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Babcock State Park
State Park Information
State Park Overview
Camping
Babcock offers a 52-unit campground (includes 4 handicap accessible sites) complete with tent or trailer campsites, picnic tables, ground grills and a central bathhouse with toilet facilities, hot showers and coin-operated washers and dryers.
Two potable water fill-up stations and two sewage dump stations are available for campers and RVs.
The campground opens in mid-April and remains open until October 31st (weather permitting).
Only one tent or trailer is allowed per site.
Electric sites = $19.00/nightNon-electric sites = $15.00/night
Boating
History of the Area
The Glade Creek Grist Mill is a new mill that was completed in 1976 at Babcock. Fully operable, this mill was built as a re-creation of one which once ground grain on Glade Creek long before Babcock became a state park. Known as Coopers Mill, it stood on the present location of the parks administration building parking lot.
Of special interest, the mill was created by combining parts and pieces from three mills which once dotted the state. The basic structure of the mill came from the Stoney Creek Grist Mill which dates back to 1890. It was dismantled and moved piece by piece to Babcock from a spot - Campbelltown in Pocahontas County. After an accidental fire destroyed the Spring Run Grist Mill - Petersburg, Grant County, only the overshot water wheel could be salvaged. Other parts for the mill came from the Onego Grist Mill - Seneca Rocks in Pendleton County.
A living monument to the over 500 mills which thrived in West Virginia at the turn of the century, the Glade Creek Grist Mill provides freshly ground cornmeal and buckwheat flour which park guests may purchase. Visitors to the mill may journey back to the time when grinding grain by a rushing stream was a way of life and
the groaning mill wheel was music to the millers ear.
More Info
Babcock State Park, located in southeastern West Virginia, centers around the beautiful Glade Creek and mill. Photographs in this gallery are from this area. All photographs were shot with Canon...Places @ Home. News. Handbook. Nature. Places. Reviews. Resources. About. Babcock State Park. Greg Philpott 2001. I recently visited Babcock State Park, West Virginia. I happened to be there...The West Virginia State Park system is comprised of over 80,000 acres which have been set aside to protect regions of natural wonder, showcase scenic beauty and
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Area Fishing Related Businesses
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1221 S Eisenhower Dr
Beckley, WV
(304) 253-7357
Located in Fayette County in south central West Virginia, Babcock State Park is easily accessible from Beckley and points south by following US 19 north.
At the US Rt. 60 exit travel east 10 miles to State Rt. 41 South. Babcocks campground is 2 miles south of Rt.60 at Clifftop, while the main park entrance is 2 miles south of Clifftop.
From Charleston, follow Rt. 60 East to Rt. 41 South.
From the east, follow I-64 to the Sam Black Church exit, then follow US Rt. 60 West to Rt. 41 South.
From the north take US 19 exit off I-79 and follow US 19 to US Rt. 60 East to Rt. 41 South.
Babcock State Park