ROWLESBURG TURNED 150 LAST YEAR! A year long birthday celebration took place with festivals, dances and celebrations in the Park. For information about the festivals that will continue every year click on VISITOR GUIDE below.
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 section, still in operation. Join us for the spring Civil War Reenactment, celebrating the Battle of Rowlesburg, or the River City Arts festival in June. Two more festivals follow: Labor Day Weekend and the famous Ox Roast, and the West Virginia Chestnut Festival. Walk among lifelike soldiers in the spectacular WWII Museum, open all summer, and take in the WWII Reenactment the last weekend of June. For more things to do, see below. You'll always enjoy your time in Rowlesburg, West Virginia!
Click on VISITOR GUIDE for a photographic tour and index. For Labor Day Weekend Festival, click on FESTIVAL.
For camp sites and RV parking, click on RV and Camper GUIDE.
Historic Rowlesburg was a critical railroad link during the Civil War. Its famous bridges were a target of the Confederate forces.
Click on HISTORY for photos and prints of early Rowlesburg.
Today, the town is still a railroad town through and through. Helpers push long coal trains up Cheat Grade going west, and up Cranberry going east. This makes great train watching for rail fans.
IDEAL LOCATION: The town is nestled in one of the deepest river valleys on the east coast at the intersection of two National Byways: Northwestern Turnpike and Cheat River Byways. Cheat valley is a treasure for cyclists, fishermen, whitewater enthusiasts and just plain canoe paddlers. Within a few miles is the great Cheat River Canyon with its class III and IV whitewater. From the Rowlesburg Park, down river through the Narrows, the river reaches classs II and III stages.
