80|05|14|W|region:US-WV|name=Valley Falls State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1718208}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Valley Falls State Park (Feature ID: 1718208) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|1,145}} acres
(463 ha) ||1964{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=146–149.}} || Tygart Valley River{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ValleyFallsStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |title = Map of Valley Falls State Park |work = Valley Falls State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130202341/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/ValleyFallsStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || Named for two fast-moving waterfalls of {{convert|12|ft|m|0}} and {{convert|18|ft|m|0}} in height on the Tygart Valley River. During the 19th century, a milling and industrial town flourished at this site.

scope="row"|Watoga

||File:Watoga State Park.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Watoga State Park}} || Pocahontas
{{coord|38|06|13|N|80|09|00|W|region:US-WV|name= Watoga State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1553392}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Watoga State Park (Feature ID: 1553392) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|10,100}} acres
(4,087 ha) || 1934{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=150–157.}} || Greenbrier River
Island Lick Run
Watoga Lake{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WatogaStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |title = Map of Watoga State Park |work = Watoga State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130202448/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WatogaStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || Initially developed as a state forest in 1926. One of West Virginia's first CCC camps was established here in 1933. The largest of West Virginia's state parks, it contains the {{convert|11|acre|ha|adj=on|0}} Watoga Lake. A historic district containing the park's 103 CCC resources is listed on the NRHP.{{Harvnb|Chambers|2004|p=471.}}{{cite book |last = Sweeten |first = Lena L. |date = June 14, 2010 |title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: New Deal Resources in Watoga State Park Historic District |publisher = United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service |url = http://archive.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/pocahontas/10001227.pdf |access-date = November 30, 2017 |pages = 3–6 of the PDF file |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130202416/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/pocahontas/10001227.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }}

scope="row"|Watters Smith
Memorial

||File:Watters Smith Memorial State Park.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Watters Smith Memorial State Park}} || Harrison
{{coord|39|10|10|N|80|24|40|W|region:US-WV|name= Watters Smith Memorial State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1548838}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Watters Smith Memorial State Park (Feature ID: 1548838) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|532}} acres
(215 ha) || 1949{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=157–162.}}{{Harvnb|Chambers|2004|pp=436–437.}} || Duck Creek{{cite web |url = https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WattersSmithMemorialStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |title = Map of Watters Smith Memorial State Park |work = Watters Smith Memorial State Park website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130203023/https://1djciw2nayur2c2mvt4dir9d-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/WattersSmithMemorialStatePark_brochure_map.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || Consists of the pioneer homestead of Watters Smith who moved here with his wife Elizabeth in 1796. A log cabin similar to the original was reconstructed at the park along with period farm buildings. The Smith family home ({{circa|1876}}) has also been restored as a museum. The park is listed on the NRHP.{{cite book |last = Post |first = Ann |date = September 11, 1971 |title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Watters Smith Memorial State Park |publisher = United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service |url = http://archive.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/harrison/74002003.pdf |access-date = November 30, 2017 |pages = 2–3 of the PDF file |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130203728/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/harrison/74002003.pdf |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }}

