点评: We stopped here on our way from Pipestem to Blackwater Falls. The parking lot for Droop Mountain is big enough for a small rv.
I was under the impression the office was open. Apparently not during the week. I was unable to get a map.
Another problem was it was raining, which is no one's fault.
It just diminished the experience.
This is West Virginia's first state park. There's a museum that was closed as well. Possibly open on the weekends. There are a lot of information boards scattered around that helped out.
There's bathrooms.
There's trailheads to a couple of trails.
By walking around the office you can can see a group of Confederate graves.
I walked by the museum & cannon.
The Overlook Trail starts by the old oak stump, which has an interesting story. The trail is a .5mile loop trail to see civil war trenches, a scenic overlook & a bear cave. This trail is rated moderate - has some ups & downs & is rocky. Rather muddy when it rains. 🙄. Hard to see a scenic view also. This still would be a good family trail.
I really wanted to also take the cranberry bog trail which is a .5 mile there & back easy trail. Unfortunately it started raining harder.
We decided to drive to the picnic area & check out the tower. This was a mistake.
The road is narrow & windy. We were pulling a 16 foot trailer! We had no idea it was like this. This was supposed to be a 2 way road!!! By the time we got to the end we just left. There's another entrance off the highway & and it was easy to get back on. It was raining too hard anyway for a scenic view.
翻译:我们从派普斯特姆去黑水瀑布的路上停在这里。垂山的停车场足够停一辆小型房车。
我以为办公室是开着的。显然工作日不开。我没拿到地图。
另一个问题是下雨,这不是任何人的错。
这只会影响体验。
这是西弗吉尼亚州的第一个州立公园。这里有一个博物馆,但也关闭了。周末可能开放。周围有很多信息板,很有帮助。
这里有卫生间。
这里有几条步道的起点。
绕着办公室走走,你可以看到一组邦联士兵的坟墓。
我路过博物馆和大炮。
观景步道始于一个古老的橡树桩,它有一个有趣的故事。这条步道是一条0.5英里的环形步道,可以看到内战战壕、一个观景台和一个熊洞。这条步道难度适中——有起伏,而且多岩石。下雨的时候相当泥泞。🙄。也很难看到风景。但这仍然是一条不错的家庭步道。
我真的很想走蔓越莓沼泽步道,这是一条0.5英里长的往返轻松步道。不幸的是,雨下得更大了。
我们决定开车去野餐区看看塔。这是个错误。
路窄又弯。我们拖着一辆16英尺长的拖车!我们不知道会这样。这应该是一条双向路!!!当我们走到尽头时,我们就离开了。高速公路上还有另一个入口,而且很容易回来。反正雨下得太大了,看不到风景。