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Lost World Caverns, located just outside Lewisburg, West Virginia, is an underground natural series of caverns. In November 1973, the caverns were registered as a National Natural Landmark [ 1 ] [ 2 ] as they "feature terraced pedestal-like stalagmites , flowstone , curtains, rimstone , domepits , and waterfalls ."
California is a ghost town in northern Wirt County, West Virginia. It lies along the Hughes River, between the river and West Virginia Route 47 (the Parkersburg and Staunton Turnpike), about half a mile below the Ritchie County line, and just above the intersection of Route 47 with California House Road, or County Route 47–1. [1] [2] [3]
"National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State--West Virginia (16)" (PDF). National Park Service . Retrieved November 14, 2007 .
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 11-acre (4 ha) Watoga Lake. A historic district containing the park's 103 CCC resources is listed on the NRHP. [124] [196] [198] [199] Watters Smith Memorial
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 ...
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in Webster County, West Virginia, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a Google map. [1]
West Virginia state parks map with 37 clickable links This page was last edited on 16 December 2022, at 19:44 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Photo of Caudy's Castle (Spring 2006) Photo taken from atop Caudy's Castle (Spring 2007) Caudy's Castle is a rock pinnacle of Ridgeley (Oriskany) sandstone that stands 1,070 feet (326 m) above sea level over the Cacapon River near the Bloomery Pike (West Virginia Route 127) south of Forks of Cacapon in Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States.