Pricketts Fort State Park is a day-use historical and recreational park, located just north of Fairmont, West Virginia, two miles off Interstate 79 at Exit 139. The original fort was built at the confluence of Pricketts Creek and the Monongahela River in 1774. www.prickettsfort.org/ — Pricketts Fort State Park is a day-use historical and recreational park, located just north of Fairmont, West Virginia, two miles off Interstate 79 at Exit 139. The original fort was built at the confluence of Pricketts Creek and the Monongahela River in 1774. www.prickettsfort.org/ Jeff Turner from Santa Clarita, CA, United States · CC BY 2.0

Pricketts Fort State Park

State Park · West Virginia · West Virginia Division of Natural Resources

214 acres

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Official site: wvstateparks.com
Managed by: West Virginia Division of Natural Resources
Established: 1975

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Activities & features: Biking · Boating · Fishing · Geocaching · Hiking · Historic Feature · Museum · Trail

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