Grafton
City Hospital Web Site
Three
major state parks are located near Grafton, West Virginia:
Tygart
Lake State Park is excellent for boating, fishing, swimming,
and all other water sports. Picnic facilities, camping, hiking
trails, game courts and a nearby golf course add to the beauty
of this park, referred to by the locals as ÒGrafton Dam.Ó Tours
of the dam, built in 1936, are available.
Valley
Falls State Park is a 1,145-acrea, secluded park just outside
of Fairmont, in Marion County. It is admired for its spectacular
series of cataracts and excellent picnic facilities.
Pricketts
Fort State Park, also near Fairmont, is a step back in time.
The original fort has been reconstructed and serves as a living
history site where interpreters re-create eighteenth-century frontier
life.