Pearl S. Buck Birthplace, Hillsboro

Name: Pearl S. Buck Birthplace
Address: Hillsboro, United States

#2 among attractions in Hillsboro

Top attraction, History museum, Museum

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The Pearl S. Buck Birthplace is a historic home in Hillsboro, West Virginia where American writer Pearl S. Buck was born. The home now serves as a museum offering guided tours. The site also includes a carpentry shop and barn with over 100 historic farm and woodworking tools, and the log home of Buck's father's family, the Sydenstrickers, which was moved from Greenbrier County. ()

Built: 1892 (132 years ago)Coordinates: 38°8'30"N, 80°12'19"W

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Day trips

Pearl S. Buck Birthplace – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park, Cranberry Glades, Watoga State Park, Calvin Price State Forest.

4.1 miSW
Battlefield, Park
Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park, Hillsboro
106 min walk • Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park is a state park located on Droop Mountain in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. The park was the site of the Battle of Droop Mountain, the last major battle of the American Civil War in the state taking place on November 6, 1863.
5.4 miNW
National park, Forest, Park
Cranberry Glades, Marlinton
138 min walk • Cranberry Glades — also known simply as The Glades — are a cluster of five small, boreal-type bogs in southwestern Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. This area, high in the Allegheny Mountains at about 3,400 feet, is protected as the Cranberry Glades Botanical Area, part of the Monongahela National Forest.
4 miSE
Natural attraction, Protected area
Watoga State Park, Monongahela National Forest
103 min walk • Watoga State Park is a state park located near Seebert in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. The largest of West Virginia's state parks, it covers slightly over 10,100 acres.
6.1 miSE
Nature, Natural attraction, Forest
Calvin Price State Forest, Monongahela National Forest
157 min walk • Calvin Price State Forest is a 9,482-acre state forest in eastern Pocahontas and Greenbrier counties, West Virginia. The forest is the newest in West Virginia's system, having been mostly purchased in 1953 from New River Lumber Company.
3 miW
Nature, Natural attraction, Mountain
Caesar Mountain, Monongahela National Forest
78 min walk • Caesar Mountain is a summit in West Virginia, in the United States. With an elevation of 3,323 feet, Caesar Mountain is the 232nd highest summit in the state of West Virginia.
1.7 miNE
Watermill
McNeel Mill, Monongahela National Forest
43 min walk • The McNeel Mill is located just south of the intersection of route 219 and route 39 and route 55 in Mill Point, Pocahontas County, West Virginia. The mill was completed in 1868 by Isaac McNeel and was in operation until 1947. The three-story wood-frame mill operated with a 21-foot diameter metal mill wheel.
4.9 miSW
Bridge
Locust Creek Covered Bridge, Monongahela National Forest
127 min walk • The Locust Creek Covered Bridge is the only remaining covered bridge in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. It is located approximately 6 miles outside Hillsboro. The bridge is now for pedestrian traffic only.
0.8 miE
Church
Pleasant Green Methodist Episcopal Church, Monongahela National Forest
22 min walk • Pleasant Green Methodist Episcopal Church is a historic African-American Methodist Episcopal church located at Seebert, Pocahontas County, West Virginia.