Mont Chateau State Park, State park near Morgantown, United States.
Mont Chateau State Park extends across 42 acres of natural terrain beside Cheat Lake, featuring forested areas and geological formations at 1,056 feet elevation.
The park operated from 1955 to 1977, with a lodge and beach opening in 1958, before transitioning to different uses including the West Virginia Geological Survey.
The former lodge now houses the West Virginia Geological and Economic Survey, maintaining a geology museum that displays minerals, rocks, and fossil collections.
Visitors can access Cheat Lake through designated trails connecting to the Coopers Rock State Forest system, while engaging in outdoor activities throughout the grounds.
The facility exhibits the only real dinosaur skeleton in West Virginia, belonging to an Edmontosaurus that measured up to 42 feet in length.
Location: Monongalia County
Elevation above the sea: 322 m
GPS coordinates: 39.65917,-79.84778
Latest update: March 6, 2025 12:31
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