Buckhannon

• West Virginia Wildlife Center

  phone: +1 304-924-6211
  WV-20 12 miles south of Buckhannon. A modern zoological facility displaying native and introduced state wildlife, with a 1.25-mile interpretive trail through a mature hardwood forest.

• West Virginia Strawberry FestivalDowntown Buckhannon. 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.

• West Virginia Wesleyan College, 59 College Avenue, 304-473-8000, . A liberal arts university founded in 1890, with 36 academic majors including biology, business, education, political science and psychology.

• Catherine Miller Designs

  address: 7 Cloverleaf Lane
  Stonewheel hand-engraved glassware, including stemware, pitchers, vases, bowls, suncatchers and special designs.

• Ron Hinkle GlassSago/Hampton Road off WV-20. Open 9AM-5PM Monday through Friday, and 9AM-2PM on Saturday; closed Sundays. Paperweights, stemware, designer vases, kitchen and bath accessories, "almost edibles", glass creatures and Christmas ornaments. Glassblowing classes offered. Demonstrations given 9AM-3PM Monday through Friday.

• Outlaw Saloon and RoadhouseSaloon with pool table, dance floor, Tex-Mex kitchen. Offering live music, DJ, Karaoke, bike nights, college nights, happy hour 4-9.

Hotels and Inns

• Bicentennial Inn

  phone: +1 304-472-5000
  address: 90 E Main Street
  On-site restaurant called the 88 Restaurant.

• Colonial Hotel-Motel

  address: 24 N Kanawha Street
  14 hotel rooms, 21 motel unites, 3 efficiency suites. Built in the early 1900s and known locally for its friendly atmosphere.

Bed and Breakfasts

• Governor's Inn Bed & Breakfast

  address: 76 E Main Street
  6 rooms. Housed in a century-old brick mansion with a formal dining room serving a daily gourmet breakfast.

• Post Mansion Inn

  address: 8 Island Avenue
  An elegantly-restored 20-room mansion.

• Riverside Bed & Breakfast

  address: 113 Island Avenue
  Built in 1895 on a peninsula by the Buckhannon River. Sunroom, 4 acres of land with perennial gardens. Full homemade breakfast.

• 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.