Canaan Valley Resort State Park

Canaan Valley Resort State Park
Blackwater River in the park.
Map showing the location of Canaan Valley Resort State Park
Map showing the location of Canaan Valley Resort State Park
Location of Canaan Valley Resort State Park in West Virginia
Map showing the location of Canaan Valley Resort State Park
Map showing the location of Canaan Valley Resort State Park
Canaan Valley Resort State Park (the United States)
LocationTucker, West Virginia, United States
Coordinates39°01′25″N 79°27′57″W / 39.02361°N 79.46583°W / 39.02361; -79.46583
Area6,015 acres (24.34 km2)[2]
Established1971[3]
OperatorRegency Hotel Management Company[4]
Websitewvstateparks.com/park/canaan-valley-resort-state-park/

Canaan Valley Resort State Park is a state park in the eastern United States, within Canaan Valley in Tucker County, West Virginia. Located in the highest valley east of the Mississippi River, the park contains the second-largest inland wetland area in the United States.[5] The valley featured the first commercial ski development in West Virginia.

  1. ^ "Canaan Valley State Parkn". Protected Planet. IUCN. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  2. ^ "West Virginia State Parks At-a-Glance" (PDF). West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. March 8, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 5, 2009. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
  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. ^ "US Hotel and Resort Management, Inc., to operate Canaan Valley Resort". The Herald-Dispatch. April 30, 2014. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  5. ^ Phillips, John (2001). Ski and Snowboard America - Mid-Atlantic: The Complete Guide to Downhill Skiing, Snowboarding, Cross Country Skiing, Snow Tubing, and More Throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region. Guilford, Connecticut: Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 0-7627-0845-X.[permanent dead link]