This unsung nook of West Virginia offers spectacular views of the Allegheny Mountain Range, taking visitors on a whirlwind journey into nature and U.S. history.

SNOWSHOE, W.Va. (WBOY) — West Virginia’s higher elevations got a taste of winter overnight on Monday and woke up to the state’s first snow of the season Tuesday morning.

Observatory employees introduce visitors to the night sky. View the heavens through optical telescopes under dark West Virginia skies. Weather permitting, free, begins 30 minutes before dark.

Kirk Price, an outdoorsman based in West Virginia, told USA TODAY Monday that his trail camera spotted the two-legged animal in the Appalachian Mountains in southwest West Virginia.