Tuesday, July 19, 2011

WEST VIRGINIA

FAYETTE COUNTY
Lansing
Services
Adventure West Virginia – 1 Ames Heights Road; 304-574-0704 or 888-650-1932; adventurewestvirginia.com; 1.5 miles of “canopy adventure” – zipline, etc.



GREENBRIER COUNTY
White Sulphur Springs
Hotels
Greenbrier Resort – 300 West Main Street; 304-745-2273 or 800-453-4858; thegreenbrier.com; Mobil 4* and AAA 5 Diamond Award winning luxury resort; for most of history owned by Chesapeake & Ohio Railway and its successors (currently CSX Corp.); last US president to stay – Dwight Eisenhower; massive underground bunker meant to serve as emergency shelter for US Congress during Cold War.



JEFFERSON COUNTY
Harpers Ferry
Services
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park – 171 Shoreline Drive; 304-535-6298; nps.gov/hafe/index.htm; located at Potomac and Shenandoah Rivers’ confluence in and around Harpers Ferry; includes land in Jefferson Co. (WV), Washington Co. (MD), and Loudoun Co. (VA); originally designated as National Monument in 1944; includes historic town of Harpers Ferry, notable as 19th Century industry center and where John Brown’s abolitionist uprising; 4K acres.



MORGAN COUNTY
Berkeley Springs
Sights & Sites
Berkeley Springs State Park – 2 South Washington Street; 304-258-2711; berkeleyspringssp.com; Park centerpiece is historic mineral spa; native peoples visited these springs as did George Washington; only state-run spa in USA.

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