Lost River State Park

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name = Lost River State Park
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category = West Virginia State Park
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image_caption = Lost River State Park
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state = West Virginia
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region = Hardy
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established_type = Established
established = 1934
established_note = cite book|title=Where People and Nature Meet: A History of the West Virginia State Parks|publisher=Pictorial Histories Publishing Company|location=Charleston, West Virginia|date=April 1988|isbn=0-933126-91-3]
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established1 = 1937-07-01
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owner = West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
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map_caption = Location of Lost River State Park in West Virginia
map_locator = West Virginia
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website = [http://www.lostriversp.com Lost River State Park]

Lost River State Park is an array of recreational facilities located in Hardy County, West Virginia four miles (6 km) west of West Virginia Route 259 near the community of Mathias. The park encompasses convert|3712|acre|km2 of terrain that serve as a family vacational site. Lost River State Park is managed by [http://www.wvdnr.gov/ West Virginia Division of Natural Resources.]

The park features a selection of twenty-six vacation cabins. It also provides hiking trails, horses, a swimming pool, and other sports facilities that include tennis, badmington, volleyball, and archery. Lost River State Park includes the historic Lighthorse Harry Lee Cabin (c. 1800), which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

The park is located near the site of the 1756 Battle of Lost River, a skirmish between Virginia militia and a band of French and Indian warriors, during the French and Indian War. [ [http://www.lostriverwv.com/in.html Inn at Lost River web site, accessed July 25, 2006] ]

ee also

*Hardy County, West Virginia
*List of West Virginia state parks

References

External links

* [http://www.lostriversp.com/ Lost River State Park website]