Skip to content
Watoga State Park, Marlinton, WV

Photo: Brian M. Powell (user Bitmapped on en.wikipedia ), CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.

Sports & Outdoors

Watoga State Park

West Virginia's largest state park, set in the mountains of Pocahontas County with hiking, fishing and boating.

4800 Watoga Park Rd., Marlinton, WV 24954 · Marlinton, WV

About Watoga State Park

Watoga State Park sits in the highlands of Pocahontas County and is the largest of West Virginia's state parks, spanning roughly 10,100 acres. Visitors can hike its trails, fish, and go boating, and the park also offers cabins and campsites. The Greenbrier River Trail borders the park, and the adjacent Calvin Price State Forest adds several thousand more acres of woodland. The park is also noted for some of the darkest night skies in West Virginia.

  • #state park
  • #largest in West Virginia
  • #hiking
  • #fishing
  • #boating

What's around here?

The closest stops to Watoga State Park, ordered by straight-line distance. A few more like it, plus some different kinds of fun so you can build a full day.

  • Sightseeing
    History Buff

    Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park

    Check prices

    Climb the lookout tower and walk the trails of the mountaintop battlefield where West Virginia's last major Civil War battle was fought in 1863.

    6.5 mi awaySwitch it up: Sightseeing

  • Sports & Outdoors

    Beartown State Park

    No admission fee

    A small rugged park on Droop Mountain known for sandstone boulders, cliffs, and deep narrow crevasses.

    7.7 mi awayMore like this

  • Sports & Outdoors
    Outdoor Adventure

    Snowshoe Mountain

    $50+

    Ski 60 slopes and trails from a village built near the summit, or ride mountain bike trails and play golf in the warmer months.

    23 mi awayMore like this

  • Sports & Outdoors

    Douthat State Park

    Check prices

    A mountain state park in Virginia's Allegheny Mountains with a 50-acre lake, extensive trails, cabins, and camping.

    23 mi awayMore like this

  • Stay
    Iconic

    The Greenbrier

    $50+

    Stay at a resort on 11,000 acres with golf courses, a casino, a spa and tours of a declassified Cold War bunker.

    24 mi awaySwitch it up: Stay

  • Tours
    History Buff

    Cass Scenic Railroad State Park

    $50+

    Ride a geared Shay steam locomotive up Cheat Mountain from a preserved company lumber town to a logging camp or Bald Knob.

    24 mi awaySwitch it up: Tours

Near Watoga State Park

More of the same kind

Keep exploring