Audra State Park

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name = Audra State Park
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category = West Virginia State Park

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image_caption = Middle Fork River
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state = West Virginia
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region = Barbour
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established_type = Established
established = 1950
established_note = cite book|title=Where People and Nature Meet: A History of the West Virginia State Parks|publisher=Pictorial Histories Publishing Company|location=Charleston, West Virginia|date=April 1988|isbn=0-933126-91-3]
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established1 = 1954
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owner = West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
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map_caption = Location of Audra State Park in West Virginia
map_locator = West Virginia
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website = [http://www.audrastatepark.com Audra State Park]

Audra State Park is a West Virginia state park located on convert|355|acre|km2 [Carrol, S. and Miller, M., "Hiking West Virginia", p.92, Globe Pequot Press, Guilford, CT (2003).] in southwestern Barbour County. It was established around the remnants of an early nineteenth century gristmill and the tiny community of Audra. A gristmill spillway is still visible in the river. [ [http://www.audrastatepark.com/recreation.html Audra State Park web page, accessed March 16, 2008.] ]

The park is a hilly, secondary forest area bisected by the Middle Fork River. The deep pools, large, flat rocks, and riverside beach have provided generations of campers, local teens and college students a place to swim or work on their tans. [Crockett, M., "Jewels in our Crown", Pictoria Histories, Charleston, WV, 2004. ISBN 1-891852-35-3] Audra State Park is the site of Alum Cave, which is accessible by a boardwalk built along this overhanging sandstone ledge.

The park serves as the put-in point for a 6.6 mile kayak run along about 2.8 miles the Middle Fork River and about 3.8 miles of the Tygart Valley River to the confluence of the latter with the Buckhannon River. [ [http://www.americanwhitewater.org/rivers/id/2455/ American Whitewater web site, Middle Fork River page, accessed July 19, 2006.] ]

Features

* 65 camp sites
* Swimming in the Middle Fork River
* Hiking trails
* Kayaking in the Middle Fork River
* Picnic area

Accessibility

Accessibility for the disabled was assessed by West Virginia University. The assessment found the campground, picnic area, and park offices to be accessible. [ [http://www.cedwvu.org/programs/realchoice/recreation/ "Guide to Accessible Recreation and Travel in WV", WVU Center for Excellence in Disabilities web site, accessed July 31, 2006] ] The main swimming hole (just below the site of the former gristmill), with wet, slippery rocks and unpaved approaches is not considered accessible.

ee also

*List of West Virginia state parks

References

External links

* [http://www.audrastatepark.com/ Official site]