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Outdoor
Recreation:
- Bowden National Fish Hatchery: Produces
more than 160,000 pounds of catchable fish each year, including
the golden and brown trout used to stock area rivers.
- Bowden
Cave: 7 1/2 mile charted area.
- Smoke
Hole Cavern: Used by Seneca Indians to smoke their meat.
- Blackwater
Falls State Park: Blackwater Falls State Park is named for
the falls of the Blackwater River whose waters plunge five stories
then twist and tumble through an eight-mile long gorge. The
falls are one of the most photographed sites in West Virginia.
Read more.
- Cannan
Valley State Park & Ski Area: Cross-country, downhill,
and snowboarding. 34 slopes--ranging from beginner to advanced
runs--with a vertical drop of 850 feet and the longest run at
6,000 feet. 30 kilometers of marked, ungroomed cross-country
trails. Read
more.
- Spruce
Knob / Seneca Rocks: National Recreation Area
- Monogahela
National Forest: Multi-use trails are suitable for hiking,
biking, cross-country skiing, and horseback riding. Excursions
led by experienced guides. Several recreation areas. (1/4 of
Randolph county lies within the National Forest.)
- Kumbrabow
State Forest: Idyllic setting with fishing, hunting, and
mountain biking in 10,000 acre area.Located on Rich Mountain,
just off Rt. 219 at Huttonsville. Read
more
- Stuart
Recreation Area Ski Trail: Cross-country Skiing on 2.5 mile
trail. This is a good trail for beginners and short excursions.
Located 5 miles East of Elkins off Rt. 33.
- Alpena
Gap: Built by the CCC in the early 1930s. Picnicking, hiking
trails, scenic beauty, nature study. Located 9 miles from Bowden
off Rt. 33.
- Bear
Haven Recreation Area: This area is for those persons who
like to read books, hike, or just relax and enjoy the solitude
that surrounds them. A remote area and very secluded. North
of Bowden off Rt. 33
- Otter
Creek Wilderness Area: 20,000-acre wilderness recreation
area with access to hiking trails. An area is set aside for
wilderness recreation and provides outstanding opportunities
for hiking, spelunking, camping, fishing and nature study.
Historic
Sites:
- Davis
& Elkins College: Highly ranked liberal arts college
founded in 1904 with picturesque campus; located in nearby Elkins.
Read more.
- Graceland
Mansion: Built 1981-93, summer home of Henry Gassaway Davis,
co-founder of Elkins; house named for daughter, Grace, and now
part of the college. Read
more.
- Halliehurst
Mansion: Built in 1889 by Stephen B. Elkins, co-founder
of Elkins; named for his wife, Hallie. Now part of Davis &
Elkins College. A National Historic Landmark.
- Downtown
Elkins Historic District: 1893-1940 with late Victorian
and early 20th c. architecture; covers 61 buildings and 28 acres.
Read
more.
- Rich
Mountain Battlefield: Site of an early Civil War battle
where a Union victory provided control of western counties and
allowed for the new state of West Virginia to be formed. On
the Register of National Historic Places. Near Beverly.
- Cheat
Summit Fort (Fort Milroy): Constructed by Union troups in
1861 to control Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike. Listed on the
Register of National Historic Places.
- Cass
Scenic Railroad: Excursion to transport you back in time
to the era of steam-driven locomotives. Read
more.
- The
Old Mill: Historic water-powered grist mill dating to 1877
and now a museum with local arts and crafts. Sited one mile
north of Harmon.
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