Former state parks

class="wikitable sortable" style="width:100%" \|+ Former West Virginia state parks ! style="width:;" scope="col"\| Park name ! style="width:;" class="unsortable" scope="col"\| Image ! style="width:;" scope="col"\| County and location ! style="width:;" scope="col"\| Area in acres (ha) ! style="width:;" scope="col"\| Date of establishment ! style="width:;" scope="col"\| Date of disestablishment ! style="width:;" class="unsortable" scope="col"\| Streams and/or lakes ! style="width:;" class="unsortable" scope="col"\| Remarks
scope="row"\|Booker T. Washington \|\|File:Booker T. Washington State Park Institute WV USGS Historical Topographic Map 1958.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Booker T. Washington State Park (West Virginia)}} \|\| Kanawha {{coord\|38\|22\|55\|N\|81\|44\|53\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Booker T. Washington State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1536226}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Booker T Washington State Park (historical) (Feature ID: 1536226) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|7.43}} acres (3 ha){{Harvnb\|West Virginia Legislature\|1954\|p=745.}} \|\| 1949 \|\| {{Hs\|1959}}By 1959{{efn\|Booker T. Washington State Park was not listed among a list of West Virginia state parks in the 1959 West Virginia Blue Book{{Harvnb\|West Virginia Legislature\|1959\|p=808.}} and in the 1960 NPS tabulation of U.S. state parks.{{Harvnb\|National Park Service\|1960\|p=53.}} The 1958 West Virginia Blue Book did not include a listing of West Virginia state parks.{{Harvnb\|West Virginia Legislature\|1958}}}} \|\| Near Finney Branch{{Cite map \|publisher = United States Geological Survey \|title = Pocatalico Quadrangle, West Virginia \|year = 1958 \|scale = 1 : 24,000 \|series = 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) \| OCLC = 35967285 \|url = https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/HistoricalTopo/2/12819/4623779.pdf \|access-date = December 1, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201160104/https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/HistoricalTopo/2/12819/4623779.pdf \|archive-date = December 1, 2017 }} \|\| It was the only state park that allowed admission to African Americans until the park system were integrated in 1954. The park consisted of day-use picnicking facilities, but lacked a pool, hiking trails, campsites, and other amenities. Prior to the park's opening in 1949, African Americans were denied access to the state park system and were limited to the African American 4-H Camp at Camp Washington-Carver which was funded by the West Virginia State College extension service.
scope="row"\|Grandview \|\|File:New River Gorge National River.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Grandview State Park}} \|\| Raleigh {{coord\|37\|50\|29\|N\|81\|03\|56\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Grandview State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1539580}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Grandview State Park (historical) (Feature ID: 1539580) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\|{{nts\|877}} acres (355 ha){{Harvnb\|Chambers\|2004\|p=220.}} \|\| 1939{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=97–99.}}\|\| 1990 \|\| New River{{Cite map \|publisher = United States Geological Survey \|title = Prince Quadrangle West Virginia \|year = 1969 \|scale = 1 : 24,000 \|series = 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) \|url = https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/HistoricalTopo/2/12819/4623827.pdf \|access-date = December 1, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201154941/https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/HistoricalTopo/2/12819/4623827.pdf \|archive-date = December 1, 2017 \|oclc = 36309421 }} \|\| Initially constructed by the CCC, the park was named for its views of New River Gorge and the river's Horseshoe Bend. It was transferred to the NPS in 1990, and is managed as part of the New River Gorge National River. Grandview remains the home of Theatre West Virginia, which performs Hatfields and McCoys and Kermit Hunter's Honey in the Rock at Cliffside Amphitheater.{{cite web \|url = https://www.nps.gov/neri/planyourvisit/grandview.htm \|title = Grandview \|work = New River Gorge National River website \|publisher = National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130203617/https://www.nps.gov/neri/planyourvisit/grandview.htm \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 \|url-status = live \|df = mdy-all }} In 2021, the New River Gorge National River was redesignated as the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.{{cite web \|title = New River Gorge is Now a National Park and Preserve \|work = New River Gorge National Park and Preserve website \|publisher = National Park Service \|location = Glen Jean, West Virginia \|date = January 20, 2021 \|url = https://www.nps.gov/neri/learn/news/new-river-gorge-is-now-a-national-park-and-preserve.htm \|access-date = August 4, 2022 \|url-status = live \|archive-date = April 19, 2022 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220419084119/https://www.nps.gov/neri/learn/news/new-river-gorge-is-now-a-national-park-and-preserve.htm }}{{cite web \|url = https://www.nps.gov/neri/planyourvisit/grandview.htm \|title = Grandview \|work = New River Gorge National Park and Preserve website \|publisher = National Park Service \|location = Glen Jean, West Virginia \|date = June 12, 2022 \|access-date = August 4, 2022 \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130203617/https://www.nps.gov/neri/planyourvisit/grandview.htm \|url-status = live }}
