Beartown State Park reminds me so much of the Great Channels of Virginia, I used it in the title here. Beartown was just a short distance from the house we stayed in while riding the Greenbrier River Trail.
I've been here before several times but always welcome a repeat visit. The walkways through the rocks are only a half mile and the park itself is only 110 acres. It packs a lot into those acres and 1/2 mile. The construction of the stairs, bridges and walkways are a bit of an engineering feat too.
This appears to be a natural basin nestled into the rock
Part of the channels
A local family sold the property in 1970 to the Nature Conservancy just prior to it becoming a state park. Locals claimed bears would winter in the many caves found here. The rock complex resembled a town with the channels forming a road system.
Made of Pottsville Sandstone (locally referred to as Droop Mountain Sandstone), the rocks are pocked with these natural erosions forming unusual and eerie looks.
Lots of mosses and Rock Cap ferns
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