'''Buckhannon''' [http://www.ci.buckhannon.wv.us/] is a city of 5,725 people in West Virginia, and the only incorporated community in Upshur County. It was established in 1816 and named for Buckongahelas, a Native American chief of the Lenni-Lenape tribe who often hunted around the area, and whose name was often mispronounced by English settlers as "Buckongehanon".

Get in

Buckhannon is located on US-33 between Weston and Elkins.

Get around

See

  • '''West Virginia Wildlife Center''', WV-20 12 miles south of Buckhannon, 304-924-6211, [http://www.wvdnr.gov/Wildlife/WildlifeCenter.shtm]. Open daily from 9 am to 5 pm. A modern zoological facility displaying native and introduced state wildlife, with a 1.25-mile interpretive trail through a mature hardwood forest.
  • Do

  • '''West Virginia Strawberry Festival''', downtown Buckhannon, 304-472-9036, [http://www.wvstrawberryfestival.com/]. Held the third week in May since 1936. Parades, a carnival, fireworks, helicopter rides, arts and crafts exhibits, quilt show, photography show, souvenir shop, band competition, car show, live entertainment, a strawberry auction and a sweetest berry contest.
  • Learn

  • '''West Virginia Wesleyan College''', 59 College Avenue, 304-473-8000, [http://www.wvwc.edu/]. A liberal arts university founded in 1890, with 36 academic majors including biology, business, education, political science and psychology.
  • Buy

  • '''Catherine Miller Designs''', 7 Cloverleaf Lane, 304-472-6664, [http://www.catherinemillerdesigns.com/]. Stonewheel hand-engraved glassware, including stemware, pitchers, vases, bowls, suncatchers and special designs.
  • '''Hinkle's Dying Art Glassworks''', Sago/Hampton Road off WV-20, 304-472-7963, [http://www.hinklesglass.com/]. Open 9 am to 5 pm Monday through Friday, and 9 am to 2 pm on Saturday; closed Sundays. Paperweights, stemware, designer vases, kitchen and bath accessories, "almost edibles", glass creatures and Christmas ornaments. Glassblowing classes offered. Demonstrations given 9 am to 3 pm Monday through Friday.
  • Eat

    Drink

    Sleep

    Hotels and Inns

  • '''Bicentennial Inn''', 90 E Main Street, 304-472-5000 or 800-762-5137, [http://www.bicentennialinn.com/]. On-site restaurant called the 88 Restaurant.
  • '''Colonial Hotel-Motel''', 24 N Kanawha Street, [http://www.colonialinn.org/]. 14 hotel rooms, 21 motel unites, 3 efficiency suites. Built in the early 1900s and known locally for its friendly atmosphere. $35 - $50.
  • '''Deer Park Country Inn''', 304-472-8400 or 800-296-8430, [http://www.deerparkcountryinn.com/]. 4 bedrooms, 2 suites. Inn and lodge located in the country with an abundance of wildlife. Hiking trails, fishing ponds, croquet, hammock and rocking chairs. Murder mystery dinners available. On-site tavern.
  • Bed and Breakfasts

  • '''Governor's Inn Bed & Breakfast''', 76 E Main Street, 304-472-2516, [http://www.bbonline.com/wv/governors/]. 6 rooms. Housed in a century-old brick mansion with a formal dining room serving a daily gourmet breakfast.
  • '''Post Mansion Inn''', 8 Island Avenue, 304-472-8959. An elegantly-restored 20-room mansion.
  • '''Riverside Bed & Breakfast''', 113 Island Avenue, 304-472-0796, [http://www.riversidewv.com/]. Built in 1895 on a peninsula by the Buckhannon River. Sunroom, 4 acres of land with perennial gardens. Full homemade breakfast. $75 - $95.
  • Get out

  • '''Weston''' is about 20 minutes west on US-33.
  • '''Elkins''' is about 30 minutes east on US-33.
  • '''Clarksburg''' is about 40 minutes north on I-79.