Cass Scenic Railroad State Park, Monongahela National Forest

Name: Cass Scenic Railroad State Park
Address: Monongahela National Forest, United States

#3 among attractions in Monongahela National Forest

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Cass Scenic Railroad State Park is a state park and heritage railroad located in Cass, Pocahontas County, West Virginia. ()

Area: 1.47 mi²Coordinates: 38°23'48"N, 79°54'53"W

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Monongahela National Forest United States

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Cass Scenic Railroad State Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Green Bank Telescope, Reber Radio Telescope, Bald Knob, Green Bank Interferometer.

4.8 miNE
Observatories and planetariums
Green Bank Telescope, Monongahela National Forest
122 min walk • The Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope in Green Bank, West Virginia, US is the world's largest fully steerable radio telescope, surpassing the Effelsberg 100-m Radio Telescope in Germany.
5.7 miNE
Observatories and planetariums
Reber Radio Telescope, Snowshoe
146 min walk • The Reber Radio Telescope is a historic radio telescope, located at the Green Bank Observatory near Green Bank, West Virginia. Built in 1937 in Illinois by astronomer Grote Reber, it is the first purpose-built parabolic radio telescope.
3.6 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Bald Knob, Monongahela National Forest
93 min walk • Bald Knob is the highest summit of Back Allegheny Mountain in Pocahontas County, West Virginia and is part of Cass Scenic Railroad State Park.
4.8 miNE
Observatories and planetariums
Green Bank Interferometer, Monongahela National Forest
122 min walk • The Green Bank Interferometer is a former radio astronomy telescope located at Green Bank, West Virginia and operated by the National Radio Astronomy Observatory.
4.9 miS
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Seneca State Forest, Monongahela National Forest
126 min walk • Seneca State Forest is a state forest located in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. Created in 1924, it is oldest state forest in West Virginia. It is also West Virginia's second-largest state forest at 11,684 acres. The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources rents eight fully equipped pioneer cabins.
3.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Shavers Fork Mountain Complex, Snowshoe
96 min walk • Shavers Fork Mountain Complex is the name given to the mountains on either side of Shavers Fork in the highlands portions of Randolph County, Pocahontas County, and Tucker County in West Virginia, USA.
3.8 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Thorny Flat, Snowshoe
96 min walk • Thorny Flat is the second highest peak in the U.S. state of West Virginia, after Spruce Knob. Thorny Flat is the high point of the ridge known as Cheat Mountain.