Saturday, January 1, 2011

Happy New Year! & Babcock State Park, West Virginia


Today's Photo - The Glade Creek Grist Mill, Babcock State Park, West Virginia.











Continuing with some of the places I've traveled to take photographs, I have photographed the Glade Creek Grist Mill on two occasions, spring & fall of 2010.  This is a popular mill for photographers - While there I met individuals from all over the East that either stopped in the park as part of their journey, or made it their only destination.   
The Mill & Pond, Fall, 2010


















The Park's Website notes that this mill was built in 1976 from parts of 3 area mills. Although I have yet to see it operating, they do mill cornmeal & buckwheat flour that is available for purchase. 


The Mll in Spring, 2010
















The park has both cabins & a 52 unit campground that are open from mid April to the end of October. Although there are no hookups, there is a bathhouse with hot showers & flush toilets, dump stations & potable water fill up stations. 
While I feel visiting & photographing the grist mill is central to the park, there are many other activities include horse back riding, fishing  & boating on the lake, as well as fishing in Glade Creek, swimming in the park's pool, 20 miles of hiking trails, and many summer nature programs. A 336KB PDF map of the park is available from their site. A Goggle map that shows the location of the park:

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The park is located in a beautiful part of West Virginia - well worth the trip! 

2 comments:

  1. Had a great time at this park. Love the pictures of your waterfalls-looking forward to seeing the rest of your site. I took a six month trip in a 21 foot Jayco-pulled with a Dodge Ram last spring. Saw some wonderful sites, and I'm planning to head back west this spring.
    http://travelswithmrnimble.blogspot.com/

    My late husband's favorite road was "Going to the Sun Road", too. Unfortunately, that was before blogs were popular. I kept diaries of our trips as well as photos and videos. We travelled in a motorhome.

    Good luck in your new trailer--happy travels.

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  2. Glad you enjoyed the park & my photos. I'll add a link to your web page at my RV Links page.

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