| Chief Logan State Park | |
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IUCN category V (protected landscape/seascape)[1] | |
 C&O 2755 Kanawha-class locomotive on static display | |
  Location of Chief Logan State Park in West Virginia | |
| Location | Logan, West Virginia, United States |
| Coordinates | 37°53′38″N 82°01′05″W / 37.89389°N 82.01806°W |
| Area | 3,988 acres (16.14 km2)[2] |
| Elevation | 1,289 ft (393 m) |
| Established | 1969[3] |
| Named for | Chief Logan |
| Governing body | West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |
| Website | wvstateparks |
Chief Logan State Park is located on 3,988 acres (1,614 ha)[2] about 4 miles (6.4 km) north of Logan in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. The park, the town and the county were all named after Chief Logan, a Mingo (or Ohio Iroquois) Native American leader who lived in the region before the American Revolutionary War. Each summer the Liz Spurlock Amphitheater at Chief Logan State Park is the site for outdoor dramas, including the historical drama "The Aracoma Story" about Shawnee tribal members who lived at the present-day location of the town of Logan. The outdoor drama theater produces the Aracoma story and two to three other plays or musicals every year.
The new Chief Logan Lodge and Conference Center opened at the park during the summer of 2006. There is also a fishing pond on site and a recreation center that has weights, exercise machines, courts and an Olympic sized indoor pool.
- ^ "Chief Logan State Recreation Area". Protected Planet. IUCN. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
- ^ a b West Virginia State Parks Facilities Grid Archived 2009-02-05 at the Wayback Machine, accessed March 29, 2008
- ^ 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.