scope="row"\|Grave Creek Mound \|\|File:Grave Creek Mound.jpg {{Commons category-icon\|Grave Creek Mound}} \|\| Marshall {{coord\|39\|55\|01\|N\|80\|44\|40\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Grave Creek Mound State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1539643}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Grave Creek Indian Mound (Feature ID: 1539643) \|access-date=August 20, 2015 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\| {{nts\|7}} acres (2.83 ha){{cite web \|url = http://www.wvparks.com/gravecreekmound/ \|title = Grave Creek Mound State Park \|work = Grave Creek Mound State website \|publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources \|access-date = December 1, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201151306/http://www.wvparks.com/gravecreekmound/ \|archive-date = December 1, 2017 }} \|\| 1970{{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=99–102.}}\|\| 1996{{cite web \|url = http://www.wvculture.org/news.aspx?Agency=Division&Id=1000 \|title = Division News: Grave Creek Mound's Delf Norona Museum celebrates 30th anniversary \|work = West Virginia Archives and History \|publisher = West Virginia Division of Culture and History \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130204009/http://www.wvculture.org/news.aspx?Agency=Division&Id=1000 \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| None{{Cite map \|publisher = United States Geological Survey \|title = Moundsville Quadrangle, West Virginia–Ohio \|year = 2016 \|scale = 1 : 24,000 \|series = 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) \|url = https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24864/8152008.pdf \|access-date = December 1, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201152005/https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24864/8152008.pdf \|archive-date = December 1, 2017 }} \|\| The Grave Creek Mound measures {{convert\|69\|ft\|m\|0}} tall and {{convert\|295\|ft\|m\|0}} in diameter. Built {{circa\|250–150}} BCE, it is the largest Adena culture mound. It was purchased by the state in 1909 and maintained by the West Virginia State Penitentiary warden until 1970, when it became a state park. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966. In 1996, the mound was transferred to the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, which maintains the mound and the Delf Norona Museum as the Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex.{{Harvnb\|Chambers\|2004\|pp=323–324.}}
scope="row"\|James Rumsey Monument \|\|File:Rumsey Monument WV1.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|James Rumsey Monument}} \|\| Jefferson {{coord\|39\|25\|58.20\|N\|77\|47\|56.81\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=James Rumsey Monument}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1546151}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Rumsey Monument (Feature ID: 1546151) \|access-date=December 1, 2017 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\| {{nts\|4.09}} acres (1.66 ha){{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|pp=165–166.}} \|\| 1956\|\| 1978 \|\| Potomac River{{Cite map \|publisher = United States Geological Survey \|title = Shepherdstown Quadrangle, West Virginia–Maryland \|year = 2016 \|scale = 1 : 24,000 \|series = 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) \|url = https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24831/8149417.pdf \|access-date = December 1, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201185042/https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24831/8149417.pdf \|archive-date = December 1, 2017 }} \|\| The state park system operated the monument from 1956 until 1978, when operation of the monument was returned to the society and the adjoining park transferred to the Corporation of Shepherdstown. The monument provides a panoramic view of the Potomac River valley and is a contributing property to the NRHP Shepherdstown Historic District.{{cite book \|last = Reed \|first = Paula Stoner \|date = September 26, 1989 \|title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Shepherdstown Historic District \|publisher = United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service \|url = http://archive.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/jefferson/87001205.pdf \|access-date = December 1, 2017 \|pages = 2–47 of the PDF file \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201184033/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/jefferson/87001205.pdf \|archive-date = December 1, 2017 }}{{Harvnb\|Chambers\|2004\|p=554.}}
scope="row"\|Mingo Oak \|\|File:MingoOak1.jpg {{Commons category-icon\|Mingo Oak}} \|\| Mingo {{coord\|37\|47\|37\|N\|82\|06\|46\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Mingo Oak}}{{Cite map \|publisher = United States Geological Survey \|title = Holden Quadrangle, West Virginia \|year = 2016 \|scale = 1 : 24,000 \|series = 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) \|url = https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24661/8113609.pdf \|access-date = December 1, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201153508/https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24661/8113609.pdf \|archive-date = December 1, 2017 }}\|\|{{nts\|1.5}} acres (0.61 ha){{cite news \|last = King \|first = Henry \|title = Mingo County White Oak Will Be Felled Friday, Fungus Is Fatal To Forest Giant After 584 Years \|newspaper = Huntington Herald-Advertiser \|location = Huntington, West Virginia \|date = September 18, 1938 \|url = http://archive.wvculture.org/history/parks/mingooak02.html \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130180543/http://www.wvculture.org/history/parks/mingooak02.html \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 \|via = West Virginia Division of Culture and History }}{{cite news \|title = Mingo White Oak Believed To Be Biggest In the World. \|newspaper = Bluefield Daily Telegraph \|location = Bluefield, West Virginia \|date = August 30, 1931 \|page = 12 \|url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/12819027/ \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|via = Newspapers.com \|url-status = live \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151006071347/http://www.newspapers.com/image/12819027/ \|archive-date = October 6, 2015 \|df = mdy-all }} \|\| 1931{{cite web \|url = http://archive.wvculture.org/history/parks/mingooak03.html \|title = Mingo Oak: Correspondence Between Emmett Keadle and Governor William Conley Regarding the Mingo Oak \|work = West Virginia Archives and History \|publisher = West Virginia Division of Culture and History \|access-date = November 30, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130204126/http://www.wvculture.org/history/parks/mingooak03.html \|archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} \|\| 1938 \|\| Near Trace Fork \|\| The park was leased to the state of West Virginia for the maintenance and conservation of the Mingo Oak, the oldest and largest living white oak (Quercus alba), until its felling in 1938.
scope="row"\|Mont Chateau \|\|File:Mont Chateau (90964).jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Mont Chateau State Park}} \|\| Monongalia {{coord\|39\|39\|33\|N\|79\|50\|52\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Mont Chateau State Park}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1543503}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Mont Chateau State Park (historical) (Feature ID: 1543503) \|access-date=December 1, 2017 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\| {{nts\|42.16}} acres (17.1 ha){{Harvnb\|West Virginia State Park History Committee\|1988\|p=164.}} \|\| 1955\|\| 1977 \|\| Cheat Lake{{Cite map \|publisher = United States Geological Survey \|title = Lake Lynn Quadrangle West Virginia \|year = 1960 \|scale = 1 : 24,000 \|series = 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) \|url = https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/HistoricalTopo/2/12819/4623051.pdf \|access-date = December 1, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201180318/https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/HistoricalTopo/2/12819/4623051.pdf \|archive-date = December 1, 2017 }} \|\| Located along Cheat Lake, the park and its 54-room lodge (1958) failed to develop as a tourist attraction. The lodge and {{convert\|13\|acres\|ha\|0}} were leased to the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey in 1977. The remainder of the park went to a private owner in 1985 as part of a land swap for an added tract to Holly River State Park.
scope="row"\|Morgan Morgan Monument \|\|File:Morgan Morgan Monument at Bunker Hill West Virginia.jpg{{Commons category-icon\|Morgan Morgan Monument}} \|\| Berkeley {{coord\|39\|20\|07\|N\|78\|03\|11\|W\|region:US-WV\|name=Morgan Morgan Monument}}{{cite web \|url={{Gnis3\|1926789}} \|title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Morgan Morgan Park (Feature ID: 1926789) \|access-date=December 1, 2017 \|author1=Geographic Names Information System \|author2=United States Geological Survey \|author-link1=Geographic Names Information System \|author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}\|\| {{nts\|1.05}} acres (0.42 ha) {{Harvnb\|National Park Service\|1960\|p=54.}}{{Harvnb\|National Park Service\|1964\|p=218.}}{{cite web \|url = http://www.theassessor.org/publicmapstart.html \|title = Berkeley County Assessor's Office Tax Maps On-Line \|work = Berkeley County Assessor's Office website \|publisher = Berkeley County Assessor's Office \|access-date = December 26, 2017 \| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171226195548/http://www.theassessor.org/publicmapstart.html \| archive-date= December 26, 2017}} \|\| 1956 \|\| 1970 \|\| Mill Creek{{Cite map \|publisher = United States Geological Survey \|title = Inwood Quadrangle West Virginia \|year = 2016 \|scale = 1 : 24,000 \|series = 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) \|url = https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24839/8150327.pdf \|access-date = December 1, 2017 \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201172144/https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24839/8150327.pdf \|archive-date = December 1, 2017 }} \|\| Erected in 1924, the monument honors Morgan Morgan who is credited as the first permanent European settler in present-day West Virginia. Morgan settled in the Bunker Hill area around 1731 and is interred in a nearby cemetery. The monument and its roadside park were added to the park system in 1956 and transferred to the West Virginia Road Commission (present-day West Virginia Division of Highways) in 1970. The park is a contributing property of the NRHP Mill Creek Historic District.{{cite book \|last = Wood \|first = Don C. \|date = 1980 \|title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Mill Creek Historic District \|publisher = United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service \|url = http://archive.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/berkeley/80004420.pdf \|access-date = December 1, 2017 \|pages = 3–12 of the PDF file \|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201172940/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/berkeley/80004420.pdf \|archive-date = December 1, 2017 }}

