Seneca State Forest

Seneca State Forest
West Virginia State Forest
Seneca Lake
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Pocahontas

Elevation	3,245 ft (989.1 m)
Coordinates	38°19′39″N 79°56′08″W / 38.32750°N 79.93556°W / 38.32750; -79.93556Coordinates: 38°19′39″N 79°56′08″W / 38.32750°N 79.93556°W / 38.32750; -79.93556

Area	11,684 acres (4,728.3 ha) ^[1]

Established	1924 ^[2]
Management	West Virginia Division of Natural Resources and West Virginia Division of Forestry
Owner	West Virginia Division of Forestry

Nearest city	Marlinton, West Virginia

Location of Seneca State Forest in West Virginia
Website: Seneca State Forest

Seneca State Forest is a state forest located in Pocahontas County, West Virginia. Created in 1924, it is oldest state forest in West Virginia.^[2] It is the second-largest state forest at 11,684 acres (47.28 km²).^[1]

The West Virginia Division of Natural Resources rents eight fully equipped pioneer cabins. As of 2013, the Thorny Mountain Fire Tower is also being renovated and will be available for overnight rentals.^[3]

Public hunting and fishing is available in the forest. Visitors can boat on 4-acre (0.016 km²) Seneca Lake.^[1] The forest contains a section of the Allegheny Trail and other trails, and is near the Greenbrier River Trail.^[4]

A Civilian Conservation Corps camp was once located near the current Seneca State Forest office.

References

1 2 3 "Seneca State Forest". West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. Retrieved December 16, 2011.
1 2 "Seneca State Forest". West Virginia Division of Forestry. Retrieved 2008-09-12.
↑ Steelhammer, Rick (2013-04-25). "Want to get away from it all? Rent a fire tower". Charleston Gazette. Archived from the original on 2013-04-26. Retrieved 2013-04-26.
↑ "Things to Do". West Virginia Division of Natural Resources. Retrieved December 16, 2011.

Protected areas of West Virginia

Federal

National Historical Parks	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Harpers Ferry

National Forests	George Washington and Jefferson Monongahela

National Recreation Areas	Gauley River (NPS) Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks (USFS)

National Wildlife Refuges	Canaan Valley Ohio River Islands

National Trails System	Appalachian National Scenic Trail

Wilderness Areas	Big Draft Wilderness Cranberry Wilderness Dolly Sods Wilderness Laurel Fork North Wilderness Laurel Fork South Wilderness Mountain Lake Wilderness Otter Creek Wilderness Roaring Plains Wilderness Spice Run Wilderness

National Rivers	Bluestone NSR New River Gorge

State

State parks	Audra Babcock Beartown Beech Fork Berkeley Springs Blackwater Falls Blennerhassett Island Bluestone Cacapon Resort Camp Creek Canaan Valley Resort Carnifex Ferry Battlefield Cass Scenic Railroad Cathedral Cedar Creek Chief Logan Droop Mountain Battlefield Fairfax Stone Greenbrier River Trail Hawks Nest Holly River Little Beaver Lost River Moncove Lake North Bend Rail Trail North Bend Pinnacle Rock Pipestem Resort Prickett's Fort Stonewall Jackson Lake Tomlinson Run Tu-Endie-Wei Twin Falls Resort Tygart Lake Valley Falls Watoga Watters Smith Memorial

State forests	Cabwaylingo Calvin Price Camp Creek Coopers Rock Greenbrier Kanawha Kumbrabow Seneca

Wildlife management areas	Allegheny Amherst-Plymouth Anawalt Lake Bear Rock Lakes Becky Creek Beech Fork Lake Berwind Lake Beury Mountain Big Ditch Big Ugly Bluestone Burches Run Burnsville Lake Castleman Run Lake Cecil H. Underwood Center Branch Cheat Canyon Chief Cornstalk Conaway Run Lake Cross Creek Dents Run Dunkard Fork East Lynn Lake Edwards Run Elk Creek Elk River Fairfox Pond-Rehe Fort Mill Ridge Fox Forest Frozen Camp Green Bottom Handley Hilbert Hillcrest Horse Creek Hughes River Huttonsville State Farm Lantz Farm and Nature Preserve Laurel Lake Lewis Wetzel Little Indian Creek McClintic Meadow River Mill Creek Moncove Lake Morris Creek Nathaniel Mountain Panther Pedlar Pleasant Creek Plum Orchard Lake Pruntytown State Farm R.D. Bailey Lake Ritchie Mines Sand Hill Shannondale Springs Short Mountain Slatyfork Sleepy Creek Smoke Camp Snake Hill South Branch Stonecoal Lake Stonewall Jackson Lake Stumptown Summersville Lake Tate Lohr Teter Creek Lake The Jug Thorn Creek Tug Fork Turkey Run Upper Deckers Creek Upper Mud River Valley Bend Wetlands Wallback Widmeyer Woodrum Lake

Other WVDNR sites	West Virginia State Wildlife Center

Non-
governmental

Nature Conservancy preserves	Brush Creek Bear Rocks Cranesville Swamp Greenland Gap Hungry Beech Ice Mountain Mount Porte Crayon Murphy Panther Knob Pike Knob Slaty Mountain Upper Shavers Fork Yankauer

Hunting and fishing are available for no additional user fees.

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