Prickett's Fort State Park

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Prickett's Fort State Park is located 22-acres (0.088 km²)^[1] elevated above the confluence of Prickett's Creek and the Monongahela River. The day use park is located about 2 miles (3 km) from Exit 139 of I-79, north of Fairmont, West Virginia in Marion County. Prickett's Fort features a re-created frontier fort that serves as a living history reenactment of 18th century frontier life. The original Job Prickett House, built in 1859^[2], sits a few feet outside the stockade walls of the fort. The 19th century house provides a contrast to the frontier lifestyle displayed inside the fort's walls.

1 Features
2 Accessibility
3 Non-motorized park access
4 See also
5 Reference
6 External links

[edit] Features

Prickett's Fort
Job Prickett House
Fishing
Boat launch
Hiking trails
MCTrail^[3]
Mon River Trail^[4]
400-seat outdoor amphitheater
Nature trail with 25 interpretive stations

[edit] Accessibility

Accessibility for the disabled was assessed by West Virginia University. The assessment found most park features to be accessible.^[5] The 2005 assessment found issues with access to abuilding entrance.

[edit] Non-motorized park access

Prickett's Fort is the terminus for two rail trails open only to non-motorized travel. To the south, the 3-mile (5 km)long Marion County Trail (McTrail) connects Fairmont to the park.^[3] Morgantown is about 17½ miles north of the park along the Mon River Trail.^[4] The two trails, level and covered with a crushed gravel surface, are used by walkers, joggers, and cyclists.

[edit] See also

[edit] Reference

[edit] External links

Official site
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