List of West Virginia state forests explained

West Virginia contains a network of eight state forests that help to protect over of wooded lands in the state. Most of the forests are managed by the West Virginia Division of Forestry, although Kanawha State Forest is managed as a state park by the Division of Natural Resources. All of the forests except for Calvin Price contain recreational facilities managed in cooperation with the DNR.

West Virginia state forests

West Virginia State Forests^[1]
	Forest	County	Area		Accommodations		Historical Interest	Swimming	Gift Shop	Lakes	Boat Rentals
	Forest	County	Acres	Hectares	Cabins	Camping	Historical Interest	Swimming	Gift Shop	Lakes	Boat Rentals
	Cabwaylingo	Wayne	8,125	3,288	14	21
	Calvin Price	Greenbrier Pocahontas	9,482	3,837
	Camp Creek	Mercer	5,397	2,184
	Coopers Rock	Monongalia Preston	12,747^[2]	5,159		50^[3]
	Greenbrier	Greenbrier	5,130	2,076	13	16
	Kanawha	Kanawha	9,052	3,663		46
	Kumbrabow	Randolph	9,474^[4]	3,834	6	13
	Seneca	Pocahontas	11,684	4,728	8	10

Former West Virginia State Forests
	Panther State Forest – Transferred to West Virginia Division of Natural Resources to become Panther Wildlife Management Area in 2008.
	Watoga State Forest – Established in January 1925 as Watoga State Forest. Became Watoga State Park in 1934.^[5]

Web site: West Virginia State Parks Facilities Grid . 2008-11-02 . West Virginia State Parks . https://web.archive.org/web/20090205111757/http://www.wvstateparks.com/recreation/WVSP_facilities_grid.PDF . 2009-02-05 . dead.
Web site: Coopers Rock State Forest . . 2008-11-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080509124144/http://www.wvforestry.com/coopersrockstateforest.cfm . 2008-05-09 .
Web site: Home . wvstateparks.com.
Web site: Kumbrabow State Forest. West Virginia Division of Forestry. 2008-09-12.
Book: Where People and Nature Meet: A History of the West Virginia State Parks. Pictorial Histories Publishing Company. Charleston, West Virginia. April 1988. 0-933126-91-3.