Region 6 - West Virginia Department of Commerce

Regional Highlights• A trio of ski resorts: Canaan Valley Resort State Park,Snowshoe Mountain Ski Resort, and Timberline FourSeasons Resort• Cass Scenic Railroad, a state park at the northern end of the75-mile Greenbrier River Rail Trail, with antique Shay steamlocomotives hauling passengers up the mountain and anintact logging town• New Tygart Flyer, a climate-controlled passenger trainoffering one of the most exciting mountain wildernessexcursion rides in the U.S. beginning in Elkins and travelingnorth to the High Falls at Shavers Fork on the Cheat River• Potomac Eagle Scenic Railroad, one of America’s mostbeautiful train rides along the South Branch of the PotomacRiver beginning in Romney and continuing through tranquiland pristine mountain valleys• Falls of Hills Creek (Pocahontas County), where a 3/4 miletrail leads visitors to spectacular views of three waterfalls(25 feet, 45 feet, 63 feet) as Hills Creek descends 220 feetbetween the upper and lower falls• National Radio Astronomy Observatory at Green Bank withthe world’s largest, fully steerable radio telescope and ascore of smaller cousins filling a perfect, green valley• A 900-foot rock cliff at Seneca Rocks is popular withthousands of climbers and home to Gendarme and SenecaRocks Climbing School• Hampshire County’s intact Fort Mill Ridge Civil War trenches• Ice Mountain Preserve aka Nature’s Icebox, maintained bythe Nature Conservancy, surrounded by sandstone cliffswhere ice naturally remains in crevices year round andcelebrated during annual Ice Mountain Festival• Spruce Knob, the state’s highest point at 4,861 feetProduction Credits — Made inRegion 7• 1992, SOMMERSBY, Warner Bros. (opening winter scene,Snowshoe Mountain, Pocahontas County)Cities & TownsGRANT COUNTY: Arthur, Bayard, Cabins, Dorcas, Gormania,Lahmansville, Landes Station, Maysville, Medley, Mount Storm,Petersburg (county seat), WilsonHARDY COUNTY: Baker, Fisher, Lost City, Lost River, Mathias,Milam, Moorefield (county seat), Old Fields, Rig, WardensvilleHAMPSHIRE COUNTY: Augusta, Bloomery, Capon Bridge,Capon Springs, Delray, Green Spring, High View, Junction,Kirby, Lehew, Levels, Points, Purgitsville, Rio, Romney (countyseat), Shanks, Slanesville, Springfield, Three Churches, YellowSpringMINERAL COUNTY: Burlington, Carpendale, Elk Garden, FortAshby, Keyser (county seat), New Creek, Piedmont, Ridgeley,Scherr, Short Gap, Wiley FordPENDLETON COUNTY: Brandywine, Circleville, Franklin(county seat), Moyers, Onego, Riverton, Seneca Rocks, SugarGrove, Upper TractPOCAHONTAS COUNTY: Arbovale, Bartow, Buckeye, Cass,Droop, Dunmore, Durbin, Green Bank, Hillsboro, Marlinton(county seat), Mill Point, Minnehaha Springs, Seebert,Slatyfork, Snowshoe, Stony BottomRANDOLPH COUNTY: Beverly, Bowden, Coalton, Dailey,Dryfork, Elkins (county seat), Ellamore, Glady, Harman,Helvetia, Huttonsville, Job, Kerens, Mabie, Mill Creek, Mingo,Monterville, Montrose, Norton, Pickens, Valley Bend, ValleyHead, Whitmer, Womelsdorf, WymerTUCKER COUNTY: Canaan Valley, Davis, Hambleton,Hendricks, Parsons (county seat), Red Creek, Saint George,ThomasChambers of CommerceROMNEY COUNTY• Hampshire County Chamber of Commerce, Romney, 304-822-7221, www.hampshirereview.com/Websites/HampshireChamberMINERAL COUNTY• Mineral County Chamber of Commerce, Keyser, 304-788-2513, www.mineralchamber.comPOCAHONTAS COUNTY• Pocahontas County Chamber of Commerce, Marlinton, 304-799-6800, www.pcccoc.com orwww.pocahontascountywv.comRANDOLPH COUNTY• Elkins-Randolph County Chamber of Commerce, Elkins,304-636-2717, www.randolphcountywv.comTUCKER COUNTY• Tucker County Chamber of Commerce, 800-782-2775,www.canaanvalley.orgConvention & Visitors BureausHAMPSHIRE COUNTY• Hampshire CVB, Romney, 304-822-7221,www.cometohampshire.comMINERAL COUNTY• Mineral County CVB, Keyser, 304-788-2513,www.mineralchamber.comPENDLETON COUNTY• Pendleton Tourism Committee, Franklin, 304-358-3884,www.visitpendleton.com43