Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike

State: West Virginia
Length: 180.0 mi / 289.7 km
Time to Allow: Two days to enjoy the byway.

Crucial in the First Campaign of the Civil War, this road now features pristine Civil War sites and charming historic towns. Hike through vast forests; fish in secluded waters; ride a wild mountain railroad. Explore this byway whose woods, small farms and beautiful mountain vistas take you back to an earlier time.

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  Get Spooked along Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike

  Oct 25, 2010 in Get Outdoors! For Fall Fun and The American Civil War: Battles and Beyond

  If you hear strange and spooky sounds drifting through the seemingly endless corridors of the centuries-old Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum on the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike, don't count on blaming it on your overactive imagination!

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  Find Civil War History on the Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike

  Feb 17, 2009 in The American Civil War

  Set amidst the mountainous Monongahela National Forest, the historic Staunton-Parkersburg Turnpike offers you a rewarding experience that unfolds with every curve in the road. Take the Turnpike across West Virginia, a state steeped in Civil War remnants, and find golden historical treasures all along the way from the upper Shenandoah Valley to the Ohio River.

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  2-Day Trip: The Historic Beaten Path: Transportation and Conflict
  (West Virginia)

  Traveling from Staunton, the original beginning of the turnpike, you enter the byway at the Virginia / West Virginia state line on the top of...