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The "walking" tour section of the cave consists of a large chamber (1000 feet long, 300 feet wide, and 120 feet high [2]) with many formations like the Bridal Veil, Goliath, Snowy Chandelier, Ice Cream Wall, Castle and, perhaps the most storied, the War Club, where Bob Addis made it into the Guinness Book of World Records by sitting atop the 28-foot formation for nearly 16 days. [8]
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
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]
"National Historic Landmarks Survey: List of National Historic Landmarks by State--West Virginia (16)" (PDF). National Park Service . Retrieved November 14, 2007 .
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 ...
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap. ... Castles in the U.S. state of West Virginia. Pages in category "Castles in West Virginia"