Twin Falls Resort State Park

Twin Falls State Resort Park is a state park in Wyoming County, West Virginia. The park was opened in 1968 and was completed by 1975. The two namesake waterfalls are accessed by a hiking trail and are located about 1/2-mile apart[3] on the Marsh and Black Forks of Cabin Creek.[4]

Twin Falls Resort State Park
IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)[1]
Golf course adjacent to the lodge.
Location of Twin Falls Resort State Park in West Virginia
LocationWyoming, West Virginia, United States
Nearest townMullens, West Virginia
Coordinates37°37′25″N 81°27′33″W
Area3,776 acres (15.28 km2)
Elevation1,978 ft (603 m)
Established1964[2]
Governing bodyWest Virginia Division of Natural Resources
Websitewvstateparks.com/park/twin-falls-resort-state-park/

The park is built on land donated by Pocahontas Land Corporation and Western Pocahontas Land Corporation as well as a few small privately owned plots. The entrance to Twin Falls State Park is about 12 miles (19 km)[5] from the Castle Rock Trailhead of the Hatfield–McCoy ATV Trail.[6]

The park's nature center, located in Twin Falls Lodge, features local and natural history displays and offers naturalist-led programs year round.

Features

  • Twin Falls Lodge with 47 guest rooms
  • 14 cottages
  • Restaurant
  • Nature center
  • Gift shop
  • 18 hole golf course
  • 50 site campground (25 with RV hook-ups)
  • Picnic grounds
  • Hiking
  • Mountain Biking[7]
  • Tennis court
  • Basketball court
  • Volleyball court
  • Indoor Pool Facility
  • Fitness Center
  • Bowers Ridge Pioneer Farm - a restored 1830s mountain homestead working farm

See also

References

  1. "Twin Falls State Park". Protected Planet. IUCN. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  2. Where People and Nature Meet: A History of the West Virginia State Parks. Charleston, West Virginia: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company. April 1988. ISBN 0-933126-91-3.
  3. Hiking trail map
  4. Get Outdoors web site, accessed July 25, 2006
  5. Castle Rock Trailhead, Hatfields-McCoy Trail web site, accessed July 25, 2006
  6. Hatfields-McCoy ATV Trail web site
  7. Outdoor Travels web site review, accessed July 26, 2006
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