WHAT TO DO IN THE AREA: Hike on the Allegheny Trail, tour Cannon Hill--a Civil War Battle site, join us for Labor Day Weekend and the famous Ox Roast, walk among lifelike soldiers in the spectacular WWII Museum 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.
