MARLINTON, W.Va. — West Virginia’s largest state park now has another designation, West Virginia’s darkest park. However, Superintendent Jody Spencer has no problem with the new designation. Watoga ...

My family visited Watoga State Park in West Virginia, where cellphones aren't allowed. When trying to send a text message to a friend, I found out that there was no signal. The park is near a large ...

Somewhere under a dark sky in Watoga State Park ... Imagine not knowing what a star looks like or never having seen the Milky Way Galaxy. Think about that for a moment. And then consider the following ...

CHARLESTON — Watoga State Park has become the first site in West Virginia to be designated a Dark Sky Park by the International Dark Sky Association, providing new opportunities for astronomy tourism ...

The largest of West Virginia’s state parks, at 10,100 acres, Watoga is also among the oldest, dating back to the first land acquisitions by the West Virginia Game and Fish Commission in the 1920s. The ...

Synchronous fireflies (Photinus carolinus) illuminate the forests of Watoga State Park, West Virginia, which were discovered in 2019 after efforts to achieve International Dark Sky status. Although ...

MARLINTON, W.Va. — Watoga State Park is hosting a dark sky party to watch the Perseid meteor shower on Saturday, Aug. 10 at Watoga Dam. “The dust trail that causes the Perseids is from periodic comet ...

Former assistant superintendent Josh Feather has been named Superintendent of Watoga, Droop Mountain Battlefield and Beartown ...

Amid the network of artificial lights lights that span our planet like a game of connect-the-dots, darkness is a precious commodity. There are places, however, where the terrain and distance from ...