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State Park in Summers County, West Virginia

Bluestone State Park
IUCN category III (natural monument or feature)[1][2]
Bluestone Lake near the state park marina.
Map showing the location of Bluestone State ParkMap showing the location of Bluestone State ParkLocation of Bluestone State Park in West Virginia
Location Summers, West Virginia, United States
Coordinates 37°37′04″N 80°56′19″W / 37.61778°N 80.93861°W / 37.61778; -80.93861
Area 2,154 acres (8.72 km2)[3]
Elevation 1,742 ft (531 m)
Established 1950[4]
Named for Bluestone River
Governing body West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
Website wvstateparks.com/park/bluestone-state-park/

Bluestone State Park is a state park in Summers County, West Virginia. The 2,154-acre (872 ha)[3] park is located along the western shore of Bluestone Lake, an impoundment of the New River built and managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The park and lake are named after the Bluestone River, that flows into the New River at the park.

  1. ^ "Bluestone State Park". Protected Planet. IUCN. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  2. ^ "Bluestone Lake State Park". Protected Planet. IUCN. Retrieved April 30, 2018.
  3. ^ a b West Virginia State Parks Facilities Grid, accessed March 29, 2008 Archived March 26, 2009, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ Where People and Nature Meet: A History of the West Virginia State Parks. Charleston, West Virginia: Pictorial Histories Publishing Company. April 1988. ISBN 0-933126-91-3.