Arnold Palmer golf course. Twenty miles farther on, at Falls Mill , the Little Kanawha River drops picturesquely into a deep pool. Browse the outlet shops ( flatwoodsfactorystores.com ) at Flatwoods and, if you’re hungry, stop at Custard Stand for a hot dog that’s as West Virginia as it gets ( custardstand.com ). Or save your appetite
for Sutton , where Cafe Cimino Country Inn has been a dining and lodging destination for years ( cafeciminocountryinn.com ). As U.S. 19 goes beyond Summersville , a secondary road turns west to Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park , a day-use park with a Civil War museum. Returning to Summersville, take State 39 east to Hills Creek Falls , and then on to CranberryGlades ,
300 acres of misplaced arctic tundra. Stop first at the Cranberry Mountain Nature Center to learn about this unusual landscape, then walk the boardwalk at the glades. A short distance on, State 39 meets U.S. 219, the old Native American Seneca Trail . Taking it north, the Elk River Inn at Slaty Fork is a fly fishing outfitter and bed and breakfast ( elkriverwv.com ). Just north of here, a right
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turn at State 66—in a half-mile, a side trip to the year-round resort at Snowshoe Mountain is possible— leads to Cass Scenic Railroad State Park , where you can take a thrilling ride on the old steam-powered timber train. A few miles farther, a left turn on State 92 leads to Green Bank , where a National Radio Astronomy Observatory museum
A tour of the central region celebrates West Virginia’s glassmaking, timber, and rail histories and crosses some of the most rugged territory to be found in the state. From Clarksburg , the tour heads south on U.S. 19. Detour onto
County 10 / Sycamore Lick Road at Jane Lew to see Jackson’sMill , the boyhood home of Civil War General Stonewall Jackson and long the state’s 4-H camp. Back on U.S. 19, relive Weston ’s illustrious glass industry history through the stunning displays at the Museumof American Glass ( magwv.com ). In the ’50s, travelers were directed to drive by the Weston State Hospital, the second largest hand-cut
and tour tells of the groundbreaking research that’s done there. Continue on U.S. 219 through Beverly —the BeverlyHeritage Center ( beverlyheritagecenter.org ) tells of the region’s past—to Elkins . Don’t skip a drive through the Davis&ElkinsCollege campus. From here, U.S. 33 leads west to
Buckhannon , home to West Virginia Wesleyan College . A side trip south on State 20 leads to the State Game Farm , where you can see many of the state’s native animals. From Buckhannon, State 20 will lead you back to Clarksburg, the origin of this scenic circle tour of central West Virginia.
stone structure in the world after the Kremlin; today’s travelers can tour it as the Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum ( trans-alleghenylunaticasylum. com ). Grab a bite at Thyme Bistro in Weston for a culinary adventure ( @thymebistro on Facebook ). Continuing south on U.S. 19, Stonewall Jackson Resort State Park is known for its lake activities and
Main route: 300 miles. Clarksburg to Summersville on U.S. 19, 105 miles—Summersville to Mill Point on State 39, 52 miles—Mill Point to Cass on U.S. 219 and State 66, 41 miles—Cass to Huttonsville on State 66, State 92, and U.S. 250, 32 miles—Huttonsville to Elkins on U.S. 219, 19 miles—Elkins to Buckhannon on U.S. 33, 24 miles—Buckhannon to Clarksburg on State 20, 27 miles.
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