West Virginia Recreation Areas

Directions Take I-64 to Exit 8 (WV Route 152). Go South on Route 152 approximately 5 miles. Turn left on Beech Fork Road and go approximately 3 miles to recreation areas. Phone (304) 525-4831 Activities BOATING, HISTORIC & CULTURAL SITE, CAMPING, FISHING, HIKING, PICNICKING, VISITOR CENTER, WATER SPORTS, WILDLIFE VIEWING, PLAYGROUND PARK SPECIALIZED SPORT SITE, OTHER RECREATION CONCESSION SITE, HOTEL/LODGE/RESORT PRIVATELY OWNED, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Camping Reservations Reserve your campsite at these camping areas: West Virginia Campgrounds Hiking Trails Looking for nice hiking areas to take a hike? Choose from these scenic hiking trails: West Virginia Hiking Trails Related Link(s) More West Virginia Recreation Areas Beech Fork Lake Photo Album Beech Fork Lake Marina Beech Fork Lake Website Beech Fork Lake is a 720-acre lake in the hills of West Virginia with fishing, swimming and boating opportunities. Camping is available at nearby Beech Fork State Park. A solar-powered visitor center is

Directions Easily accessible from I-77 and I-64 Bluestone Lake is located at Hinton, WV, on WV 3 and 20. Phone (304) 466-1234 Activities BOATING, CAMPING, FISHING, HIKING, PICNICKING, WATER SPORTS, WILDLIFE VIEWING, PLAYGROUND PARK SPECIALIZED SPORT SITE, OTHER RECREATION CONCESSION SITE, HOTEL/LODGE/RESORT PRIVATELY OWNED, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Camping Reservations Reserve your campsite at these camping areas: West Virginia Campgrounds BLUESTONE LAKE PICNIC SHELTER Hiking Trails Looking for nice hiking areas to take a hike? Choose from these scenic hiking trails: West Virginia Hiking Trails Related Link(s) More West Virginia Recreation Areas Bluestone Lake Website Bluestone Lake Photo Album Bluestone Dam spans the New River, forming Bluestone Lake, the third largest lake in West Virginia. With a 2,040 acre surface area, the lake provides boaters, water skiers, and fishermen with great recreational opportunities. The State of West Virginia operates Bluestone State Park with cabin rentals, picnicking and camping facilities. Also, a swimming

Directions To visit the Burnsville Lake Dam and the Riffle Run Campground/Day-Use/Boat Launch take exit 79 from Interstate 79 then old Rt. 5 east approximately 3 miles to campground. To visit the Bulltown Historical Area and the Bulltown Campground/Day-se/Beach/Boat Launch take exit 67 off of I-79, then Rt. 19 North approximately 13 miles. Phone (304) 853-2371 Activities BOATING, HISTORIC & CULTURAL SITE, CAMPING, FISHING, HIKING, PICNICKING, VISITOR CENTER, WATER SPORTS, WILDLIFE VIEWING, PLAYGROUND PARK SPECIALIZED SPORT SITE, OTHER RECREATION CONCESSION SITE, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Camping Reservations Reserve your campsite at these camping areas: West Virginia Campgrounds BULLTOWN CAMP BURNSVILLE LAKE SHELTERS Hiking Trails Looking for nice hiking areas to take a hike? Choose from these scenic hiking trails: West Virginia Hiking Trails Related Link(s) More West Virginia Recreation Areas Burnsville Lake Website Burnsville Lake Photo Album There are numerous recreation opportunities at Burnsville Lake, including excellent hunting. At the Burnsville Lake

Directions From Wayne, 12 miles Southeast on State Route 37. Phone (304) 849-2355 Activities BOATING, CAMPING, FISHING, HIKING, PICNICKING, WATER SPORTS, WILDLIFE VIEWING, PLAYGROUND PARK SPECIALIZED SPORT SITE, OTHER RECREATION CONCESSION SITE Camping Reservations Reserve your campsite at these camping areas: West Virginia Campgrounds EAST FORK (WV) Hiking Trails Looking for nice hiking areas to take a hike? Choose from these scenic hiking trails: West Virginia Hiking Trails Related Link(s) More West Virginia Recreation Areas East Lynn Lake Website A region important for natural gas, oil and coal. Wooded hills of 600 feet rise gently around the lake.

Directions From Cumberland, MD, south on US 220 to US 50, west to WV 42, north to WV 46 E. Follow project signs. Phone (304) 355-2346 Activities BOATING, CAMPING, HIKING, PICNICKING, WATER SPORTS, WILDLIFE VIEWING, PLAYGROUND PARK SPECIALIZED SPORT SITE, HOTEL/LODGE/RESORT PRIVATELY OWNED, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Camping Reservations Reserve your campsite at these camping areas: West Virginia Campgrounds ROBERT W CRAIG Howell Run Picnic Area Hiking Trails Looking for nice hiking areas to take a hike? Choose from these scenic hiking trails: West Virginia Hiking Trails Related Link(s) More West Virginia Recreation Areas Jennings Randolph Lake Photo Album Facebook Jennings Randolph Lake Website Friends of Jennings Randolph Lake, Inc. Jennings Randolph Lake provides opportunities for outdoor recreation including camping, fishing, swimming, hiking, boating, water skiing, kayaking, eagle watching and hunting spread over 4,500 acres of land and water.

