Park ranger lists the four must-see attractions in the New River …
Nov 9, 2024 · Canyon Rim Visitor Center / New River Gorge Bridge A boardwalk leads visitors from the Canyon Rim Visitor Center to views of the New River Gorge Bridge.. Seated at the edge of the New River Gorge, the Canyon Rim Visitor Center overlooks the gorge at one of its most scenic locales. It includes a boardwalk and stairway to …
West Virginia Explorer - WV News and Travel Guide
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Kanawha Valley in W.Va. had highest concentration of burial mounds
Nov 14, 2024 · According to archaeologist Darla Spencer, author of Woodland Mounds of West Virginia, more than 400 mounds have been recorded in West Virginia, and their presence was once so extensive that explorers couldn't believe they were of Native American origin. David Sibray visits the site of a potential prehistoric burial mound at Pinch, West Virginia. ...
Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia - West Virginia Explorer
Harpers Ferry from Maryland Heights. The Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia includes eight of the easternmost counties in West Virginia — Grant, Hardy, Morgan, Hampshire, Mineral, Berkeley, Jefferson, and Pendleton counties in eastern West Virginia. It spans a landscape of broad valleys drained by the Potomac River and its branches, including the Cacapon, and Shenandoah rivers.
Kanawha County, West Virginia - West Virginia Explorer
Courthouse, Kanawha County, West Virginia Kanawha County, in central West Virginia (WV), was established in 1788 and named for the Kanawha River.Its county seat is at Charleston, which is also the state capital. Two of the largest cities in West Virginia are located in the county -- Charleston and South Charleston.
Big game in W.Va. to be checked through electronic system
Oct 1, 2019 · A summary of the checking requirements follows, but hunters should check the 2019-2020 Hunting and Trapping Regulations brochure for complete details. Deer. Each deer shall be electronically checked and the 13-digit confirmation number, along with the hunter's name and address, shall be attached to the deer before it is transported beyond the county adjacent to the county in which it was ...
Unique northern panhandle of West Virginia created by historic …
Nov 19, 2024 · Home to its first capital, Wheeling, the panhandle's origins date back to the 1700s and a contentious boundary dispute between Virginia and Pennsylvania that helped shape the history of the U.S. David Sibray visits the monument that marks the southern end of the northern panhandle and the Ellicott Line near Littleton, West Virginia. According to Weirton-based historian Paul Zuros, both ...
Three facts about West Virginia's Mothman legend few know
Feb 28, 2023 · POINT PLEASANT, W.Va. — America's quintessential Atomic Age monster, Mothman continues to attract attention in the Ohio Valley, so much so that more than 25,000 visitors attended the annual Mothman Festival in 2022, and far more are expected at the three-day 2023 event in September.
Petersburg, West Virginia - West Virginia Explorer
Queen Anne at Petersburg, WV. Petersburg, West Virginia (WV), the county seat of Grant County, was settled in 1745 by German colonists but was not incorporated until 1920.It was named for Jacob Peterson, who owned of the first general store in the area. Petersburg is situated on the westward bend in the South Branch of the Potomac River south of the southern extent of Patterson Creek Mountain.
West Virginia becoming a premier East Coast sky-watching …
Nov 29, 2024 · "It's something most Americans have only read about in books." No other region south of the Adirondacks in New York is so free of artificial light, Buhrman said, and three of the very darkest reaches in the east are located within a drive of an hour or two of his observation area in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia.