Events
Summersville Lake Festival
304-872-3722. held during three days in late july. includes a boat parade, "anything that floats" competition, water sports, triathalon, concerts, beauty pageant, arts and crafts, fireworks, and more.
Civil War Weekend
Carnifex ferry battlefield state park, 304-872-0825. held during two days in september. living history demonstrations, civil war crafts and reproductions, and a re-enactment of the battle of carnifex ferry.
Nicholas County Potato Festival
411 old main drive, 304-872-1211. held the first full week in september. parades, entertainment, food, volleyball tournament, arts and crafts show, 5k run/walk, bed races, and potato judging and auctions.
Gauley River Festival
Nicholas county veterans memorial park, 304-872-3722, (http://www.americanwhitew...). held during three days in late september. the largest river festival in the world, with food, a whitewater marketplace, live entertainment, a silent auction, and activities for whitewater paddlesports enthusiasts as well as the general public. admission $10.
Summersville Lake
Wv-129 off us-19. west virginia's largest lake, sometimes called "the little bahamas of the east coast", with over 2,800 acres of water, 60 miles of shoreline and 100-foot cliffs. visitors can go swimming, bass fishing, hunting, boating, scuba diving, snorkeling, water skiing, knee boarding, hiking, mountain biking, rock climbing, rappelling, bouldering and cliff jumping. boat rentals available. 117 camp sites, with a pier and a-frame chalets.