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Pipestem Resort State Park

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- Opened
  
1967

Phone
  
+1 304-466-1800

Area
  
16.39 km²

Pipestem Resort State Park

Address
  
3405 Pipestem Drive, Pipestem, WV 25979, USA

Hours
  
Open today · 6AM–10PMMonday6AM–10PMTuesday6AM–10PMWednesday6AM–10PMThursday6AM–10PMFriday6AM–10PMSaturday6AM–10PMSunday6AM–10PM

Owner
  
West Virginia Division of Natural Resources

A tram ride to mountain creek lodge pipestem resort state park


Pipestem Resort State Park is a 4,050-acre (1,640 ha) state park located in southern West Virginia, on the border between Mercer and Summers counties. The park was built with grants provided by the Area Redevelopment Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce under the administration of President John F. Kennedy. It is located in the gorge of the Bluestone River.

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The Park name derives from pipestem, or narrowleaf meadowsweet (Spiraea alba), a locally common shrub historically used for making pipe stems.

The park features two hotels, one of which may be reached only by an aerial tramway to the bottom of the gorge, 26 fully equipped wood cabins, a regular and a par-3 golf course, several restaurants, and other recreational activities, including its own stable of horses.

The park's nature center features displays of native plants and animals, and offers nature programs. The Nature Center is open year-round, and includes the Harris Homestead, a reconstructed 1900s (decade) period historic house museum, barn and meat house.

Nearby cities and attractionsEdit

  • Athens, West Virginia
  • Concord University
  • Princeton, West Virginia
  • Hinton, West Virginia
  • Bluestone State Park
  • Bluestone Lake
  • New River
  • Sandstone Falls
  • References

    Pipestem Resort State Park Wikipedia