Parks, Wildlife management areas, lakes, and dams – Flashcards
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Appalachian Power Park
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This new ballpark replaced Watt Powell Park in Charleston in 2005.
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Cacapon Resort State Park
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This state park was created through Civilian Conservation Corps efforts.
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Nicholas
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Carnifex Ferry Battlefield State Park is located in what county?
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Mason
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Point Pleasant Battle Monument State Park is located in what county?
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Wayne
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Cabwaylingo State Forest is located in what county?
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Webster
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Holly River State Park is located in what county?
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Monroe
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Moncove Lake State Park is located in what county?
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Upshur
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The West Virginia State Wildlife Center is located in this county.
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Webster
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Big Ditch Lake Wildlife Management Area is located in what West Virginia county?
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Pendleton
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Seneca Rocks is located in what county?
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Smoke Hole Caverns
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This popular Grant County tourist attraction, which features the world's largest ribbon stalactite, opened to the public on May 30, 1940.
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Greenbrier
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Meadow River Wildlife Management Area is located in this county.
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Wayne
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East Lynn Lake is located in this county.
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RD Bailey Lake
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This lake, part of a wildlife management area located in Mingo and Wyoming counties, was named for a prominent political figure who served as a circuit judge during the mine wars.
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Monongalia
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Snake Hill Wildlife Management Area is located in this county.
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Monroe
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Hanging Rock Raptor Observatory is located in this county.
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Marshall
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Dunkard Fork Lake is located in this county.
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Hardy
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Rock Cliff Lake is located in this county.
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Monongalia
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The Pedlar Wildlife Management Area is located in this county.
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Greenbrier
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Sherwood Lake Recreation Area is located in this county.
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Mingo
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Laurel Lake Wildlife Management Area is located in this county.
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Berkeley and Morgan
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Sleepy Creek Wildlife Management Area is located in these counties.
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Ohio River
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The Robert C. Byrd Locks and Dam are located on this waterway.
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Mineral
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Jennings Randolph Lake is located in what county?
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Friars Hole Cave
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What is the longest cave in West Virginia?
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Watoga State Park
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This is West Virginia's largest state park.
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Preston
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Cathedral State Park is located in this West Virginia county.
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Monroe
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A portion of the Jefferson National Forest is located in what West Virginia county?
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Morgan
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Widmeyer Wildlife Management Area is located in this county.
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Asbury Cave
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For many years, Stratosphere Balloon Cave was known by this name, associated with the man who visited it in 1781.
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Little Wheeling Creek
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Elm Grove Stone Arch Bridge crosses this waterway.
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Barbour
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Audra State Park is located in what county?
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Lake Monongahela
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During the Ice Age this glacial body of water covered a large area of northern West Virginia.
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Mercer
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Pinnacle Rock is located in what county?
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Raleigh
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Little Beaver State Park is located in what West Virginia county?
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Pocahontas
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Cranberry Glades Botanical Area is located in this county.
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Lincoln
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Hilbert Wildlife Management Area is located in this county.
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Daniel Boone Park
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This park where the Craik-Patton House currently is located was the first of more than 100 roadside parks developed by the state.
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Tucker
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The Fernow Experimental Forest is located in this county.
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Shannondale Springs
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The site of this former Jefferson County resort is now a wildlife management area.
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Barbour
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Teter Creek Lake is located in this county.
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Summers
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Bluestone Lake is located in what county?
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Fayette
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Beury Mountain Wildlife Management Area is located in this county.
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Pocahontas
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Snowshoe Mountain is located in this county.
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Twin Falls State Park
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Foley Falls and Black Fork Falls are located in this state park.
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Kumbrabow State Forest
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This state forest is named for 3 men: Hubert Bowers, A. Spates Brady, and Herman Guy Kump.
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Monongahela River
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The Tygart and West Fork rivers join together in Marion County to form this river.
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Grandview State Park
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This former state park, known for its outdoor dramas Hatfields and McCoys and Honey in the Rock, became part of the New River Gorge National River in 1990.
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Shenandoah River
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This river flows into the Potomac River at Harpers Ferry.
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Berkeley
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Sleepy Creek Lake is located in this county.
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Pocahontas
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Watoga State Park is located in this West Virginia county.
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Hampshire
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Hawk Recreation Area is located in this county.
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Cheat Lake
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Lake Lynn was the original name for this Monongalia County lake.
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Marion
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Pricketts Fort State Park is located in what county?
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Lincoln
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Big Ugly Wildlife Management Area is located in what West Virginia county?
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Hardy
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Lost River State Park is located in what West Virginia county?
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Pocahontas
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Seneca State Forest is located in what West Virginia county?
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Marion
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McClintic Wildlife Management Area, which contains the greatest variety of wildlife habitats to be found in any of West Virginia's Wildlife Management Areas, is located in what county?
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Blister Swamp
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This swamp, located in Pocahontas County, is the highest large wetland on limestone known in the eastern United States.
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Hampshire
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Nathaniel Mountain Wildlife Management Area is located in this West Virginia county.
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Preston
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Briery Mountain Wildlife Management Area is located in this West Virginia county.
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Wyoming
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Fork Creek Wildlife Management Area is located in this West Virginia county.
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Hinton
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Bluestone Dam is located in this Summers County community.
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Preston
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Alpine Lake Ski Resort is located in this county.
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Teays River
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This ancient river, one of the largest in North America during the Ice Age, was responsible for the creation of the New River Gorge.
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Wetzel
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The Lantz Farm and Nature Preserve is located in this county.
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Tug Fork River
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West Virginia is separated from Kentucky by this river.
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Kanawha River
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This river does not form part of West Virginia's borders.
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Trout Pond
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This body of water is the only natural lake in West Virginia.
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Pinnacle Rock
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This sandstone rock formation is located in Mercer County.
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Randolph
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Gaudineer Scenic Area, which contains a stand of virgin red spruce trees, is located in this county.
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Ohio
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Bear Rock Lakes Wildlife Management Area is located in this county.
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Elk
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Sutton Dam is on this river.
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Randolph
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Bowden National Fish Hatchery is located in this county.
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Randolph
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Becky Creek Wildlife Management Area is located in this county.
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Mason
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May Moore Mound is located in this county.
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Pocahontas
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Seneca State Forest is located in what West Virginia county?
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Matewan Historic District
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In 1997, this Mingo County area was named a National Historic Landmark.
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Hampshire
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Edwards Run Wildlife Management Area is located in this county.
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Kanawha River
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The New River is a tributary of this river that flows into the Ohio River at Point Pleasant.
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Philippi
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The first land battle of the Civil War in West Virginia was fought in this community.
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Lost World Caverns
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Which of the following West Virginia sites has achieved National Natural Landmark status?
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Morgan
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Cacapon Resort State Park is located in what West Virginia county?
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Pendleton
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Germany Valley is in this county.
