Twin Falls Resort State Park

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name = Twin Falls Resort State Park
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category = West Virginia State Park

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image_caption = Golf course adjacent to the lodge.
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map_caption = Location of Twin Falls Resort State Park in West Virginia
map_locator = West Virginia
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website = [http://www.twinfallsresort.com Twin Falls Resort State Park]

Twin Falls State Resort Park is a state park in Wyoming County, West Virginia. It is located convert|32|mi|km west of Exit 42 from the West Virginia Turnpike.

The park was opened in 1968 and was completed by 1975. The two namesake waterfalls are accessed by a hiking trail and are located about 1/2-mile apart [ [http://www.twinfallsresort.com/images/TFmapsimpleflat.pdf Hiking trail map] ] on the Marsh and Black Forks of Cabin Creek. [ [http://www.getoutdoors.com/getoutdoors/destination_summary/2390.html Get Outdoors web site, accessed July 25, 2006] ]

The park is built on land donated by Pocahontas Land Corp. and Western Pocahontas Land Corp as well as a few small privately owned plots.The entrance to Twin Falls State Park is about convert|12|mi|km [ [http://www.trailsheaven.com/trailstatus.cfm#Pinnacle%20Creek%20Trail Castle Rock Trailhead, Hatfields-McCoy Trail web site, accessed July 25, 2006] ] from the Castle Rock Trailhead of the Hatfield-McCoy ATV Trail. [ [http://www.trailsheaven.com/ Hatfields-McCoy ATV Trail web site] ]

Features

* Lodge with 20 guest rooms
* 14 cottages
* Restaurant
* Gift shop
* 18 hole golf course
* 50 site campground (25 with RV hook-ups)
* Picnic grounds
* Hiking
* Mountain Biking [ [http://outdoortravels.com/biking_wv_overview_twinfalls.html Outdoor Travels web site review, accessed July 26, 2006] ]
* Tennis court
* Basketball court
* Volleyball court
* Bowers Ridge Pioneer Farm (a restored mountain homestead)

ee also

*List of West Virginia state parks
*state park

References

External links

* [http://www.twinfallsresort.com/ Official web site]