west virginia phil kefauver top 10 places to visit when in

West Virginia

Phil Kefauver

Top 10 Places to visit when in

1. Morgantown

• Largest city in North-Central West Virginia• Location of West Virginia University • Home WVU game- Saturday at Milan Puskar

Stadium. • Morgantown Personal Rapid Transit. • Restaurants : Boston Beanery, Maxwells

2. Harpers Ferry

• A scenic small town between the Potomac and Shenandoah rivers.

• Historic Civil War places and easy access to the great outdoors. (Appalachian Trail)

• Step Back in Time

3.Charles Town • Hollywood Casino- Table games, Slots, Horseback

Races and even live entertainment almost every night.

• October- Ghost Tours through two cemeteries and a haunted basement.

• Jefferson County Museum- thousands of Civil War artifacts and memorabilia.

4.Canaan Valley

• Canaan Valley Resort is a four-season destination.

• Skiing, Snowboarding,Fishing,Hiking, golf and Blackwater Falls

5.Cacapon State Park

• 6,000 acres• Golfing, lake activities and hiking

opportunities, vacation cabins. • Horseback riding through the mountain trails.

6.Charleston

• West Virginia’s Capital. • Charleston Civic Center• State Museum- History of West Virginia • Charleston Capitol

7.Moundsville

• West Virginia Penitentiary• Grave Creek Mound Historical Site- 69-foot

high Native American burial mound• Marx Toy Museum- Preserving the history of

Marx toys.

8.Lewisburg

Lost World Caverns120 feet below the Earth's surface

52 degrees

A 30 ton compound stalactite, presumed to be one of the nation's largest

Dinosaur Museum Prehistoric cave bear

Fun and educational for the whole family.

9.New River Gorge• Whitewater rafting, hiking, fishing, cabins• Bridge- 3,030 feet long, arch of 1,700 feet 876

feet above the river. • Bridge Day- third Saturday every October, base

jumping

10. Shepherdstown

• Historic Town. Civil War Shops along German Street. C&O Canal, Potomac River. James Rumsey monument- inventor of the steamboat.

• Bavarian Inn- European elegance and authentic Bavarian cuisine.

• Shepherd University- Home of the Shepherd Rams.