Blackwater Falls State Park — Attraction in Davis

It has been five days since I left Blackwater Falls and its superior hospitable accommodations leaving me inadequate to capture in words, any human verbiage whatsoever, the experience stirred within my spirit by means of the presence of this setting. I pride myself as an accomplished academic who usually succeeds in communication yet I accept total defeat and surrender to the spirit that only the spirit can encapsulate my time spent here. The majesty....the serenity....beyond compare leaving me hard pressed to name any former circumstances of my remarkable life of this level. Perhaps because I am a cancer patient of the last two years I find myself reflective, yet always marveled at great beauty. The emotions dwelling in me are a testament that as an older man living with this disease....God still has in store for me an unfolding of the unexpected taking me constantly by surprise. I thank park superintendent, Jim Browning and warm hearted general manager Lois for their extraordinary kindnesses. They are superstars and leave no detail to spare if it can accentuate your visit. I am grateful to my new buddy Chad (a man of vast knowledge with great experiences) who befriended me and I'd be remiss if I did not recognize Ginny for her encouraging enthusiastic recommendations for explorations of the park. On a practical note for fellow travelers...I had the blessings of my experience on a Monday and Tuesday in which the local restaurants in Davis and Thomas are closed leaving the choice of the dining room, The Smokehouse, within the lodge (yet not operated by the lodge which explains less than favorable customary greetings with an absence of pleasant service yet one notable exception is Trenton who was splendid) or a drive to perhaps Mami Mia's about 12 miles south of the park entrance. Please be advised the lodge does not offer microwaves or refrigerators in their room...hence these practical mentions. I will never forget Blackwater Falls and I close my eyes and see it all. Pictures by way of a mobile cannot acquire the essence. I thank you all (please tell Chad I drove by the Morgantown airport and ducked my head....lol...he'll know what I'm talking about). With deep...

In this park, you can hike on many trails in wilderness that can lead you to the falls. If you are tired of walking in wilderness, you can always just hop on the road close by and walk on the roadside instead.

Or, you can just drive directly and park at some point with just short walk to the vista points overlooking the waterfalls. Walk down the boardwalk down to Blackwater Falls and hear their roaring sound. Beautiful!

The boardwalk to the falls could be crowded.

We came here on 10/18/2021 and first parked at the Lodge, which was under maintenance but the office and bathrooms were open. We went to the office to grab a park map first. Then we walked to the back of the building where we saw wide open beautiful mountains views!

Then we walked to Davis Trail right across the road from the lodge entrance sign. Thru less than 2 miles of the wilderness, we reached a vista point overlooking Blackwater Falls. Then we came back thru the roadside to our car and drove directly to the waterfall parking and walked down the board steps to see the falls closely.

After that, we went to Trading Post building by the parking lot for bathrooms and souvenirs. Outside of the store there were some picnic tables.

Blackwater Falls trip only took us a couple of hours, so we got to go to town for a nice lunch. After lunch, we headed to Lindy Points for mountaintop views of Blackwater Canyon and then Pendleton Overlook again for a mountaintop view and an afternoon hike to Pendleton Lake and later back to the overlook to watch sunset. (For my reviews and pictures on these two places, please check Lindy Point Overlook and Pendleton Overlook out on Google Maps.)

That completed our perfect 1st day trip in...

Just one more of West Virginia's absolutely beautiful State Parks that my family and i had the privilege to visit this year. As usual the only eye sore found, was all the litter. Several years ago my wife Grace, and I have made it a "MUST DO ACTIVITIE," for us and our children of picking up as much litter as possible each and every time we go on any tyoe outdoor excursion. From simple evening walks along the country roads surrounding our home, to all day swimming and/or hiking trips, and yes, even those never talked about in certain company stop-beside-the-road pee breaks we always make it a point to leave every spot a little better then it was when we visited it. I am not trying to use some weird quilt tactic, or try to talk anyone into adopting our habit nor can i say with any amount of certainty that we are making any kind of major difference to our planet, but what i can tell you is our 5 year old now sees and understands exactly how important and precious it is to take care of it. He also now understands that if he ever tosses his brothers favorite toy out the window of the moving car again not only will dad stop m, make him walk back with mom and dad and look for it until we find it and also, he is the one that has to carry the litter bag twice while his brother get to enjoy a free fromm bag carrying day on the next outdoor activity. Lol....please forgive my of topic comments and please do not let them keep you from visiting beautiful Blackwater Falls State Park. I promise, you will not be disappointed as long as you like the outdoors half as...