Blackwater River Canyon
USA /
West Virginia /
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/ West Virginia
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World / United States / West Virginia
Wild un-roaded gorge carved by the Blackwater River. One of the last such areas remaining on the East Coast, it is now threatened by
logging and second home development. Lobbying efforts to transfer this land to the National Park Service have yet to bear any success.
logging and second home development. Lobbying efforts to transfer this land to the National Park Service have yet to bear any success.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 39°5'43"N 79°32'51"W
- Dolly Sods Wilderness 13 km
- Masontown, West Virginia 56 km
- Boy Scouts of America - MAC Camp 57 km
- Savage River Reservoir 60 km
- Heritage Reservation, Boy Scouts of America 76 km
- Longview Power 78 km
- Fort Ashby, West Virginia 80 km
- High Point Lake 81 km
- Conveyor 83 km
- Old Sand Patch Tunnel 1854-1917 95 km
- Tucker County, West Virginia 2.9 km
- Hambleton, West Virginia 8.4 km
- Bretz, West Virginia 10 km
- Canaan Valley Resort State Park 11 km
- Otter Creek Wilderness 14 km
- Seneca Creek Backcountry 33 km
- Germany Valley 42 km
- Randolph County, West Virginia 45 km
- Pendleton County, West Virginia 49 km
- Monongahela National Forest 69 km