| Audra State Park | |
| Iucn Category: | III |
| Iucn Ref: | [1] |
| Map: | USA West Virginia |
| Relief: | 1 |
| Location: | Barbour & Upshur, West Virginia, United States |
| Coordinates: | 39.0403°N -80.0653°W |
| Area Acre: | 355 |
| Elevation: | 1811feet |
| Established: | 1950[2] |
| Named For: | Audra, West Virginia |
| Governing Body: | West Virginia Division of Natural Resources |
Audra State Park is a West Virginia state park located on 355acres[3] in southwestern Barbour County. It was established around the remnants of an early 19th-century gristmill and the tiny community of Audra. A gristmill spillway is still visible in the river.[4] The park is a hilly, secondary forest area bisected by the Middle Fork River. The deep pools, large, flat rocks, and riverside beach have provided generations of campers, local teens and college students a place to swim or work on their tans.[5] Audra State Park is the site of Alum Cave, which is accessible by a boardwalk built along this overhanging sandstone ledge.
The park serves as the put-in point for a 6.6 mile kayak run along about 2.8 miles the Middle Fork River and about 3.8 miles of the Tygart Valley River to the confluence of the latter with the Buckhannon River.[6]
Accessibility for the disabled was assessed by West Virginia University. The assessment found the campground, picnic area, and park offices to be accessible.[7] The main swimming hole (just below the site of the former gristmill), with wet, slippery rocks and unpaved approaches is not considered accessible.