Directions The dam is on the Guyandotte River near the southern West Virginia town of Justice. From Justice, which is in Mingo County, take US Route 52 south. On US Route 52 south, after leaving Mingo County and crossing the Guyandotte River into Wyoming County, approximately one-tenth of a mile on the left is the turn off to the Visitor Center access road. Phone (304) 664-3229 Activities AUTO TOURING, BOATING, CAMPING, HIKING, PICNICKING, VISITOR CENTER, WATER SPORTS, WILDLIFE VIEWING, PLAYGROUND PARK SPECIALIZED SPORT SITE Camping Reservations Reserve your campsite at these camping areas: West Virginia Campgrounds Hiking Trails Looking for nice hiking areas to take a hike? Choose from these scenic hiking trails: West Virginia Hiking Trails Related Link(s) More West Virginia Recreation Areas R.D. Bailey Lake Website Beautiful lake in rugged terrain with visitor center overlooking the lake and many recreational opportunities.

Directions The Stonewall Resort and State Park recreation areas may be reached via I-79 at Exit 91(Roanoke). The Dam and Tail Waters may be reached via I-79 at Exit 96(second Weston exit). Phone (304) 269-4588 Activities BOATING, CAMPING, FISHING, HIKING, PICNICKING, WATER SPORTS, WILDLIFE VIEWING, PLAYGROUND PARK SPECIALIZED SPORT SITE, OTHER RECREATION CONCESSION SITE, HOTEL/LODGE/RESORT PRIVATELY OWNED, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Camping Reservations Reserve your campsite at these camping areas: West Virginia Campgrounds Hiking Trails Looking for nice hiking areas to take a hike? Choose from these scenic hiking trails: West Virginia Hiking Trails Related Link(s) More West Virginia Recreation Areas Facebook Stonewall Jackson Lake Website Named for Thomas Jonathan ?Stonewall? Jackson, a famous general in the Confederate Army during the Civil War, who was born on January 21, 1824, in nearby Clarksburg, West Virginia. A major recreation area is located at the Stonewall Jackson State Park which provides visitors with numerous

Directions On WV 129 at Mt. Nebo, 3 miles west of US 19. Phone (304) 872-3412 Activities BOATING, CLIMBING, CAMPING, FISHING, HIKING, PICNICKING, WATER SPORTS, WILDLIFE VIEWING, SWIMMING SITE, PLAYGROUND PARK SPECIALIZED SPORT SITE, OTHER RECREATION CONCESSION SITE, HOTEL/LODGE/RESORT PRIVATELY OWNED Camping Reservations Reserve your campsite at these camping areas: West Virginia Campgrounds BATTLE RUN Hiking Trails Looking for nice hiking areas to take a hike? Choose from these scenic hiking trails: West Virginia Hiking Trails Related Link(s) More West Virginia Recreation Areas Summersville Lake Website Noted for its spectacular cliffs and white water on the Gauley River. Near Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park, a Civil War battlefield. On WV 129 at Mt. Nebo, 3 mi W of US 19.

Directions Take I-79 to Exit 62, the Sutton/Gassaway Exit, follow signs to Sutton Dam (North on Route 4). Phone (304) 765-2816 Activities BOATING, CAMPING, FISHING, HIKING, PICNICKING, WATER SPORTS, WILDLIFE VIEWING, PLAYGROUND PARK SPECIALIZED SPORT SITE, OTHER RECREATION CONCESSION SITE, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Camping Reservations Reserve your campsite at these camping areas: West Virginia Campgrounds GERALD FREEMAN CAMPGROUND SUTTON LAKE PICNIC SHELTERS Hiking Trails Looking for nice hiking areas to take a hike? Choose from these scenic hiking trails: West Virginia Hiking Trails Related Link(s) More West Virginia Recreation Areas Sutton Lake Website Sutton Lake Marina Sutton Lake Photo Album With 40 mi of shoreline, this lake attracts fishing and boating enthusiasts. Located in the wooded hills of central West Virginia, the project office is 1 mi E of Sutton, off I-79.

Directions Located 3 miles south of Grafton on County Rd. 9. Phone (304) 265-1760 Activities BOATING, CAMPING, HIKING, PICNICKING, WATER SPORTS, WILDLIFE VIEWING, PLAYGROUND PARK SPECIALIZED SPORT SITE, OTHER RECREATION CONCESSION SITE, HOTEL/LODGE/RESORT PRIVATELY OWNED, ENVIRONMENTAL EDUCATION Camping Reservations Reserve your campsite at these camping areas: West Virginia Campgrounds Hiking Trails Looking for nice hiking areas to take a hike? Choose from these scenic hiking trails: West Virginia Hiking Trails Related Link(s) More West Virginia Recreation Areas Facebook Tygart Lake Website Authorized by the Rivers and Harbors Act of 1935, Tygart Dam was the first of 16 flood control projects in the Pittsburgh District. Tygart has the capability to store the equivalent run off of 4.56 inches of precipitation from its 1,184 square mile drainage basin. Tygart Lake held the honor for several years as having the most concrete in any dam east of the Mississippi River with a staggering