Moorefield

Moorefield is a city in the Potomac Highlands region of West Virginia.

Get in

Moorefield is not served by public transportation. No bus, train, or passenger airline service exists. From Winchester (Virginia), take US Route 50 west to Gore (Virginia). At Gore turn left on VA-259. At Wardensville, take WV-55 west. (60 miles) From Cumberland (Maryland) take WV-28 south. After 24 miles, turn right onto US-220 south. (53 miles) From Clarksburg take US-50 east 100 miles, then turn right onto US-220 south. (120 miles)

Understand

Morefield is a small town in the Potomac Highlands on the South Branch of the Potomac River. It is the county seat of Hardy County. In 2003 the population of Moorefield was 2,400. There are a couple of good restaurants and places to stay in town, so it makes a reasonable overnight stop in a driving tour of the Potomac Highlands. There is nothing of great interest to the average tourist.

Get around

Moorefield has no public transportation. You will need a car to get to most destinations.

See

Moorefield is located in the scenic Potomac river valley of the Potomac Highlands, in the foothills of the Allegheny mountains. There is a lot of natural beauty.

Do
  • Hardy County Heritage Weekend, ☎ +1 304 538-8080. Last weekend in September. Walking tours, historic home tours, heritage activities. Free. 
  • South Branch Cinema Six Theatres (behind WalMart), ☎ +1 304 538-8100. Multiplex cinema showing first run movies 
  • Smell that chicken! Moorefield is home to a large poultry processing plant, and much of the town smells like chicken waste 24x7.
  • Hike, hunt, fish, canoe on the South Branch
  • Collect fossils. Six miles south of Moorefield is a road cut and quarry where middle Devonian fossils can be collected from the Mahantango Formation. Well-preserved brachiopods in the genera Mucrospirifer and Spinatrypa can be found here, as can detailed specimens of the trilobites Phacops and Trimerus. Other local fossils include the bivalve Modiomoprha concentrica, the bryozoan Fenestella, corals, crinoids, the gastropod Loxonema hamiltoniae, and the straight-shelled nautiloid Michelinoceras. (updated Jun 2015)

Buy
  • Wal-Mart Super Center, Route 220 North (North of town), ☎ +1 304 538-3490. Everything you need in one place. 
  • Corner Collectibles, Spring Avenue & Rt. 55 (east on Rt 55), ☎ +1 304 538-2870. Antique shop 

Eat
  • The Harvest Grill Restaurant, North Main Street (north of downtown). Good food. 
  • Richardson's Family Restaurant, 414 South Main Street, ☎ +1 304 530-7110. Basic local restaurant 

Drink
  • West-Whitehill Winery, 4484 US 220 South (5 miles south of town on Rt. 220), ☎ +1 304 538-2605. Sa&Su 1-5pm. Local winery. 

Sleep
  • Evans Motel, 508 N Main St (In town), ☎ +1 304 538-7771. Basic cheap motel 
  • South Branch Inn, 1500 US Highway 220 N (North of town), ☎ +1 304 538-2033. Relatively new hotel. 

Connect

Hardy County has a tourism web site with an email contact link for more information.

Go next
  • Nearby Wardensville has a couple of interesting restaurants


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