Canaan Valley Resort State Park, Monongahela National Forest

Name: Canaan Valley Resort State Park
Address: Monongahela National Forest, United States

#14 among attractions in Monongahela National Forest

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Canaan Valley Resort State Park, Monongahela National Forest

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Canaan Valley Resort State Park is a state park in the eastern United States, within Canaan Valley in Tucker County, West Virginia. Located in the highest valley east of the Mississippi River, the park contains the second-largest inland wetland area in the United States. The valley featured the first commercial ski development in West Virginia. ()

Established: 1971 (53 years ago)Elevation: 3228 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 39°1'40"N, 79°27'37"W

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Canaan Valley Resort State Park – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Elakala Falls, Dolly Sods Wilderness, White Grass Ski Touring Center, Blackwater Canyon.

5.8 miN
Nature, Natural attraction, Waterfall
Elakala Falls, Monongahela National Forest
149 min walk • The Elakala Falls are a series of four waterfalls of Shays Run as it descends into the Blackwater Canyon in West Virginia. They are within Blackwater Falls State Park and are quite popular among photographers, with the ease of access for the first waterfall, and the relatively low traffic of the other waterfalls in the series.
5.6 miE
Natural attraction, Protected area
Dolly Sods Wilderness, Monongahela National Forest
144 min walk • The Dolly Sods Wilderness — originally simply Dolly Sods — is a U.S. Wilderness Area in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia, US, and is part of the Monongahela National Forest of the U.S. Forest Service.
2.2 miE
Winter sport, Ski area
White Grass Ski Touring Center, Monongahela National Forest
57 min walk • White Grass Ski Touring Center is a cross-country skiing facility located in Canaan Valley in Tucker County, West Virginia. It originally opened in 1979 on White Grass Knob near Harrisonburg, Virginia. Two years later, the operation was moved to the site of the second Weiss Knob Ski Area.
6.6 miNW
Nature, Natural attraction, Canyon
Blackwater Canyon, Monongahela National Forest
170 min walk • Blackwater Canyon is a rugged, heavily wooded, eight-mile long gorge carved by the Blackwater River in the Allegheny Mountains of eastern West Virginia, USA.
6 miNE
Natural attraction, Protected area
Canaan Valley, Monongahela National Forest
153 min walk • Canaan Valley is a large bathtub-shaped upland valley in northeastern Tucker County, West Virginia, USA. Within it are extensive wetlands and the headwaters of the Blackwater River which spills out of the valley at Blackwater Falls.
1.4 miNE
39°2'44"N • 79°26'46"W
Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge, Davis
37 min walk • Natural attraction, Nature and wildlife, Park
6.3 miNE
National park
Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge
160 min walk • The Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge in Tucker County, West Virginia, was the 500th National Wildlife Refuge to be established in the United States.