Independence Weekend Celebration
Timberline Four Seasons Resort
Date: July 3rd - 6th
Timberline Four Seasons Resort will be have scenic chairlift rides Saturday & Sunday. Timberline Stables and Timberline's Bike Shop are open daily offering trail rides and bike rentals. Timber's Pub will have live music all weekend starting at 8pm. There will be no cover charge. Call 800-766-9464 for more information.
Celebration of the Arts
Hosted by the Alpine Festival at Canaan Valley Resort
July 5th, 3pm
Featuring Wheeling Symphony Orchestra hosted by Alpine Festival Inc. at the natural outdoor amphitheatre located at Canaan Valley Resort State Park. Bring your family, lawn chairs, blankets, and prepare to enjoy a memorable evening of symphonic music surrounded by the natural majestic beauty of the outdoor amphitheatre. Admission is free but donations are welcomed. Call 800-782-2775 for more information. Sunday July 5th, 3pm.
WindFest
Canaan Valley Resort State Park
Date: July 4-5
Fun for the whole family! Kite flying and stunt kite demos. Learn how to fly stunt kites. Kite building workshops to be conducted by Wings over Washington Kite Club - children & adults of all ages are encouraged to build your own kite and learn how to fly it afterwards (small fee charged for craft). Cookout at Nature Center on Saturday - July 4th from 11am to 2pm. BBQ Cookout will be held that evening in the Pavilion. Contact Canaan Valley Resort for more information 800-622-4121
Celtic Music Festival
Timberline Four Seasons Resort
Date: July 10th-11th
Enjoy the increasingly popular Celtic Music Festival presented by recognized Celtic artists from the area playing traditional Irish songs; both vocal and instrumental renditions of quintessential Celtic sounds will be presented on fiddle, mandolin and guitar. Featured Celtic artists will be Pete Tenney and Blain Stevens appearing both Friday and Saturday evening. The event is presented by Timberline Four Seasons Resort call 800-766-9464 for more information.
Mid-Summer Walk between the Parks
Canaan Valley Resort State Park to Blackwater Falls State Park
Date: July 11
Enjoy a guieded 8 mile hike between Blackwater Falls State Park and Canaan Valley Resort State Park with Canaan's naturalists, Destiny Phillips. Contact Canaan Valley State Park for registration and more information 800-622-4121 ext. 2688
Journaling in Nature
Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Date: July 11
Journaling in Nature will be presented by Intern Emily Jones starting at 1pm at the Refuge Visitor Center.
Photography: Composing the Image
Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Date: July 11
Photography: Composing the Image is presend by Resident Photographer Frank Ceravalo starting at 7pm at the Refuge Visitor Center.
WVMBA-----WV State Championship
Date: July 12
For more information contact Blackwater Bikes, 304-259-5286 or www.BlackwaterBikes.com.
Three Rivers Avian Center (TRAC)
Blackwater Falls State Park
Date: July 17th
What bird says ‘who cooks for me, who cooks for you all?’ Don’t know! Come to the Birds of Prey Educational Program featuring live birds of prey native to West Virginia. Raptors including hawks and owls are part of this program. Learn about their habitat, diet and behaviors; most comment causes of injury. Open to the public. No charge to attend. Great family activity.
Contact: Blackwater Falls 304-259-5216
If a location and/or program time is not posted, please contact the park direct for this information.
West Virginia Hog Rally
Canaan Valley Resort State Park & Timberline Four Seasons Resort
Date: July 15th - 18th
West Virginia Hog Rally is being sponsored by Timberline and Canaan Valley Resort. For lodging information call either resort. Timberline 800-766-9464 or Canaan Valley 800-622-4121. For WV Hog Rally registration or schedule of events visit www.wvstatehogrally.com.
Valley Vibes
Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Date: July 18
Valley Vibes will be at 7pm at the Refuge Visitor Center.
The Great Tour d'Moccaccino
presented by the The Highlands Trail Foundation
Date: July 18
The Great Tour d'Moccaccino and Poker Run. Highland Park to Montrose or Parsons to Montrose. Saturday, July 18, 2009. The tour starts at 10am from both the Highland Park trail station in Elkins and the Parsons Depot and ends at the Montrose trail station.
Along the trail from either of the starting points, entrants will be dealt playing cards. The two riders with the best five-card poker hands (one from each direction) will win $50, and all participants will receive a free bottle of Frappuccino or water.
Entry is Free to current Highlands Trail Foundation members and $10 for non-members, $15 for non-member families. Non-members can join HTF for $10, $15 for families, instead of paying the entry fee and receive membership status good until December 31, 2010. Children with helmets are welcome to join the tour and all riders must wear bike helmets! For more info: www.highlandstrail.org email: info@highlandstrail.org 304-637-7505.
What's Blooming on the Refuge Walk
July 19 at 2pm
Meet at the Refuge Visitor Center, Led by Master Naturalists. Contact 304-866-3858 for more information.
BMW Motorcycle Rally
Canaan Valley Resort State Park
Date: July 22nd - 26th
Canaan Valley Resort 800-622-4121
Photography: Taking Sharper Pictures
Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Date: July 22
Photography: Taking Sharper Pictures will be presented by Resident Photography Frank Ceravalo starting at 7pm at the Refuge Visitor Center.
Mid-Summer Bird Walk
Canaan Valley National Wildlife Refuge
Date: July 25
Mid-Summer Bird Walk will be led by Volunteer Casey Rucker. The walk begins at 7am meet at the Refuge Visitor Center.
6th Annual Pickin' in Parsons
Five River Campground Parsons, WV
Date: July 30th - Aug. 1st
Hosted by Five River Campground located in Parsons, WV.
Performance hours: Thursday, Friday & Saturday 11am to 10pm. For full schedule and tickets visit www.fiverivercampground.com and follow the Pickin' in Parsons link. Or call 304-478-3515
Frontier Weekend
Timberline Four Seasons Resort
Date: July 31st - Aug. 1st
Go back in time (circa 1835) for a weekend in the old West with authentic cow camp and chuck wagon complete with all the appropriate gear at Timberline Four Seaons Resort. Witness a live shoot out on horse back just behind the lodge. Also enjoy trail rides, barbeque, square dancing on the deck and old western and mountain music live by the Saddle Tramps. Wear your western clothes and enjoy the events. There is no admission charge. Call 800-766-9464 for more information.
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