Cacapon Resort State Park

Cacapon Resort State Park
IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)[1]
Looking southeast from atop Cacapon Mountain
Map showing the location of Cacapon Resort State Park
Map showing the location of Cacapon Resort State Park
Location of Cacapon Resort State Park in West Virginia
LocationMorgan, West Virginia, United States
Coordinates39°30′21″N 78°18′00″W / 39.50583°N 78.30000°W / 39.50583; -78.30000
Area6,115 acres (24.75 km2)[2]
Elevation948 ft (289 m)
Established1937-07-01[3]
Websitewvstateparks.com/park/cacapon-resort-state-park/

Opened in 1933, the 6,115-acre (2,475 ha)[2] Cacapon Resort State Park is located on the eastern slopes of Cacapon Mountain in Morgan County, West Virginia, USA. Panorama Overlook, at the southern end of the park and 2,320 feet (710 m) above sea level, is the highest point in the park and in Morgan County.[4]

  1. ^ "Cacapon State Park". Protected Planet. IUCN. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  2. ^ a b West Virginia State Parks Facilities Grid, accessed March 29, 2008 Archived March 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Where People and Nature Meet: A History of the West Virginia State Parks. Charleston, West Virginia: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company. April 1988. ISBN 0-933126-91-3.
  4. ^ Washington Heritage Trail in Morgan County web site, assessed August 3, 2006.