Moncove Lake State Park

Moncove Lake State Park
West Virginia State Park
Moncove Lake
Country	United States
State	West Virginia
County	Monroe

Elevation	2,582 ft (787 m)
Coordinates	37°37′11″N 80°21′12″W / 37.61972°N 80.35333°W / 37.61972; -80.35333Coordinates: 37°37′11″N 80°21′12″W / 37.61972°N 80.35333°W / 37.61972; -80.35333

Area	896 acres (362.6 ha) ^[1]

Established	1990
Owner	West Virginia Division of Natural Resources

Nearest city	Union, West Virginia

Location of Moncove Lake State Park in West Virginia
Website: Moncove Lake State Park

Moncove Lake State Park was created in 1990 by setting aside 250 acres (1.0 km²) of the Moncove Lake Wildlife Management Area^[2] to be operated as a state park. (The park has since been expanded to 896 acres (3.63 km²).^[1]) The park is located near Union in Monroe County, West Virginia. The park sits on the shores of 144-acre (0.58 km²) Moncove Lake, and underneath the flyway of the fall eastern hawk migration.

Power boats on Moncove Lake are limited to 5 horsepower (3.7 kW).

Features

Moncove Lake
48 camp sites (25 with electrical hookup)
Outdoor swimming pool
Picnic area
Hunting (in nearby Wildlife Management Area)
Fishing
Boating
Hiking
Bird watching

Accessibility

Accessibility for the disabled was assessed by West Virginia University. The assessment found the campground, picnic area, lake fishing and swimming pool to be accessible.^[3] The 2005 assessment found issues with certain handrails.

References

External links

Moncove Lake State Park web site

Protected areas of West Virginia

Federal

National Historical Parks	Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Harpers Ferry

National Forests	George Washington and Jefferson Monongahela

National Recreation Areas	Gauley River (NPS) Spruce Knob-Seneca Rocks (USFS)

National Wildlife Refuges	Canaan Valley Ohio River Islands

National Trails System	Appalachian National Scenic Trail

Wilderness Areas	Big Draft Wilderness Cranberry Wilderness Dolly Sods Wilderness Laurel Fork North Wilderness Laurel Fork South Wilderness Mountain Lake Wilderness Otter Creek Wilderness Roaring Plains Wilderness Spice Run Wilderness

National Rivers	Bluestone NSR New River Gorge

State

State parks	Audra Babcock Beartown Beech Fork Berkeley Springs Blackwater Falls Blennerhassett Island Bluestone Cacapon Resort Camp Creek Canaan Valley Resort Carnifex Ferry Battlefield Cass Scenic Railroad Cathedral Cedar Creek Chief Logan Droop Mountain Battlefield Fairfax Stone Greenbrier River Trail Hawks Nest Holly River Little Beaver Lost River Moncove Lake North Bend Rail Trail North Bend Pinnacle Rock Pipestem Resort Prickett's Fort Stonewall Jackson Lake Tomlinson Run Tu-Endie-Wei Twin Falls Resort Tygart Lake Valley Falls Watoga Watters Smith Memorial

State forests	Cabwaylingo Calvin Price Camp Creek Coopers Rock Greenbrier Kanawha Kumbrabow Seneca

Wildlife management areas	Allegheny Amherst-Plymouth Anawalt Lake Bear Rock Lakes Becky Creek Beech Fork Lake Berwind Lake Beury Mountain Big Ditch Big Ugly Bluestone Burches Run Burnsville Lake Castleman Run Lake Cecil H. Underwood Center Branch Cheat Canyon Chief Cornstalk Conaway Run Lake Cross Creek Dents Run Dunkard Fork East Lynn Lake Edwards Run Elk Creek Elk River Fairfox Pond-Rehe Fort Mill Ridge Fox Forest Frozen Camp Green Bottom Handley Hilbert Hillcrest Horse Creek Hughes River Huttonsville State Farm Lantz Farm and Nature Preserve Laurel Lake Lewis Wetzel Little Indian Creek McClintic Meadow River Mill Creek Moncove Lake Morris Creek Nathaniel Mountain Panther Pedlar Pleasant Creek Plum Orchard Lake Pruntytown State Farm R.D. Bailey Lake Ritchie Mines Sand Hill Shannondale Springs Short Mountain Slatyfork Sleepy Creek Smoke Camp Snake Hill South Branch Stonecoal Lake Stonewall Jackson Lake Stumptown Summersville Lake Tate Lohr Teter Creek Lake The Jug Thorn Creek Tug Fork Turkey Run Upper Deckers Creek Upper Mud River Valley Bend Wetlands Wallback Widmeyer Woodrum Lake

Other WVDNR sites	West Virginia State Wildlife Center

Non-
governmental

Nature Conservancy preserves	Brush Creek Bear Rocks Cranesville Swamp Greenland Gap Hungry Beech Ice Mountain Mount Porte Crayon Murphy Panther Knob Pike Knob Slaty Mountain Upper Shavers Fork Yankauer

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Moncove Lake State Park

Features

Accessibility

See also

References

External links