The newly renovated
Marriott in the Wharf
District. Photo by
Morgantown Marriott
at Waterfront Place.
Boating on Schenk Lake.
Photo by Oglebay Resort &
Conference Center.
360-degree view of Morgantown, or hiking the trails at
Coopers Rock State Forest. While you’re there, stop at WVU’s
Adventure WV Outdoor Recreation Center to try the Zip Line
Canopy Tour, a professionally guided canopy tour featuring
2,000 feet of zip lines flying 35 miles per hour. If you visit in
the summertime, cheer on the West Virginia Black Bears,
Morgantown’s short-season minor league baseball team.
And no matter the season, with 16 Division I athletic teams,
you can always cheer on the WVU Mountaineers.
Oglebay Resort & Conference Center
No matter the season, there is plenty to do at Oglebay
Resort & Conference Center. Golf, horseback riding, tennis
and fishing are popular, while skiing, snowboarding and
snow tubing open in December. The Bissonnette Gardens
bloom from mid-April to September and are a recreation of
many of the gardens that existed at Oglebay in the early
1900s. Oglebay is home to an environmental center and
two museums. The Mansion Museum features a dozen
period rooms highlighting Wheeling’s earliest settlement,
while the Glass Museum has more than 3,000 examples of
glass made from 1829-1839. If you visit from late November
through early January, don’t miss the Festival of Lights,
West Virginia’s largest holiday light show with 89 lighted
attractions spread across 300 acres. If you venture beyond
the resort, check out a Wheeling Nailers hockey game; visit
the Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack and Resort just north
in New Cumberland; or see the World’s Largest Teapot at
the top of the state in Chester.
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