Glade Creek Grist Mill, West Virginia

Babcock State Park offers more than 4000 acres of stunning mountainous land, astonishing scenery, and a variety of recreational possibilities. But what attracts the most attention is the mill and the Glade Creek waterfall, which are the park’s main features.

This panoramic historic American mill is a 19th-century grinder. And park visitors soon discover it’s a beautiful recreation of the Cooper Mill, destroyed by a fire in 1920.

The new mill was constructed from recovered parts of three other mills gathered around the state of West Virginia. It’s open to the public on weekends and gives informal lessons on milling equipment and processes.

The park is located nearby Clifftop, just east of US Route 19.