Cathedral State Park

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name = Cathedral State Park
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category = West Virginia State Park
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image_caption = Cathedral Trail
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state = West Virginia
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region = Preston
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established_type = Established
established = 1942
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owner = West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
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map_caption = Location of Cathedral State Park in West Virginia
map_locator = West Virginia
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website = [http://www.cathedralsp.com Cathedral State Park]

Cathedral State Park is the largest virgin timber tract remaining in West Virginia. Located on convert|132|acre about one mile (1.6 km) east of the town of Aurora, Cathedral is a mixed forest of predominantly eastern hemlock. [ [http://www.asecular.com/forests/cathedral.htm Forests of the Appalachians Project web site, accessed July 22, 2006.] ]

The United States National Park Service has designated the park as a National Natural Landmark. [http://www.cathedralstatepark.com/ Cathedral State Park web site, access July 22, 2006] ]

While the state of West Virginia has protected the trees of Cathedral State Park from the chainsaw, the park is under significant threat from the hemlock woolly adelgid, which has been detected within convert|20|mi|km of the park. [ [http://travel.sundaygazettemail.com/?display=mc-hemlocks "Trees last stand: Park may be last place to see uncut hemlock forest in state", "Charleston Gazette", December 19, 2004, accessed July 22, 2006.] ]

References

See also

* List of West Virginia state parks
* State park
* List of old growth forests
* List of National Natural Landmarks

External links

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