BEAVER, W.Va. — Governor Patrick Morrisey announced the opening of the first official Mountaineer Mile trail today at Little Beaver State Park, marking a major step in a statewide health and ...

Road trip route through Southern West Virginia. Illustration by Brainstorm. The bar is set undeniably high for any visit to West Virginia. For almost 50 years, the slogan “Wild, Wonderful West ...

Jul. 4—In Pocahontas County on this day 95 years ago, Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park was dedicated. Which was an appropriate date, as many will say. That's because the intense, 1863 ...

Today, Watoga, Calvin Price State Forest, and Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park make up West Virginia’s only International Dark Sky Park. It’s one of 87 in the U.S., only 22 of which are ...

It was a mostly sunny day on July 4, 1929, when Droop Mountain became the first state park in West Virginia. According to newspaper accounts, as many as 10, 000 poured into the place, to see the ...