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Fairfax Stone State Park
Fairfax Stone State Park, a 4-acre West Virginia State park, is located just off of Route 219 north of Thomas, WV. In 1681, King Charles II of England gave Lord Hopton a 6-million-acre tract of land lying between the Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers. The land eventually descended to Thomas, Lord Fairfax, Sixth Baron of Cameron, who petitioned King George II to survey his vast estate in 1733. Finally in 1746, the original Fairfax Stone was placed to mark the "believed" headwaters of the Potomac River, making the once disputed boundary between West Virginia and Maryland. No facilities.
Phone: 800.CALL.WVA Address: Rt 219 north of Thomas City: Potomac Highlands~ State: WV Zip: 26292 Region: Potomac Highlands Url: http://www.canaanvalley.org/stateparks.cfm Canaan Valley - Albright - Davis - - Mathias - Keyser - Thomas - Berkeley Springs - Potomac Highlands~ - Fayetteville - Harpers Ferry - West Virginia Regions - Roanoke - Moorefield - Beckley - Eastern Panhandle~ - Hico - Cass - Petersburg - Snowshoe - Elkins - Hatfield-McCoyMountains~ - Ansted - Franklin - Philippi - Fairmont - Buckhannon - NewRiverGreenbriarValley~ |
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