March 2020
Green Day Hike
Wear your green and join Park Superintendent Doug Wiant on Saturday, March 14 at 11:00 a.m. at the Anderson Activity Building at Holly River State Park. The Green Day Hike will venture along a trail at Holly River and look for different shades of green, whether it is with grasses, mosses, flowers, or any other plant. Please dress accordingly for this hike, and make sure to bring water. It is a Green Day Hike, not a race. We pace the…
Find out more »Holly River State Park Spring Clean-up
Seeking volunteers for chores in the Park including raking leaves, clearing trails, trash pick-up, etc. Volunteers camp free Friday and Saturday nights. Contact the Holly River State Park office for more details.
Find out more »April 2020
Holly River State Park Foundation Annual Meeting
Judd Anderson Activities Building at Holly River State Park. Light dinner buffet served, guest speaker. All Holly River State Park Foundation members invited.
Find out more »Holly River State Park Foundation Easter Egg Hunt
For kids ages 0-12 at the Main Building area.
Find out more »August 2020
Holly River Festival Photo Contest
Enter your favorite photo from Holly River State Park and win. Photos must be taken on Holly River State Park property and are not to be digitally altered. Photos must be delivered to the Park office or received by mail by August 20. Address HRSP Photo Contest, P O Box 2, Hacker Valley, WV 26222. Cash prizes will be awarded. Contact the Holly River State Park Foundation or Park Office for more details.
Find out more »September 2020
Holly River Festival
Held Labor Day weekend at Holly River State Park. Family oriented festival with heritage arts & crafts, contests, live music, hay rides, cake walks, applebutter making, 5K run/walk and more in a beautiful sylvan setting. An antique/vintage car show, craft auction and gospel concert at nearby Jerry Run Summer Theater are the Saturday highlights. For more information contact the Holly River State Park office at 304 493-6353.
Find out more »2020 Holly River Hustle 5K Run/Walk
A 5K held during the Holly River Festival. Contact Tom Prall at [email protected] to volunteer or sponsor the event. All proceeds benefit the Holly River State Park Foundation. It is almost all on the Pickens road, a gravel road, and there will be traffic control. It begins along the blacktopped road in front of the picnic shelter, (old pavilion), diagonally across from the park office/restaurant. It is an out and back course completely inside Holly River State Parks boundaries. It passes several…
Find out more »October 2020
Holly River Fall Challenge Irish Road Bowling Tournament
Irish Road Bowling can be traced back to the 1600s. One story is that Dutch soldiers brought it when William of Orange came to Ireland in 1689. Another legend says that Irish patriots robbed English cannonballs and rolled them down a country lane by the light of a full moon. Faugh a Ballach! In a deep valley, one of the tour's most beautiful roads, October colors, a trout stream, rhododendron thickets, a bridge to loft over, a massive stone pavilion…
Find out more »Halloween Party
Holly River State Park will be throwing a #Halloween Party. Great fun for those that enjoy hay rides and trick or treat. Takes place at the Lower Campground and the Old Pavilion.
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