West Virginian Local Treasures: Top Sites to Visit
Who needs the purple mountains, majesty, when you have the Blue Mountains of West Virginia? (And the Allegheny Mountains as well, of course.) West Virginia certainly is one of the most beautiful states to go into the wild—and it’s certainly warmer than Alaska (the original setting for Jon Krakauer’s nonfiction bestseller.) Read on for why you should go chasing waterfalls at Blackwater Falls State Park and spend your days exploring America’s 63rd National Park, the New River Gorge. Of course, it’s not only outdoor adventures on our list of unique West Virginia activities. We also spotlight Green Bank Observatory, one of the premier astronomical sites in the world, where, according to Highland Outdoors, “radio telescopes tune in to the whispers of the universe, night and day.” Almost heaven, indeed.
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