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scope="row"|Booker T. Washington

||File:Booker T. Washington State Park Institute WV USGS Historical Topographic Map 1958.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Booker T. Washington State Park (West Virginia)}} || Kanawha
{{coord|38|22|55|N|81|44|53|W|region:US-WV|name=Booker T. Washington State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1536226}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Booker T Washington State Park (historical) (Feature ID: 1536226) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|7.43}} acres
(3 ha){{Harvnb|West Virginia Legislature|1954|p=745.}} || 1949 || {{Hs|1959}}By 1959{{efn|Booker T. Washington State Park was not listed among a list of West Virginia state parks in the 1959 West Virginia Blue Book{{Harvnb|West Virginia Legislature|1959|p=808.}} and in the 1960 NPS tabulation of U.S. state parks.{{Harvnb|National Park Service|1960|p=53.}} The 1958 West Virginia Blue Book did not include a listing of West Virginia state parks.{{Harvnb|West Virginia Legislature|1958}}}} || Near Finney Branch{{Cite map |publisher = United States Geological Survey |title = Pocatalico Quadrangle, West Virginia |year = 1958 |scale = 1 : 24,000 |series = 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) | OCLC = 35967285 |url = https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/HistoricalTopo/2/12819/4623779.pdf |access-date = December 1, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201160104/https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/HistoricalTopo/2/12819/4623779.pdf |archive-date = December 1, 2017 }} || It was the only state park that allowed admission to African Americans until the park system were integrated in 1954. The park consisted of day-use picnicking facilities, but lacked a pool, hiking trails, campsites, and other amenities. Prior to the park's opening in 1949, African Americans were denied access to the state park system and were limited to the African American 4-H Camp at Camp Washington-Carver which was funded by the West Virginia State College extension service.

scope="row"|Grandview

||File:New River Gorge National River.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Grandview State Park}} || Raleigh
{{coord|37|50|29|N|81|03|56|W|region:US-WV|name=Grandview State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1539580}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Grandview State Park (historical) (Feature ID: 1539580) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}||{{nts|877}} acres
(355 ha){{Harvnb|Chambers|2004|p=220.}} || 1939{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=97–99.}}|| 1990 || New River{{Cite map |publisher = United States Geological Survey |title = Prince Quadrangle West Virginia |year = 1969 |scale = 1 : 24,000 |series = 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) |url = https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/HistoricalTopo/2/12819/4623827.pdf |access-date = December 1, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201154941/https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/HistoricalTopo/2/12819/4623827.pdf |archive-date = December 1, 2017 |oclc = 36309421 }} || Initially constructed by the CCC, the park was named for its views of New River Gorge and the river's Horseshoe Bend. It was transferred to the NPS in 1990, and is managed as part of the New River Gorge National River. Grandview remains the home of Theatre West Virginia, which performs Hatfields and McCoys and Kermit Hunter's Honey in the Rock at Cliffside Amphitheater.{{cite web |url = https://www.nps.gov/neri/planyourvisit/grandview.htm |title = Grandview |work = New River Gorge National River website |publisher = National Park Service, United States Department of the Interior |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130203617/https://www.nps.gov/neri/planyourvisit/grandview.htm |archive-date = November 30, 2017 |url-status = live |df = mdy-all }} In 2021, the New River Gorge National River was redesignated as the New River Gorge National Park and Preserve.{{cite web |title = New River Gorge is Now a National Park and Preserve |work = New River Gorge National Park and Preserve website |publisher = National Park Service |location = Glen Jean, West Virginia |date = January 20, 2021 |url = https://www.nps.gov/neri/learn/news/new-river-gorge-is-now-a-national-park-and-preserve.htm |access-date = August 4, 2022 |url-status = live |archive-date = April 19, 2022 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220419084119/https://www.nps.gov/neri/learn/news/new-river-gorge-is-now-a-national-park-and-preserve.htm }}{{cite web |url = https://www.nps.gov/neri/planyourvisit/grandview.htm |title = Grandview |work = New River Gorge National Park and Preserve website |publisher = National Park Service |location = Glen Jean, West Virginia |date = June 12, 2022 |access-date = August 4, 2022 |archive-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130203617/https://www.nps.gov/neri/planyourvisit/grandview.htm |url-status = live }}

