Located about 15 miles from Petersburg in Davis, Blackwater Falls State Park features a lodge with 54 rooms, 26 cabins and 65 tent and RV campsites. The park's campground offers bath, shower and laundry facilities, and wireless Internet is available throughout the facility. Blackwater Falls State Park offers guests winter activities like cross country skiing and sledding, and activities during the other months like hiking, fishing, boating and swimming. The lodge at Blackwater Falls State Park features a restaurant that offers three meals per day. The park is named for the falls that have water that is almost black from the needles of trees.
Blackwater Falls State Park
P.O. Drawer 490
Davis, WV 26260
304-259-5216
blackwaterfalls.com
Canaan Valley Resort State Park is located about 20 miles from Petersburg in Davis. The park features a campground, a lodge, cabins and cottages. Caanan Valley Resort State Park's accommodations include a 250-room lodge, 23 cabins and cottages, and a campground with 34 sites with full electric, water and sewer connections. Winter activities at the park include snow skiing and snow boarding. Other months during the year, Caanan Valley Resort State Park offers fishing, boating, swimming and hiking. In addition to the full-service restaurant at the lodge, the resort also features an 18-hole golf course.
Canaan Valley Resort State Park
HC 70, Box 330
Davis, West Virginia 26260
800-622-4121
stateparks.com
Lost River State Park is located about 15 miles from Petersburg in Mathias. The park offers 26 camping cabins for overnight guests. Lost River State Park features hiking trails, horseback riding services and trails, an outdoor swimming pool and tennis courts. One of the hiking trails offers hikers the chance to view the park from a height of more than 3,000 feet. Horseback riding trips at Lost River State Park are available for 30 minutes, one hour or two hours.
Lost River State Park
321 Park Drive
Mathias, WV 26812
304-897-5372
lostriversp.com
