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Coopers Rock State Forest gets its name from a legend about a fugitive who hid from the law near what is now the overlook. A cooper by trade, he resumed making barrels at his new mountain hideout, selling them to people in nearby communities. He lived and worked in the forest for many years.
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Coopers Rock provides a diverse array of recreational opportunities. While the forest itself is open year-round, the main entrance to the southern portion of the park is closed each year from
December 31 to March 31. During the winter, visitors will need to park at the first lot off
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1781:Ice Mountain
1776:Hungry Beech
1736:governmental
1706:Oglebay Park
1691:Magic Island
1621:Woodrum Lake
1546:South Branch
1531:Sleepy Creek
1466:Morris Creek
1461:Moncove Lake
1451:Meadow River
1436:Lewis Wetzel
1411:Hughes River
1386:Green Bottom
1341:Dunkard Fork
1316:Cheat Canyon
1266:Berwind Lake
1246:Anawalt Lake
1194:Coopers Rock
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1184:Calvin Price
1156:Mont Chateau
1105:Valley Falls
1090:Tu-Endie-Wei
1050:Moncove Lake
754:Gauley River
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1761:Brush Creek
1746:Conservancy
1711:Ritter Park
1581:Thorn Creek
1431:Laurel Lake
1406:Horse Creek
1381:Frozen Camp
1351:Edwards Run
1331:Cross Creek
1291:Burches Run
1256:Becky Creek
1179:Cabwaylingo
1100:Tygart Lake
1035:Holly River
1010:Chief Logan
1005:Cedar Creek
927:State parks
736:Monongahela
424:Cheat River
374:Campgrounds
322:Cheat River
200:Cheat River
198:section of
103: /
79:Coordinates
34:Cheat River
1858:Categories
1756:Bear Rocks
1676:Fries Park
1591:Turkey Run
1541:Snake Hill
1536:Smoke Camp
1456:Mill Creek
1376:Fox Forest
1226:management
1199:Greenbrier
1189:Camp Creek
1060:North Bend
1045:Lost River
1030:Hawks Nest
980:Camp Creek
950:Beech Fork
553:2015-12-07
529:2008-06-13
505:2008-06-13
476:2008-11-02
446:References
429:Cheat Lake
368:top-roping
364:bouldering
349:Cheat Lake
310:Morgantown
260:Morgantown
192:Cheat Lake
184:U.S. state
176:Monongalia
91:79°47′16″W
88:39°39′20″N
1801:Pike Knob
1749:preserves
1571:Tate Lohr
1561:Stumptown
1526:Slatyfork
1511:Sand Hill
1446:McClintic
1401:Hillcrest
1361:Elk River
1356:Elk Creek
1336:Dents Run
1286:Bluestone
1276:Big Ditch
1236:Allegheny
1209:Kumbrabow
1151:Mingo Oak
1136:Grandview
1000:Cathedral
970:Bluestone
409:in 1970.
279:Overlooks
124:Elevation
1816:Yankauer
1616:Widmeyer
1611:Wallback
1586:Tug Fork
1281:Big Ugly
1224:Wildlife
945:Beartown
413:See also
400:pig iron
194:and the
132:Operator
71:Location
1476:Panther
1421:The Jug
1396:Hilbert
1391:Handley
1204:Kanawha
940:Babcock
673:Federal
214:History
180:Preston
146:Website
1791:Murphy
1744:Nature
1481:Pedlar
1214:Seneca
1110:Watoga
568:"Home"
328:Hiking
262:area.
196:canyon
1652:Local
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935:Audra
918:State
302:Cheat
155:/park
1734:Non-
768:USFS
273:I-68
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