scope="row"|Grave Creek Mound

||File:Grave Creek Mound.jpg {{Commons category-icon|Grave Creek Mound}} || Marshall
{{coord|39|55|01|N|80|44|40|W|region:US-WV|name=Grave Creek Mound State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1539643}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Grave Creek Indian Mound (Feature ID: 1539643) |access-date=August 20, 2015 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}|| {{nts|7}} acres
(2.83 ha){{cite web |url = http://www.wvparks.com/gravecreekmound/ |title = Grave Creek Mound State Park |work = Grave Creek Mound State website |publisher = West Virginia State Parks, West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |access-date = December 1, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201151306/http://www.wvparks.com/gravecreekmound/ |archive-date = December 1, 2017 }} || 1970{{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=99–102.}}|| 1996{{cite web |url = http://www.wvculture.org/news.aspx?Agency=Division&Id=1000 |title = Division News: Grave Creek Mound's Delf Norona Museum celebrates 30th anniversary |work = West Virginia Archives and History |publisher = West Virginia Division of Culture and History |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130204009/http://www.wvculture.org/news.aspx?Agency=Division&Id=1000 |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || None{{Cite map |publisher = United States Geological Survey |title = Moundsville Quadrangle, West Virginia–Ohio |year = 2016 |scale = 1 : 24,000 |series = 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) |url = https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24864/8152008.pdf |access-date = December 1, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201152005/https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24864/8152008.pdf |archive-date = December 1, 2017 }} || The Grave Creek Mound measures {{convert|69|ft|m|0}} tall and {{convert|295|ft|m|0}} in diameter. Built {{circa|250–150}} BCE, it is the largest Adena culture mound. It was purchased by the state in 1909 and maintained by the West Virginia State Penitentiary warden until 1970, when it became a state park. It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1966. In 1996, the mound was transferred to the West Virginia Division of Culture and History, which maintains the mound and the Delf Norona Museum as the Grave Creek Mound Archaeological Complex.{{Harvnb|Chambers|2004|pp=323–324.}}

scope="row"|James Rumsey Monument

||File:Rumsey Monument WV1.jpg{{Commons category-icon|James Rumsey Monument}} || Jefferson
{{coord|39|25|58.20|N|77|47|56.81|W|region:US-WV|name=James Rumsey Monument}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1546151}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Rumsey Monument (Feature ID: 1546151) |access-date=December 1, 2017 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}|| {{nts|4.09}} acres
(1.66 ha){{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|pp=165–166.}} || 1956|| 1978 || Potomac River{{Cite map |publisher = United States Geological Survey |title = Shepherdstown Quadrangle, West Virginia–Maryland |year = 2016 |scale = 1 : 24,000 |series = 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) |url = https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24831/8149417.pdf |access-date = December 1, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201185042/https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24831/8149417.pdf |archive-date = December 1, 2017 }} || The state park system operated the monument from 1956 until 1978, when operation of the monument was returned to the society and the adjoining park transferred to the Corporation of Shepherdstown. The monument provides a panoramic view of the Potomac River valley and is a contributing property to the NRHP Shepherdstown Historic District.{{cite book |last = Reed |first = Paula Stoner |date = September 26, 1989 |title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Shepherdstown Historic District |publisher = United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service |url = http://archive.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/jefferson/87001205.pdf |access-date = December 1, 2017 |pages = 2–47 of the PDF file |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201184033/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/jefferson/87001205.pdf |archive-date = December 1, 2017 }}{{Harvnb|Chambers|2004|p=554.}}

scope="row"|Mingo Oak

||File:MingoOak1.jpg {{Commons category-icon|Mingo Oak}} || Mingo
{{coord|37|47|37|N|82|06|46|W|region:US-WV|name=Mingo Oak}}{{Cite map |publisher = United States Geological Survey |title = Holden Quadrangle, West Virginia |year = 2016 |scale = 1 : 24,000 |series = 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) |url = https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24661/8113609.pdf |access-date = December 1, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201153508/https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24661/8113609.pdf |archive-date = December 1, 2017 }}||{{nts|1.5}} acres
(0.61 ha){{cite news |last = King |first = Henry |title = Mingo County White Oak Will Be Felled Friday, Fungus Is Fatal To Forest Giant After 584 Years |newspaper = Huntington Herald-Advertiser |location = Huntington, West Virginia |date = September 18, 1938 |url = http://archive.wvculture.org/history/parks/mingooak02.html |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130180543/http://www.wvculture.org/history/parks/mingooak02.html |archive-date = November 30, 2017 |via = West Virginia Division of Culture and History }}{{cite news |title = Mingo White Oak Believed To Be Biggest In the World. |newspaper = Bluefield Daily Telegraph |location = Bluefield, West Virginia |date = August 30, 1931 |page = 12 |url = https://www.newspapers.com/image/12819027/ |access-date = November 30, 2017 |via = Newspapers.com |url-status = live |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20151006071347/http://www.newspapers.com/image/12819027/ |archive-date = October 6, 2015 |df = mdy-all }} || 1931{{cite web |url = http://archive.wvculture.org/history/parks/mingooak03.html |title = Mingo Oak: Correspondence Between Emmett Keadle and Governor William Conley Regarding the Mingo Oak |work = West Virginia Archives and History |publisher = West Virginia Division of Culture and History |access-date = November 30, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171130204126/http://www.wvculture.org/history/parks/mingooak03.html |archive-date = November 30, 2017 }} || 1938 || Near Trace Fork || The park was leased to the state of West Virginia for the maintenance and conservation of the Mingo Oak, the oldest and largest living white oak (Quercus alba), until its felling in 1938.

