Rowlesburg on the River!

Join thousands of visitors who come to Rowlesburg from the 1st of May to the end of December!

WHAT TO DO IN THE AREA? Hike on the Allegheny Trail, tour Civil War Battle sites, or watch and photograph the famous West End railroad, still in operation. Join us for the spring Civil War Weekend, celebrating the Victory of Rowlesburg. Historic Rowlesburg was a critical railroad link during the Civil War. Its famous bridges were a target of Robert E. Lee and Jefferson Davis. The Battle of Rowlesburg is celebrated each year on the first weekend in May.

Or, come see the River City Arts festival on Memorial Weekend. The WWII Reenactment is held in June each year with groups from several states.

Festivals and still more festivals! Rowlesburg is the new home of the WV Bicycle Racing Association Championship Race, and the fall Time Trials. Then there is Labor Day Weekend and the famous Ox Roast, and the West Virginia Chestnut Festival on Columbus Weekend. The Christmas Market tops off a year of festivals. But, come any weekend and walk among lifelike soldiers in the spectacular WWII Museum, open all summer, and take in the priceless collection of B&O model bridges. The bridges were built for the 1927 Centenary Celebration. Several of the models typify bridges used to carry the railroad across Cheat River. The bridges are on loan from the B&O Railroad Museum. 

WWII Museum--Szilagyi Center

Big Quilt Show--part of Civil War Reenactment Weekend

What to Do

For all of the things to do and see click below. You'll always enjoy your time in Rowlesburg, West Virginia!

Click here, VISITOR GUIDE, for a photographic tour and index. For Labor Day Weekend Festival, click FESTIVAL.

Click HISTORY for photos and prints of early Rowlesburg.

For camp sites and RV parking, click RV and Camper GUIDE.

The remarkable Arthurdale Heritage Center is less than a half-hour by car. Don't miss the July 10th Festival!

Civil War Reenactment 2009

Chestnut Festival--planting a chestnut tree

Labor Day Weekend Festival--Ox Roast

Centenary Model Bridge Exhibit--Szilagyi Center.

Call Us Today! 304-454-2441

We look forward to hearing from you.

Barbara Banister, Mayor; Tim Weaver, Commissioner of Tourism & Economic Development, Mayor's Office, Town Hall, Rowlesburg, P.O. 458, WV 26425  wtcweaver@yahoo.com

Tim Weaver, web administrator