Droop Mountain Battlefield State Park
Battlefield · Hillsboro, West Virginia
The site of the largest Civil War battle fought in West Virginia, on 6 November 1863, where a Union force turned the Confederate left and effectively ended organised Confederate resistance in the new state. It became West Virginia's first state park in 1928, and it is now also part of the state's only certified International Dark Sky Park, shared with Watoga and Calvin Price State Forest.
US Route 219, Hillsboro, West Virginia, 24946, United States
Park open daily and open after dark for stargazing, free. The museum is seasonal with limited hours, generally spring through autumn. The battle re-enactment runs in October on a roughly biennial cycle — check the calendar.
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