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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 ."
Hawks Nest State Park is located on 370 acres (150 ha) [2] in Fayette County near Ansted, West Virginia. The park's clifftop overlook along U.S. Route 60 provides a scenic vista of the New River , some 750 feet (230 m) below. [ 4 ]
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
"National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State--West Virginia (16)" (PDF). National Park Service . Retrieved November 14, 2007 .
Hawk's Nest, the site of Hawks Nest State Park, is a peak on Gauley Mountain in Ansted, West Virginia, USA. The cliffs at this point rise 585 ft (178 m) above the New River . Located on the James River and Kanawha Turnpike (the road that served as an extension of the canal across what is now West Virginia), many early travelers on this road ...
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] There are 7 properties listed on the National Register in the county. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted February 14, 2025. [2]
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