scope="row"|Mont Chateau

||File:Mont Chateau (90964).jpg{{Commons category-icon|Mont Chateau State Park}} || Monongalia
{{coord|39|39|33|N|79|50|52|W|region:US-WV|name=Mont Chateau State Park}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1543503}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Mont Chateau State Park (historical) (Feature ID: 1543503) |access-date=December 1, 2017 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}|| {{nts|42.16}} acres
(17.1 ha){{Harvnb|West Virginia State Park History Committee|1988|p=164.}} || 1955|| 1977 || Cheat Lake{{Cite map |publisher = United States Geological Survey |title = Lake Lynn Quadrangle West Virginia |year = 1960 |scale = 1 : 24,000 |series = 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) |url = https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/HistoricalTopo/2/12819/4623051.pdf |access-date = December 1, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201180318/https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/HistoricalTopo/2/12819/4623051.pdf |archive-date = December 1, 2017 }} || Located along Cheat Lake, the park and its 54-room lodge (1958) failed to develop as a tourist attraction. The lodge and {{convert|13|acres|ha|0}} were leased to the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey in 1977. The remainder of the park went to a private owner in 1985 as part of a land swap for an added tract to Holly River State Park.

scope="row"|Morgan Morgan Monument

||File:Morgan Morgan Monument at Bunker Hill West Virginia.jpg{{Commons category-icon|Morgan Morgan Monument}} || Berkeley
{{coord|39|20|07|N|78|03|11|W|region:US-WV|name=Morgan Morgan Monument}}{{cite web |url={{Gnis3|1926789}} |title=Geographic Names Information System: Feature Detail Report for Morgan Morgan Park (Feature ID: 1926789) |access-date=December 1, 2017 |author1=Geographic Names Information System |author2=United States Geological Survey |author-link1=Geographic Names Information System |author-link2=United States Geological Survey}}|| {{nts|1.05}} acres
(0.42 ha) {{Harvnb|National Park Service|1960|p=54.}}{{Harvnb|National Park Service|1964|p=218.}}{{cite web |url = http://www.theassessor.org/publicmapstart.html |title = Berkeley County Assessor's Office Tax Maps On-Line |work = Berkeley County Assessor's Office website |publisher = Berkeley County Assessor's Office |access-date = December 26, 2017 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171226195548/http://www.theassessor.org/publicmapstart.html | archive-date= December 26, 2017}} || 1956 || 1970 || Mill Creek{{Cite map |publisher = United States Geological Survey |title = Inwood Quadrangle West Virginia |year = 2016 |scale = 1 : 24,000 |series = 7.5 Minute Series (Topographic) |url = https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24839/8150327.pdf |access-date = December 1, 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201172144/https://prd-tnm.s3.amazonaws.com/StagedProducts/Maps/USTopo/1/24839/8150327.pdf |archive-date = December 1, 2017 }} || Erected in 1924, the monument honors Morgan Morgan who is credited as the first permanent European settler in present-day West Virginia. Morgan settled in the Bunker Hill area around 1731 and is interred in a nearby cemetery. The monument and its roadside park were added to the park system in 1956 and transferred to the West Virginia Road Commission (present-day West Virginia Division of Highways) in 1970. The park is a contributing property of the NRHP Mill Creek Historic District.{{cite book |last = Wood |first = Don C. |date = 1980 |title = National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Mill Creek Historic District |publisher = United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service |url = http://archive.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/berkeley/80004420.pdf |access-date = December 1, 2017 |pages = 3–12 of the PDF file |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20171201172940/http://www.wvculture.org/shpo/nr/pdf/berkeley/80004420.pdf |archive-date = December 1, 2017 }}

Explanatory notes

References

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